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Approving the application of Visit Saint Paul for a sound level variance for live music and DJs on 7th Street West between Walnut Street and Kellogg Boulevard during the Flugtag Street Party on September 7, 2019.
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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, Nick Cusick, Marketing & Media Relations Manager, Visit Saint Paul, who is designated as the responsible person on the application, has applied for a variance to provide DJ and live music on 7th Street West outside of Eagle Street Grille, 174 7th Street West; in Burger Moe’s Parking Lot, 242 7th Street West; in McGovern’s Parking Lot, 225 7th Street West; in the street under an overhang in front of Cossetta’s, 211 7th Street West; for live music next to New Bohemia, 222 7th Street West, on Chestnut Street and for a Mechanical Bull Sound System outside of Eagle Street Grille, 174 7th Street West; and
WHEREAS, applicant is seeking a variance, with a sound level request of 100 decibels at 50 feet from the source of all locations from 2:00 p.m. until 11:00 p.m. on September 7, 2019, with outside street and parking lot live music and DJs to cease at 11:00 p.m.; and;
WHEREAS, if applicant is not granted a variance applicant will not be able to provide the use of live music and DJs on 7th Street West: outside of Eagle Street Grille, 174 7th Street West; in Burger Moe’s Parking Lot, 242 7th Street West; in McGovern’s Parking Lot, 225 7th Street West, in the street under an overhang in front of Cossetta’s, 211 7th Street West; for live music next to New Bohemia, 222 7th Street West, on Chestnut Street and for a Mechanica...
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