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Memorializing a City Council decision regarding an appeal of a Planning Commission decision to revoke a conditional use permit for a bed and breakfast residence at 241 George Street West.
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WHEREAS, on October 3, 2014, the Saint Paul Planning Commission (the “Commission”), in Commission Resolution No. 14-66, granted a conditional use permit (“CUP”)1 for a bed and breakfast (“B&B”) residence with four guest rooms on property commonly known as 241 George Street West and legally described as the west 15 feet of the south 35 feet of Lot 2, the south 41.53 feet of Lot 3, all of Lot 6, and the west 15 feet of Lot 7, Dorhardt Rearrangement at 241 George Street West [Parcel Identification Number 07.28.22.13.0175]; and
WHEREAS, on March 2016, after receiving a complaint that the said B&B was being advertised and used as a reception house for weddings receptions, as a retreat center for corporate retreats, and for a variety of other gatherings in violation of zoning regulations for RT1 districts, the City’s Department of Safety and Inspections (“DSI”) sent an enforcement notice to the B&B’s operator advising that the B&B’s facilities must, under Saint Paul Legislative Code § 65.641(e), be used exclusively by the B&B’s residents and registered guests; and
WHEREAS, in November 2016, following unsuccessful attempts to have the B&B’s permit holder gain compliance with the conditions of the 2014 CUP, the Zoning Administrator, pursuant to Leg. Code § 61.108, notified the Commission of the CUP violations and the Commission thereafter referred the matter to its Zoning Committee (“Committee”) for the purposes of considering whether to revoke the B&B’s 2014 CUP; and
WHEREAS, on February 16, 2017, the Committee held a public hearing to consider whether to revoke the B&B’s CUP and, following the close of the public hearing, the Committee instead moved to recommend modifying the B&B’s 2014 CUP conditions by increasing the guest rooms from four to six, prohibiting the us...
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