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Amending Chapters 65 and 66 of the Legislative Code pertaining to hotel, motel, and inn.
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WHEREAS, Minn. Stat. § 462.357, Subd. 4 authorizes the Council to initiate a zoning code amendment and requires that it be referred to the Planning Commission for study and report and may not be acted upon by the Council until sixty (60) days have elapsed from the date of the referral without a report from the commission; and
WHEREAS, the Council of the City of Saint Paul, in Council Resolution 19-41, requested a Planning Commission study of the city’s current zoning regulations for hotels because the City’s zoning code permits hotels as a principal use in several zoning districts but lacks a definition for the use; and
WHEREAS, the Planning Commission undertook a zoning study and broadened its scope to consider whether motel and inn should be defined along with hotel, since the zoning code does not define these lodging land uses, but did not complete its study and report of the amendment referred by the Council within sixty (60) days as provided for under Minn. Stat. § 462.357, Subd. 4; and
WHEREAS, the Council determined, in consultation with planning staff, that the zoning code should be amended, in the interests of the health, welfare, and safety of the public, by enacting a zoning code definition for hotel and applying it to present uses pending the completion of a zoning study and report by the Planning Commission on the matter as requested by the Council in Council Resolution 19-41; and
WHEREAS, the Council, in Ordinance 19-51 amended Chapter 65 of the Legislative Code by adding a new section defining hotel; and
WHEREAS, the Planning Commission subsequently studied the matter, prepared a report containing an analysis and recommendations regarding the Council’s request, held a public hearing on proposed amendments to zoning code Chapters 65 and 66 pertaining to hotel, motel, and inn on September 20, 2019, referred the matter to its Compr...
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