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Green Sheet # 3043652
CITY
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RESOLUTION
SAINT PAUL, NIINNESOTA
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2 WHEREAS, In 2005 the City Council requested the Planing Commission to undertake a study
3 of so-called "sober houses" because the City's zoning code lacked a sober house definition and
4 lacked regulations that might be applicable to sober houses; and
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WHEREAS, Although City staff is now nearing completion of a sober house shxdy, the staff
report and the Planning Commission's process for recommending amendments to the City's
official controls that could result in specific sober house regulations may not be completed for
several months and, further, the City Council's legislative process to consider recommendations
from the Planning Commission's report that would lead to the adoption of official City controls
regulating sober houses could take several additional months; and
WHEREAS, Recent amendments to the state of Minnesota's building and fire codes have also
prompted the City's building and fire code inspectors to reconsider the way the City classifies
and inspects sober houses for life and building safety code compliance; and
WHEREAS, The establishment of new or additions to current sober houses, pending the
completion of the zoning study and a reconsideration of the City's life and building code
compliance standazds, could result in land uses which would not be consistent with the goals and
requirements of the City's land use plan, zoning code and other official controls including
building and fire code compliance; and
WHEREAS, the potential for incompatible or inconsistent development within the area raises
substantial questions relating to the ability of the City's present official controls to provide
compliance with the comprehensive plan, zoning code and other official controls intended to
regulate land uses as well as protect the health, welfare and safety of those persons who may
reside in a sober house; and
WHEREAS, in light of the City's nearly completed zoning study of sober house uses, as well as
the need to determine how to apply the new building and fire codes to sober houses, there is an
immediate need to preserve the status quo with respect to sober house land uses and to protect
the general health, welfare and safety of the public pending the conclusion of the said sober
house study, the Council of the City of Saint Paul desires to immediately prohibit development
on any pazcel of land ar part thereof within the City, until such time as the aforementioned
zoning study has been completed and the Council has taken action on the recommendations
contained therein and that the City's building and fire safety inspectars have determined how to
inspect sober houses for building and fire safety code compliance; NOW, THEREFORE,
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BE IT RESOLVED, pending the adoplion of a sepazate interim ordinance in compliance with the
City's Charter, the Council of the City of Saint Paul will hereby immediately prohibit for any
pazcel of land or part thereof within the City, the approval or issuance of any zoning approvals,
building permits, building or fire safety code compliance or certificate of occupancy approvals,
until the �piration of twelve months as provided in Minn. Stat. § 462355, Subd.(4), or until
such earlier time as the Council of the City of Saint Paul has taken action on the
recommendations contained in the study; AND,
BE IT FLJRTHER RESOLVED, that until such time as the sepazate interim ordinance has been
adopted and approved pursuant to the Saint Paul City Charter, and unless otherwise provided for
by the City Council, any city deparhnent receiving a written application regazding the official
controls noted above for a"sober house," shall immediately process the application in
accardance with the provisions of Minn. Stat. § 15.99, Subd. 2 and the intent of this resolution.
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Approval�of a resolution to create a mora[orium on the approval or issuance of any building permits, bui]ding or fire safety code
compliance or certificate of occupancy approvals for sober houses for twelve months.
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