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Amending Chapters 60 and 65 of the Legislative Code regarding source-separated organics.
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STATEMENT OF FINDINGS BY THE COUNCIL
WHEREAS, the Council of the City of Saint Paul, in Resolution No. 13-1906, requested the Saint Paul Planning Commission to report and recommend possible amendments to Leg. Code ยงยง 60.220 and 65.331, and any other zoning code amendments that the Commission believes may facilitate the Council's intentions; 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 December 12, 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 regarding source-separated organics were set forth; and
WHEREAS, on December 20, 2013, the Planning Commission, based upon the Neighborhood Planning Committee's report, duly submitted its recommendation to amend certain sections of the Zoning Code regarding source-separated organics 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 recommendations concerning the proposed zoning text amendments, including the Planning Commission's minutes and the Neighborhood Planning Committee's memorandum and their rationale for the recommended Zoning Code amendments which the Council finds persuasive and thus hereby incorporates by reference into this ordinance for the specific purpose of articulating the Council's reasons and rationale for enacting the recommended amendments as set forth below in Sections 1 through 2, in addition to any other reasons the Council might articulate on th...
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