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COMMUNITY FEEDBACK NEEDED | Billboard Variance Request

WHAT’S PROPOSED | The owners of the Allen Building are requesting a variance to convert their vinyl rooftop billboard into a dynamic digital display and add a “Welcome to Saint Paul” sign below it. City Code Sec. 64.302 requires removing other billboards when converting to digital.
The owners do not own any others, so they are requesting an exception.

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Requested billboard conversion to dynamic at 287 6th St E The owners of the Allen Building, which has a vinyl billboard on top of the building, are requesting a variance to allow the existing billboard to be replaced with a dynamic, digital billboard. The billboard is located in the northeast area in Downtown Saint Paul and faces the Dayton's Bluff neighbo...

The City of Saint Paul Board of Zoning Appeals will be considering a variance request to convert up to 85 percent of the Allen Building to Storage facility, rental. The current regulations limit that use to 15 percent of a mixed use building in Downtown. Join us for a discussion about this on Tuesday, Sept. 24, at 5 p.m., via zoom: Zoom link:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81792159874?pwd=w3p3cf370QdASIqJ4J3qDvyMr3pFQn.1
Meeting ID: 817 9215 9874
Passcode: 967371
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