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OAK PARK HEIGHTS
-z ` 14168 Oak Park Boulevard No. • P.O.Box 2007 • Oak Park Heights,MN 55082-2007 • Phone:651/439-4439 • Fax:651/439-0574
November 17, 2006
Larry Phillips
5272.Stagecoach Trail,N.
Oak Park Heights, MN 55082
Re: Residence Construction and Variance
Dear Mr. Phillips:
On June 22, 2004 you were granted a Variance that allowed you to reconstruct your
residence at 5727 Stagecoach Trail,N. due to the hardship of the original structure being
lost to a fire. Condition 2 (e) of the Variance required that the construction permit be
issued no later than July 1, 2005 and that construction be completed and Certificate of
Occupancy be issued no later than July 1, 2006.
General construction permit 2005-00061 was issued on March 25, 2005 and a plumbing
permit issued on October 5, 2005. The last inspection requested and performed at your
home was on October 5, 2005, when Building Official Butler inspected the construction
framing and the plumbing underground work. To date, a mechanical permit has not been
applied for and remains a requirement to the dwelling construction. If a fireplace is being
installed a permit is also required for its installation.
Records indicate that your home has had no work beyond framing and that the home is
currently not insulated or that its inspection has not yet been requested,that you have no
operable plumbing and no HVAC work of any kind done to the home, leaving the home
without heat. We have also not received any recorded from the State Electrical Inspector
indicating that any electrical inspections have been performed at the home. In short, the
home by virtue of permits issued and inspections recorded is not considered habitable and
shall not be occupied in any manner.
At this point in time, the deadline for construction as per your Variance has passed and is
subject to review and revocation. Additionally, because there has been no inspection of
work performed in over one-year, the permits issued to the project are also subject to
review and revocation.
Tree City U.S.A.
With this letter you are requested to:
1. Complete the exterior siding of the structure within 90 days of the date of this
letter; and
2. Immediately contact City Administrator, Eric Johnson to discuss the status
and completion timeline of the construction.
Call or email me with any questions you may have regarding this communication.
Cordially,
JulA. Hultman
Planning & Code Enforcement Officer
pc: Eric Johnson, City Administrator
Jim Butler, Building Official
Mark Vierling, City Attorney