Title
Memorializing City Council action taken on April 4, 2012 granting the appeal of Rene & Rachel K. Lerma regarding the contruction of a freestanding pole with a wind turbine on the Metropolitan State University property located at 645 - 7th Street East in Saint Paul.
Body
WHEREAS, Metropolitan State University, in Planning Commission File No. 11-310-568, made application to the Saint Paul Planning Commission ("Commission") pursuant to Leg. Code § 61.501 for a conditional use permit ("CUP") to construct a freestanding pole with a wind turbine on property commonly known as 645 7th St E (PIN No. 322922130131) legally described as Auditors Subdivision No 73 Part Of The Se 1/4 Of Nw 1/4 Lying Nly Of Vac Culvert St And Sly Of The Center Line Of Vac E 8th St And Ely Of And Par To The Centerline Of Sewer Esmt As Recorded In Blk 50 Of Plans Pg 2 In Sec 32 Tn 29 Rn 22 And Vac Culvert St ; and
WHEREAS, on February 16, 2012, pursuant to Leg. Code § 61.303, the Commission's Zoning Committee duly conducted a public hearing on the CUP application where all persons present were given an opportunity to be heard and, at the close of the hearing, the Committee moved to recommend denial of the CUP for the reasons set forth in the Committee's minutes; and
WHEREAS, on February 24, 2012, the Planning Commission considered the said CUP and based upon the all the records in the matter including the application, the report of staff, all the testimony and the recommendation of the its Zoning Committee following the Committee's public hearing, moved to grant the CUP upon the following findings as set forth in Commission Resolution No. 12-11 which is incorporated herein by reference:
"1. Metropolitan State University is proposing to install a 20 kilowatt wind turbine on campus to the west of its Library and Learning Center building, located northeast of the intersection of East 7th Street and Mounds Boulevard, in the B2 community business district. The wind turbine will consist ...
Click here for full text