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Approving the application of Team Ortho Foundation - Monster Dash for a sound level variance on Saturday, October 29, 2016 on Shepard Road under the Smith Avenue Bridge.
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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, Team Ortho Foundation, Monster Dash Event, represented by Marlene Earll, Director, who has been designated as the responsible person on the application, has applied for a variance, with no requested sound level limit, to present outdoor amplified music on Shepard Road under the Smith Avenue Bridge, during a Monster Dash Event; and
WHEREAS, applicant is seeking a variance for Saturday, October 29, 2016 from 9:00 a.m. until 12:30 p.m., with a pre-event sound check at 8:45 a.m. on Shepard Road under the Smith Avenue Bridge, and
WHEREAS, if applicant is not granted a variance, applicant will not be able to present outdoor amplified music on Shepard Road under the Smith Avenue Bridge; 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 Marlene Earll and Team Ortho Foundation, for Shepard Road under the Smith Avenue Bridge subject to the following conditions:
1) The variance will be for the Team Ortho Foundation Monster Dash Event in order to present outdoor amplified music on October 29, 2016 from 9:00 a.m. until 12:30 p.m., with a pre-event sound check at 8:45 a.m.
2) All electronically powered equipment, PA systems, loudspeakers or similar devices u...
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