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Denying an application by Keith Schroeder to rezone property commonly known as 981 Fuller Avenue from R4 Single Family Residential to T2 traditional neighborhood.
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WHEREAS, Keith Schroeder, in zoning file No. 20-076-198 and pursuant to Leg. Code § 61.801(b), duly applied to rezone property commonly known as 981 Fuller Avenue and legally described as Lot 16, Block 4, University Subdivision [PIN No. 35.29.23.32.0089] from R4 one-family residential to T2 traditional neighborhood; and
WHEREAS on October 8, 2020, the Zoning Committee of the Saint Paul Planning Commission held a public hearing on the said application pursuant to Leg. Code § 61.303 and recommended approval of the application; and
WHEREAS, on October 16, 2020, the Saint Paul Planning Commission, based on the evidence presented to its Zoning Committee, recommended to the City Council that the said rezoning application be approve for the reasons set forth in Planning Commission Resolution No. 2-0-44 which is incorporated herein by reference; and
WHEREAS, on December 9, 2020, the City Council held a public hearing on the said application pursuant to the requirements of Minn. Stat. § 462.357 and to consider October 16, 2020 recommendation of the Planning Commission and, upon closing the public hearing, duly moved its consideration of the application to January 6, 2021; NOW,
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Council of the City of Saint Paul, as of January 6, 2021, hereby denies the application of Keith Schroeder to rezone property commonly known as 981 Fuller Avenue from R4 Single Family Residential to T2 traditional neighborhood based upon the following reasons:
1. The applicant is proposing to rezone the subject property from R4 to T2 traditional neighborhood in order to reestablish a commercial use in the first floor of an existing mixed-use structure.
2. This property was zoned R4 in 1975. Nothing suggests that the property’s current R4 zoning is somehow incompatible w...
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