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Amending Chapters 61, 65, and 66 of the Saint Paul Legislative Code pertaining to agricultural and farmers market uses.
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Amended 10/9/13
STATEMENT OF FINDINGS BY THE COUNCIL
WHEREAS, the Saint Paul City Council called for a study of "necessary changes to City policy (including possible zoning)" to "facilitate a network of resources to support the production, distribution and consumption of healthy and locally grown food" (Resolution 09-879); and
Whereas, recent zoning cases identified a need for a farmers market definition (Files #05-052-831 and 09-519-870) and the zoning code has no provisions for community gardens; and
WHEREAS, ยง 61.801 of the zoning code calls for periodic review of the zoning code to reflect current city policies, to address current technology and market conditions, and to bring the zoning code up-to-date; and
WHEREAS, the Planning Commission initiated a study of zoning code amendments pertaining to urban agriculture on October 14, 2011 (Resolution 11-84); and
WHEREAS, based upon the Commission's zoning study, draft text amendments relating to urban agriculture were prepared by zoning staff and, on June 1, 2012, the Commission duly conducted a public hearing on the draft text amendments where all interested parties were afforded an opportunity to be heard and, based upon the testimony received during the public hearing and upon the recommendations of the Commission's Comprehensive Planning Committee, staff subsequently prepared revised draft amendments; and
WHEREAS, on July 9, 2013, the Comprehensive Planning Committee submitted to the Planning Commission revised text amendments, together with an accompanying memorandum in which the rationale for the proposed text amendments is set forth and, on August 9, 2013, the Planning Commission, reviewed the text amendments and forwarded them, along with the accompanying memorandum in which the rationale for the proposed text amendments is set forth, to the City Council for its review a...
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