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Approving the application of Whole Foods Market for a sound level variance for live music outdoors on Saturday, September 10, 2016 on Dayton Avenue between Snelling Avenue and Saratoga Street North.
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WHEREAS, Chapter 293 of the Saint Paul Legislative Code was enacted to regulate the subject of noise in the City of Saint Paul; and
WHEREAS, §293.09 provides for the granting of variances from the sound level limitations contained in §293.07, upon a finding by the City Council that full compliance with Chapter 293 would constitute an unreasonable hardship on the applicant, other persons or on the community; and
WHEREAS, Whole Foods Market, represented by Charissa Bires, Senior Marketing Specialist, who has been designated as the responsible person on the application, has applied for a variance, at a requested sound level limit of 85 dBA at 50 feet, to present live music outdoors on Dayton Avenue between Snelling Avenue and Saratoga Street North; and
WHEREAS, applicant is seeking a variance for the hours of 5:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m., with a pre-event sound check from 4:00 p.m. until 5:00 p.m. for live music outdoors, on Saturday, September 10, 2016, for a Whole Foods Market St Paul Block Party Event; and
WHEREAS, if applicant is not granted a variance applicant will not be able to present live music outdoors on Dayton Avenue between Snelling Avenue and Saratoga Street North; and
WHEREAS, the Department of Safety and Inspections has reviewed the application and has made recommendations regarding conditions for the variance; now, therefore, be it
RESOLVED, that the Council of the City of Saint Paul hereby grants a variance to Whole Foods Market, subject to the following conditions:
1) The variance will be for the Whole Foods Market St Paul Block Party Event and the hours of 5:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m., with a pre-event sound check from 4:00 p.m. until 5:00 p.m. on Saturday, September 10, 2016;
2) All electronically powered equipment, PA...
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