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Amending Legislative Code Chapters 63, 65, and 66 pertaining to alcohol production uses.
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STATEMENT OF FINDINGS BY THE COUNCIL
WHEREAS, the Council of the City of Saint Paul, in Resolution No. 13-256, requested the Saint Paul Planning Commission to report and recommend possible amendments to Zoning Code ยงยง's 65.910, 65.610, 65.774, 65.820, 65.821, and any other sections of the Code regulating where facilities used in the production of alcoholic beverages through brewing, distilling, or fermenting may be permitted; and
WHEREAS, based upon the Council's request, draft text amendments relating to the said sections of the Zoning Code were prepared by zoning staff and presented to the Planning Commission's Neighborhood Planning Committee for review and analysis; and
WHEREAS, in a memo dated August 15, 2013, the Neighborhood Planning Committee submitted a report to the Planning Commission in which recommendations and a rationale for amending specific sections of the Zoning Code regulating where facilities used in the production of alcoholic beverages through brewing, distilling, or fermenting may be permitted were set forth; and
WHEREAS, on October 4, 2013, the Planning Commission duly conducted a public hearing regarding the amendments recommended in the Neighborhood Planning Committee's Report; and
WHEREAS, on October 18, 2013, the Planning Commission, based upon the Neighborhood Planning Committee's report and all the testimony received from the October 4, 2013 public hearing, duly submitted its recommendation to amend certain sections of the Zoning Code regulating the production of alcoholic beverages through brewing, distilling, or fermenting to the City Council for its review and consideration; and
WHEREAS, a public hearing before the City Council having been duly conducted at which all interested parties were given an opportunity to be heard, and having considered all the testimony and recommendations concerning the proposed zoning t...
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