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Approving the application for sound level variances for Insituform to allow for multiple cure-in-place sewer liner projects at eight locations in the western portion of the city from April 5 through December 31, 2018. (Summit Avenue from John Ireland Boulevard to Kellogg Boulevard; Lexington Avenue from Lincoln Avenue to Grand Avenue; Palace Avenue from Fairview Avenue to Wheeler Street; Pascal Avenue from Lincoln Avenue to Grand Avenue; Oxford Street from Blair Avenue to Van Buren Avenue; Ashland Avenue from Wilder Street to Moore Street; Stanford Avenue from Wheeler Street to Davern Street; and Wellesley Avenue from Cretin Avenue to Finn Street)
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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, Insituform, represented by Patrick Hillan, Field Engineer, who has been designated as the responsible person on the application, has applied for eight (8) sound level variances for sewer construction work, with use of heavy trucks with internal generators and hydraulic pumps during the sewer lining projects beginning April 5 through December 31, 2018. The project proposes to allow elevated sound levels during one 24 hour per day period at each of the eight, City of Saint Paul West sites, with a sewer liner curing process requiring 24 hours of continuous work. Applicant indicates the site set up is to occur from 7:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., with use of equipment with back up alarms and hand held power tools. From 5:00 p.m. until 7:00 a.m. of the following day, the only equipment to be used will be critically silenced pumps and truck mounted boiler, not to exceed 70 decibels (dBA) at 50 feet; ...
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