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Memorializing City Council action taken on October 5, 2011, granting the appeal of the Union Park District Council of a site plan approval for the property commonly known as 650 Pelham Boulevard.
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WHEREAS, on October 6, 2010, Industrial Equities LLP (“IE”), under the Department of Safety and Inspections (“DSI”)-Zoning File No.10-906-716, made application pursuant to Leg. Code § 601.402 to approve a site plan for a office/warehouse building project to be constructed on property commonly known as 650 Pelham Blvd and legally described as Geo H Watsons Rearrangement Subj To Blvd And Hwy The W 225 Ft Of Blk B, [PIN No. 322923210029]; and
WHEREAS, on July 20, 2011, IE’s site plan application was approved by DSI subject to certain conditions as set forth in DSI’s Approval Letter which shall be incorporated herein by reference; and
WHEREAS, on August 1, 2011, the Union Park District Council (“UPDC”), under DSI-Zoning File No. 11-260-156, filed an appeal from the July 20, 2011 approval of IE’s site plan alleging, in essence, that:
1. the site plan is not consistent with the planning documents for the site;
2. the city code encourages buildings to hold the corner on sites at intersections;
3. there was no community design process to effectively resolve community concerns over the project; and,
4. that the city council did not zone the site TN as recommended in planning documents; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to Leg. Code § 61.701(b), UPDC’s appeal was duly set on for an administrative appeal before the Saint Paul Planning Commission (“Commission”); and
WHEREAS, on August 25, 2011, pursuant to Admin. Code § 107.03, the Commission’s Zoning Committee, in accordance with Leg. Code § 61.303, duly conducted a public hearing on the said appeal at which all persons present were afforded an opportunity to be heard and, at the close of the hearing, the Zoning Committee, based upon the report of staff, the testimony, and all the files and records, moved to recommend...
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