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City of Oak Park Heights
14168 Oak Park Blvd. N•Oak Park Heights,MN 55082•Phone(651)439-4439•Fax(651)439-0574
10/16/19
Mr.Jim Leonard
Leonard Investments, LLC
1000 S. Concord St
South ST. Paul, MN 55075 ***Also via email-jim@furymotors.com ***
RE: Former Fury Motors Site—14702 60th Street
RE: Safety Signs—Concrete Barriers&Site issues
Dear Jim,
Last month, the City did send the attached letter to you requesting that the barricades be removed or
reduced to not more than TWO high.To date this has not been accomplished. We would ask that this be
completed not later than November 15th, 2019. The City will be compelled to consider further action
should this not be addressed as the stacking of these units is dangerous as it is in immediate proximity to
the roadway.
Two other points:
1. The site in general is falling into disrepair,with peeling paint,weeds and debris stacked in various
piles. Please patrol this site and by November 15th,2019 please be sure all weeds and grasses are
trimmed on ALL LANDS under your ownership and all external storage is removed from the
property, no exterior storage is permitted.The exterior of the building will need to be painted or
otherwise addressed by early summer 2020.
2. In an attempt to offer some flexibility,the storage of surplus cars and trucks is permissible through
12/31/19. However, this does not constitute the use of the property as an "auto sales lot" and
such transactions cannot occur upon or be facilitated from this property. If you desire to sell from
this site or continue storage for surplus cars and trucks, a Conditional Use Permit is required to
continue beyond such date.
Kind regards,
Eric Johnson
City Administrator
Cc: Reed @ Safety Signs
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14168 Oak Park BlvdN•Oak Park Heights.MN 55082•Phone(651)4394439•Fax(651)439-0574
9/12/19
Mr.Jim Leonard
Leonard Investments,LLC
1000 5.Concord St
South ST.Paul,MN 55075 "*Also via email-jimPfurvmotors.com •••
RE:Former Fury Motors Site—14702 60t^Street
RE: Safety Signs—Concrete Barriers
Dear Jim.
Thank you for the call yesterday regarding the concrete barriers that are stacked at the rear of
the property located at the north west corner of Highway 36 and Osgood Avenue. I honestly only
loosely recall our conversation generally being about allowing those to be stacked there;and we did not
clarify in that conversation that this use was beyond what was related to the Osgood Avenue project
and not a permanent or continuous use as such use would not be permissible.
At this point we need to have those removed but we can understand it will take some time in light of that
lack of clarity.So,please have these removed from the property by June 1,2020 and in the interim please
reduce the stack to no more than"two high"by October 4*,2019.
This follows up from our phone call yesterday and this should address the problem for the next several
months beyond that...thank you for your communication on the matter!
Kind regards,
Eric Johnson
City Administrator
Cc: Reed @ Safety Signs