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Planning commission tables conditional-use request for banquet hall at 940 Hastings Avenue
Summary
At a public hearing, the Saint Paul Park Planning Commission tabled a conditional-use permit application for 940 Hastings Avenue after staff and neighbors raised parking, lighting and noise concerns. Applicant agreed to revise plans; the item was tabled to the Nov. 10 meeting.
The Saint Paul Park Planning Commission on Oct. 13 tabled a conditional-use permit (CUP) application for 940 Hastings Avenue after staff and neighbors raised unresolved questions about parking, lighting, landscaping and noise.
City planning staff told the commission the site — a former meat locker and later a healthcare facility — would keep a portion of medical office use but convert roughly half the building into a banquet/dance hall, a use that requires a CUP in the B-2 (highway commercial) zoning district. Planner Nate Sparks said the conversion triggers a new parking analysis because assembly uses and medical offices have different peak demands.
“Parking is one of the big deals with these types of uses,” Sparks said. He described the applicant’s proposal to reconfigure the lot to provide a total of about 114 stalls (adding 72 and removing roughly 10 existing stalls) and said the city…
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