Res 2015- 52 Accept Zoning Appeals DecisionCITY OF MENDOTA HEIGHTS
DAKOTA COUNTY, MINNESOTA
RESOLUTION 2015-52
RESOLUTION ACCEPTING DECISION BY THE BOARD OF ZONING APPEALS
DENYING AN APPEAL FROM A ZONING DETERMINATION
WHEREAS, STEP Academy has requested an appeal from an interpretation of the text of the
City Code concerning the definition of a trade school, as proposed in Planning Case 2015-18; and
WHEREAS, the Mendota Heights Board of Zoning Appeals held a public hearing on this
matter at their regular meeting on June 23, 2015 and voted 6-1 to deny the appeal request.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED by the Mendota Heights City Council that the
Board of Zoning Appeal's decision concerning an interpretation of the text of the City Code, as
proposed in Planning Case 2015-18, is hereby accepted with the following findings of fact:
1. STEP Academy is not a trade school, college, or university.
2. STEP Academy is not a trade school because it provides a general college preparatory
curriculum, rather than the common and ordinary understanding of a trade school, which is a
vocational school.
3. STEP Academy is not a college or university because it does not confer post -secondary
degrees.
4. The proposed use is not permitted or conditionally permitted in Section 12-1G-1 or 12-1G-2 of
the City Code.
Adopted by the City Council of the City of Mendota Heights this seventh day of July, 2015.
A ST
Lorri Smith, City Clerk
CITY COUNCIL
CITY OF MENDOTA HEIGHTS
Sandra Krebs_b_, Mayor