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Home My WebLink About2019-03-22 CR - Site Clean Up & Compliance Issues - 2nd Notice CITY OF OAK PARK HEIGHTS 14168 Oak Park Boulevard North • Oak Park Heights, MN 55082 • Phone:651/439-4439 • Fax:651/439-0574 r F March 22, 2019 Second Notice Certified Mail Mr.Jim Leonard Leonard Investments LLC 1000 Concord St. S. South St. Paul, MN 55075 Re: Site Conditions @ 12969 60th St. N.,Oak Park Heights, MN 55082—Fury Auto Dealership Dear Mr. Leonard: On March 8, 2019,you were notified of ordinance and/or conditional use permit(CUP)violations existing at the above-referenced property. A copy of the March 8, 2019 letter is enclosed. You were requested to abate part of the violation by prior to March 18, 2019, specifically: • Remove parapet/strip lighting. If you cannot remove these parapet lights by the date noted, please provide a very near-term date upon which we may rely.Otherwise we are left to speculate that these will remain unaddressed. • Remove the signs from the parking lot light poles. • Remove all exterior store items to and around the trash enclosure. As of March 20, 2019, none of these items have been addressed and the violations remain. This letter serves as the City's second notice and request for abatement compliance that you attend to the above noted items and fully abate them, no later than Monday,April 8,2019. A compliance check will be made after April 8, 2019. If compliance is not found, this matter will be forwarded to the City's Police Department and/or City Attorney's Office for citation consideration. If a citation is issued, it will be to you directly for violation of City Ordinance 401 with regard to lighting and sign placement and for violation of City Nuisance Ordinance 1109 with regard to stockpiling of refuse. Please contact me immediately if you have any questions regarding this request. Sincerely, PLANNING &CODE ENFORCEMENT '11"""':u tman Buil ing •fficial Enclosure c: Eric Johnson, City Administrator(no enclosures) Tree City U.S.A. CITY Or' OAK PARK HEIGHTS 14168 Oak Park Boulevard North • Oak Park Heights,MN 55082 • Phone:651/439-4439 • Fax:651/439-0574 March 8, 2019 Certified Mail Mr. Jim Leonard Leonard Investments LLC 1000 Concord St. S. South St. Paul, MN 55075 Re: Site Conditions @ 12969 60th St. N., Oak Park Heights, MN 55082—Fury Auto Dealership Dear Mr. Leonard: The following ordinance and/or conditional use permit (CUP) violations exist at the above- referenced property: 1. Parapet/Strip Lighting is not permitted by City Ordinance 401.15.B.7 Outdoor Lighting. There are white lights placed at the roof line of the dealership building. I have addressed communications to your attention in January requesting their removal. 2. Exterior Storage/Stockpiling accumulations are considered a nuisance per City Ordinance 1109 Nuisance, section I. There is a stockpile of light poles to the rear of the property, which were removed from the site parking areas with your redevelopment. There is also an accumulation of tires, auto parts and such in and around the trash enclosure area. Please note that your 2014 CUP approval did not allow for exterior storage of any kind and stated that all materials, parts and supplies were to be stored to the interior. We have spoken with regarding to these and their removal requested. Additionally, there is a stock pile of tires at your trash enclosure area, to the rear of the building, such storage is required to be within an enclosure area. 3. Special Event Advertisement Signs require a special event permit per City Ordinance 401.15.G.7. There are signs placed upon several of the parking area poles, advertising vehicle sales. This type of sign display is considered special event signage and may be placed only with a special event permit as your development has not requested or received approval for display of such signs beyond City Ordinance regulations. 4. Trash Enclosure is required at your trash area. The one to the rear of your property is in a state of disrepair and needs to repaired so that it adequately screens the trash containers and other items placed within it for disposal collection. Tree City U.S.A. • • For your convenience,I have enclosed: A. A copy of the October 28,2014 Conditional Use Permit and Variance document for the site; B. City Nuisance Ordinance 1109; C. A Special Event Permit Handout and City Ordinance 401.15.G.7 related to the same;and D. A Trash Enclosure Handout containing City Ordinance 401.15.D.12 and 401.16 regulations for them.This also pertains to an enclosure for tire disposal collection. With the above in hand,the City requests that you take the necessary steps to bring the site into compliance, including the approval conditions within the October 28, 2014 CUP/Variance as follows: Prior to Monday,March 18,2019 • Remove parapet/strip lighting. If you cannot remove these parapet lights by the date noted,please provide a very near-term date upon which we may rely.Otherwise we are left to speculate that these will remain unaddressed. • Remove the signs from the parking lot light poles. • Remove all exterior store items to and around the trash enclosure. Prior to Monday,May 20,2019 • Have an adequate trash and/or tire disposal enclosure constructed that complies with City Ordinance. The enclosures do require a work permit from the City of Oak Park Heights, shall be installed by a City licensed contractor. A plan for the structure construction shall be remitted with the work permit for the City Code review. • Remove all of the light poles stockpiled to the rear yard of the site. • Verify that all October 28,2014 CUP/Variance conditions of approval are met and being complied with. We have communicated on the above items over the past year,compliance has been requested and not met. If you need to discuss compliance with the above requested,please contact me upon receipt of this letter to schedule a meeting to do so. Sincerely, PLANNING&CODE ENFORCEMENT Juli ultman Buil i g Official Enclosures c: Eric Johnson,City Administrator(no enclosures) U.S. Postai Service,. 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