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Approving the application of the Metropolitan Council for a sound level variance for the Green Line Opening Event (Victoria Street Station) to allow amplified music, announcements, and speeches between 9:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. on June 14, 2014 at a parking lot near 839-849 University Avenue West.
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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, the Metropolitan Council represented by Anne Taylor, Project Manager, who has been designated as the responsible person on the application, has applied for a variance to allow amplified music, announcements and speeches for the Green Line Opening Event (Victoria Street Station) at a parking lot near 839-849 University Avenue West; and
WHEREAS, applicant is seeking a variance for the hours from 9:00 a.m. through 4:00 p.m. on June 14, 2014; and
WHEREAS, if applicant is not granted a variance it will not be able to present the amplified music, announcements and speeches for the Green Line Opening Event (Victoria Station) to be held at a parking lot near 839-849 University Avenue West; 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 the Metropolitan Council subject to the following conditions:
1) The variance will be for the hours from 9:00 a.m. through 4:00 p.m. on June 14, 2014 for the Green Line Opening Event (Victoria Street Station) to be held at a parking lot near 839-849 University Avenue West.
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