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Granting the application of Budd Sieger et. al to rezone their property at 816 - 818 Ashland Avenue from RT1 two family residential to RT2 townhouse residential, and amending Chapter 60 of the Legislative Code pertaining to the zoning map.
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WHEREAS, Budd Sieger et al, File # 17-005-500, has applied for a rezoning from RT1 two-family residential to RT2 townhouse residential under the provisions of § 61.801(b) of the Saint Paul Legislative Code, for property located at 816 - 818 Ashland Ave, Parcel Identification Number (PIN) 02.28.23.13.0059, legally described as Lots 4 & 5, Block 2, Bryant’s Addition; and
WHEREAS, the Zoning Committee of the Planning Commission, on March 2, 2017, held a public hearing at which all persons present were given an opportunity to be heard pursuant to said application in accordance with the requirements of § 61.303 of the Saint Paul Legislative Code; and
WHEREAS, the Saint Paul Planning Commission, based on the evidence presented to its Zoning Committee at the public hearing as substantially reflected in the minutes, made the following findings of fact:
1. The applicant is seeking to rezone the property from RT1 to RT2 in order to convert the existing duplex into a triplex.
2. The proposed zoning is consistent with the way this area has developed. The immediate area around the subject property has a mix of single family, duplex, triplex, and four unit multi-family uses. While the zoning near the subject property is primarily RT1, there is a parcel zoned RT2 across the street at 825 - 831 Ashland Avenue (a four unit condo) and another parcel zoned RT2 in close proximity to the site at 807 Holly (a triplex). Sometime between 1975 and 1990 these two parcels were rezoned from RT1 to RT2, consistent with their underlying land uses. Another property in the immediate area, at 852 Ashland, is a legally non-conforming 4-plex zoned RT1. The proposed RT2 zoning is compatible with these existing land uses and RT1 and...
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