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Memorializing a decision of the City Council to (1) deny the appeal of height variances granted by the Planning Commission for a mixed use project proposed at 1465 Davern; and (2) modifying the decision of the Planning Commission by reducing the extent of the granted height variance.
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WHEREAS, Shepard Development LLC ("Applicant"), on February 3, 2015, submitted to the Saint Paul Planning Commission ("Commission") an application for site plan approval under PED Zoning File No. 15-022-204 and, under PED Zoning File No. 15-007-994 an application for a variance from the 55-foot height limit imposed on mixed use buildings in T3 Districts under Leg. Code § 66.331 as well as a variance of the 40-foot height limit imposed on the site due to its location within RC3 River Corridor Overlay Districts under Leg. Code § 68.233 in order to construct a six-story, mixed-use building with a maximum height of 73 feet 6 inches on a site approximately four- acres in size and commonly known as 1465 Davern Street, [PIN No. 21.28.23.42.0016], and legally described as Whitneys Re arrangement Ofbe Vac Fairview Ave Adj And Part Of Lot 28 Steels Subd E Of 7th Blvd And In Sd Re Vac Wheeler St And Leonard Ave Alleys Accruing All Of Gertrude St E Of W L Of Lot 21 Blk 2 And Lots 16 Thru 3o Blk 1 Lots 21 Thru 3o Blk 2 All Of B; and
WHEREAS, on April 16, 2015, the Commission's Zoning Committee, in accordance with Leg. Code § 61.303, duly conducted a public hearing on the said site plan and a variance application where all persons present were given an opportunity to be heard and, at the close of the hearing, moved to recommend approval of both applications to the full Commission at its April 24, 2015, meeting; and
WHEREAS, on April 24, 2015, the Commission, based upon all the files, staff recommendation and testimony, presented to its Zoning Committee at the April 16, 2014 public hearing, for those reasons substantially reflected in the Commission's meeting minutes, duly moved...
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