Title
Amending Chapter 66 of the Legislative Code pertaining to overnight shelters.
Body
WHEREAS, on November 7, 2018, the Saint Paul City Council, in RES PH 18-340, initiated a zoning study to consider amendments to the Zoning Code to permit overnight shelters in the B4 zoning district as a conditional use; and
WHEREAS, the Planning Commission duly conducted a public hearing on July 26, 2019 regarding the potential amendments;
WHEREAS, in a memo dated August 21, 2019, the Comprehensive and Neighborhood Planning Committee submitted a report to the Planning Commission in which recommendations and a rationale for amending specific sections of the Zoning Code regulating overnight shelters were set forth; and
WHEREAS, on September 6, 2019, the Planning Commission, based upon the Comprehensive and Neighborhood Planning Committee’s report and all the testimony received from the July 26, 2019 public hearing, duly submitted its recommendation to amend certain sections of the Zoning Code regulating overnight shelters to the Mayor and City Council for its review and consideration; and
WHEREAS, a public hearing before the City Council having been duly conducted at which all interested parties were given an opportunity to be heard, and having considered all the testimony and recommendations concerning the proposed zoning text amendments, including the Planning Commission’s minutes and the Comprehensive and Neighborhood Planning Committee’s memorandum and their rationale for the recommended Zoning Code amendments which the Council finds persuasive and thus hereby incorporates by reference into this ordinance for the specific purpose of articulating the Council’s reasons and rationale for enacting the recommended amendments as set forth below in Section 1, in addition to any other reasons the Council might articulate on the record in adopting these amendments the Council, having considered all the facts and recommendations concerning the proposed zoning amendments and pursuant to the authority granted by and in accordance with the procedures set forth in Minnesota Statutes Sec. 462.357 states as follows:
THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAINT PAUL DOES ORDAIN:
SECTION 1
Chapter 66 of the Legislative Code shall be amended as set forth in Attachment A: Proposed Amendment.
SECTION 2
This ordinance shall become effective thirty (30) days after its passage, approval and publication.