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Approving the application of The City of Saint Paul for an interim use permit to allow additional business signage within the area of the Central Corridor Light Rail Construction Project.
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WHEREAS, The Council of the City of Saint Paul, pursuant to Minn. Stat. § 462.357, and Leg. Code Chap 64 as it pertains to the regulation of business signs as defined under Leg. Code § 64.104(b), finds that the temporary suspension of certain aspects of the City's business or identification sign regulations contained in Leg. Code Chap. 64, based upon the imminent construction of the Central Corridor Light Rail Project ("Central Corridor"), is prudent in order to allow businesses along the Central Corridor to add additional signage in the form of temporary "wall" signs (Leg. Code § 64.125.W) to their premises to inform customers that businesses remain open and to direct customers to the business entrance while Central Corridor construction activity is underway; and
WHEREAS, the Council desires to facilitate the need for signage without the need for applicants to incur permit fees which would otherwise be required under Leg. Code Chap. 33, provided; that a sign permit is obtained for each additional sign and that each such sign is otherwise erected in compliance with the applicable ordinances of the City of Saint Paul; and
WHEREAS, in order to regulate the temporary nature of these signs, Minn. Stat. § 462.3597 permits the governing body of a municipality to allow an interim zoning use permit following a public hearing conducted in compliance with Minn. Stat. § 462.357, Subd.3 where the municipality's governing body must find that:
(1) The use conforms to the zoning regulations;
(2) The date or event that will terminate the use can be identified with certainty;
(3) Permission of the use will not impose additional costs on the public if it is necessary for the public to take the property in the future; and
(4) The user agrees to any conditions that the go...
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