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File #: RES PH 16-177    Version: 1
Type: Resolution-Public Hearing Status: Passed
In control: City Council
Final action: 6/15/2016
Title: Approving the application of Tawfiq Islamic Center for a sound level variance for the Eid-al-Fitr Muslim Festival on Tuesday, July 5, or Wednesday, July 6, or Thursday, July 7, 2016 at the Oxford Community Center Football Field, 270 Lexington Parkway North.
Sponsors: Dai Thao
Ward: Ward - 1
Attachments: 1. Application, 2. ENS, 3. Map, 4. Notice to District Council, 5. Notice to Property Owners, 6. List of Property Owners, 7. Letter to Applicant
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Approving the application of Tawfiq Islamic Center for a sound level variance for the Eid-al-Fitr Muslim Festival on Tuesday, July 5, or Wednesday, July 6, or Thursday, July 7, 2016 at the Oxford Community Center Football Field, 270 Lexington Parkway 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, Tawfiq Islamic Center, represented by Shamsudin Omar, Public Relations Director, who has been designated as the responsible person on the application, has applied for a variance, with a requested sound level limit of 80 dBA for the Eid-al-Fitr Muslim Festival on Tuesday, July 5, or Wednesday, July 6, or Thursday, July 7, 2016, from 6:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m., with a pre-event sound check at 6:30 a.m., at the Oxford Community Center Football Field; 270 Lexington Pkwy North and

WHEREAS, applicants have requested a variance for the hours of 6:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m., with a pre-event sound check at 6:30 a.m. on Tuesday, July 5, or Wednesday, July 6, or Thursday, July 7, 2016; and

WHEREAS, if applicants are not granted a variance they will not be able to have the Eid-al-Fitr Muslim Festival at the Oxford Community Center Football Field, 270 Lexington Pkwy 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 Tawfiq Islamic Center, subject to the following conditions:

1) The variance shall be for the hours of 7:00 a.m. to 10:30 a.m., with a pre-event sound check at 7:00 a.m. on Tu...

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