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File #: RES PH 14-226    Version: 1
Type: Resolution-Public Hearing Status: Passed
In control: City Council
Final action: 9/3/2014
Title: Approving the application of MotionPoems, Inc. for a sound level variance to present outdoor short films with use of speakers between 8:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. on Friday, October 10, 2014 or on a rain date of Saturday, October 11, 2014 at Union Depot, 214 Fourth Street East, North Plaza.
Sponsors: Dave Thune
Ward: Ward - 2
Attachments: 1. Application, 2. ENS, 3. Map, 4. Notice to District Council, 5. Notice to Property Owners, 6. List of Property Owners, 7. Letter to Applicant
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Approving the application of MotionPoems, Inc. for a sound level variance to present outdoor short films with use of speakers between 8:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. on Friday, October 10, 2014 or on a rain date of Saturday, October 11, 2014 at Union Depot, 214 Fourth Street East, North Plaza.

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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, MotionPoems, Inc., represented by Todd Boss, Executive and Artistic Director, who has been designated as the responsible person on the application, has applied for a variance to present outdoor short films with use of speakers at  214 4th Street East Union Depot North Plaza; and

WHEREAS, applicant is seeking a variance for the hours of 8:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. to present outdoor short films with use of speakers, on Friday, October 10, 2014 or a Rain Date of Saturday, October 11, 2014,for an Art Installation of Short Films with Speaker Use Event; and

WHEREAS, if applicant is not granted a variance it will not be able to present outdoor short films with use of speakers at 214 4th Street East; 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 MotionPoems, Inc., subject to the following conditions:

1)  The variance will be for an Art Installation of Short Films with Use of Speakers Event and the hours of 8:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m., on Friday, October 10, 2014 or a Rain Date of Saturday, October 11, 2014;

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