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Memorializing the City Council's decision to deny an appeal by the St. Anthony Park Community Council from an Administrative Decision of the Zoning Administrator granting conditional approval of a site plan application submitted by Rohn Industries to construct a parking facility at 2495 Kasota Avenue.
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WHEREAS, on August 9, 2019, Rohn Industries (“Applicant”), in Zoning File No. 19-101-370, submitted to the department of safety and inspections (“DSI”), a site plan review application for the Applicant’s property commonly known as 2495 Kasota Avenue in order to construct a semi-trailer staging facility to serve the Applicant’s paper recycling business located nearby on property commonly known as 862 Hersey Street; and
WHEREAS, on September 16, 2019, after reviewing the said application with various City departments, the Zoning Administrator issued a conditional approval of the Applicant’s site plan application; and
WHEREAS, on September 25, 2019 and pursuant to Leg. Code § 61.701, the St. Anthony Park Community Council (“Appellant”), in Zoning File No. 19-088-143, duly filed an appeal to the Planning Commission (“Commission”) from the Zoning Administrator’s conditional approval of the Applicant’s site plan application and requested a public hearing on the matter; and
WHEREAS, on October 24, 2019, the Commission’s Zoning Committee, pursuant to Leg. Code § 61.303, duly conducted a public hearing on the said appeal at which Zoning staff delivered a report and recommendation to the Committee which staff recommended denial of the appeal for the reasons stated therein and, following the report and recommendation of staff, all persons interested in the matter were afforded an opportunity to be heard on the matter including the Applicant and the Appellant; and
WHEREAS, immediately following the close of the public hearing, the Committee deliberated and conducted a series of votes either to recommend approval or denial of the appeal and, unable to obtain a ...
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