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Memorializing a City Council decision to grant the appeal of Julia McColley and West 7th/Fort Road Federation from a Planning Commission decision to denial the appeal regarding a zoning administrator’s Statement of Clarification for a truck dispatching yard and maintenance facility at 560 Randolph Ave.
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WHEREAS, on December 16, 2025, FCC Environmental Services, LLC (FCC) wrote to the Zoning Administrator’s office in the Department of Safety and Inspection (DSI) requesting a Statement of Clarification to operate a waste dispatch center at 560 Randolph Avenue in St. Paul as a use similar to a Public Works Yard or Maintenance Facility (Sec. 66.521), Parcel Identification Number (PIN) 12.28.23.32.0016, legally described as Section 12, Town 28, Range 23 A, 24,300 MOL square feet lease located on ...Govt. Lot 4 in Section 12 TN 28 RN 23; and
WHEREAS, on January 10, 2025, the zoning administrator issued a Statement of Clarification (#24-102442) determining that FCC’s proposed use at 560 Randolph Avenue was similar in character and impact to a public works yard or maintenance facility as specified under Sec. 61.106 of the Saint Paul Zoning Code; and
WHEREAS, the zoning administrator also found that FCC met the following required conditions:
(a) the use is similar in character to one (1) or more of the principal uses permitted;
(b) that the traffic generated on such use is like one (1) or more of the principal uses permitted;
(c) that the use is not first permitted in a less restrictive zoning district;
(d) that the use is consistent with the Comprehensive Plan; and
WHEREAS, on January 16, 2025, Julia McColley on behalf of the West 7th and Fort Road Federation (the Appellant) submitted an appeal to the Planning Commission disputing the factual findings and required conditions made by the zoning administrator.
AND, WHEREAS, the said appeal was duly noticed for a public hearing before the Commission’s Zoning Committee (“Committee”) on February 13, 2025; and ...
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