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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2021-11-10 Ltr to Thomas Wilson Re Parking Pad & Retaining Wall Projects • City of Oak Park Heights 14168 Oak Park Blvd. N. Oak Park Heights, MN 55082 Phone:651.439.4439 Fax: 651.439.0574 Building Department Direct Dial:651.351.1661 Email:jhultman@cityofoakparkheights.com November 10, 2021 Mr. Tom Wilson 14887 Upper 55th St. N. Oak Park Heights, MN 55082 Re: Driveway, Retaining Wall and Storage Upon Yard Areas Dear Mr. Wilson— We spoke back in 2018 as to parking pads and a retaining wall project you and your neighbor planning for your shared property line and an anticipated driveway replacement at your home. Please recall that you were advised that permits are required for such work. I have enclosed letters from May 11 and May 25th of 2018 for your reference. We have also discussed exterior storage to the yard area as far back as 2012. Your yard area again has vehicle/trailers placed upon the yard area. City Ordinance 401.15.6 & F regulate off street parking and requires that vehicles/trailers and similar be placed upon an approved parking pad or to the interior of your garage. Please remove the vehicles/trailers and similar from your yard and have them placed to your garage and/or your driveway. I was by your home today and observed work having commenced to your driveway and to the hillside, adjacent to your driveway as well as trailers, a 4-wheeler and other items placed upon your yard area. (1) A STOP WORK notice has been placed, directing that ALL WORK STOP IMMEDIATELY. Please contact me to secure the required permit for the retaining wall and driveway work. (2) Additionally, this letter serves as the City's request for Code compliance and directs that all vehicles, trailers, and similar and exterior accumulated storage items be removed from your yard areas and be placed to your garage, driveway area or otherwise removed from the property. Items(1)and (2)above,shall be addressed no later than Monday, November 22,2021 by: (1) Submittal of a permit application with a detailed plan and verification of property lines for the driveway and retaining wall work. A permit application is enclosed. (2) Removing the vehicles, trailers and similar and other exterior accumulated storage items and placing then to your garage or driveway area or otherwise removing them from the property. Tom Wilson November 10, 2021 Page 2 A compliance check will be made to verify the yard area on November 23, 2021. Your prompt attention is required. Please contact me immediately with any questions or to discuss the situation. Sincerely, PLANNING&CODE ENFORCEMENT Julie Itman Building Official Enclosures c: Eric Johnson, City Administrator Tom Wilson via hand-delivery 40.11. -11 ,,,t,....--,m ,,,,,,,.,,- :-... ---11,P-44118'''.:-., --- - r E tV i Ala I, f Y71 :k. 1 -- - ., c„ Y�^ * F' CITY .' . 1$a; OAK PARK HEIGHTS s -' 14168 Oak Park Boulevard No. • P.O.Box 2007 • Oak Park Heights,MN 55082-2007 • Phone:651/439-4439 • Fax:651/439-0574 May 25, 2018 Mr. Tom Wilson 14887 Upper 55th St. N. Oak Park Heights, MN 55082 Re: Parking Pad and Retaining Wall Projects Dear Mr. Wilson: It was nice meeting you and your family this past Monday. I appreciate your time in discussing the plans for your driveway/parking pad project and the work you will be helping the neighbors with on the retaining wall at your shared property line. As per our conversation you will need to pull a permit for the parking pad work to your property. If you anticipate replacing your driveway and resurfacing the pad with the same material within this year, I will accept the permit application for both projects and will allow phasing with the pad material as I and the driveway and pad material change out at II. This is a zoning permit, with a flat rate permit fee of$25.00. You were provided with the parking pad requirements and notice of limitation of what may be placed upon a parking pad with my May 11, 2018 letter. Please review those requirements and limitations so that you can plan for the pad and its use accordingly. As to the retaining wall project, your neighbor must apply for that work permit regardless of your help with the installation. You certainly may help them with the site plan and information in making that permit if you wish. Again, per our conversation, I will need their permit application, a site plan with information related to placement, materials and engineering for anything over 4-feet in height. If the plan is to place it upon the shared property line or within 5-feet of it, they will also need to notify you in writing of their intent to make such placement and a copy of that communication is to be made part of their permit application. I have enclosed the permit application packet for this work. If you or your neighbor have any questions, please feel fee to contact me anytime. I can be reached by email at jhultman@cityofoakparkheights.com or telephone at(651) 351-1661. I look forward to working with both of your households on your projects. Sincerely, PLANNING & CODE ENFORCEMENT W J i Hultman B Iding Official Enclosure Tree City U.S.A. 44. City of Oak Park Heights 14168 Oak Park Blvd. N.—P.O. Box 2007 Oak Park Heights, MN 55082 Phone:651.439.4439 Fax:651.439.0574 May 11, 2018 Mr. Thomas Wilson 14887 Upper 55th St. N. Oak Park Heights, MN 55082 Re: Parking Pad Expansion —Other Project? Dear Mr. Wilson: I was in your neighborhood on inspections, May 10th. While there I observed a large quantity of block in your driveway and that the grade alongside of it appears to have been prepared for a parking pad. OW • .yi 's.r..' # ice- * ~ I do not find record of a parking pad permit having been applied for or issued to this address nor any other permit since the re-roof permit issued in 2017. Please be advised that work permits are required for many projects, including parking pad, shed and retaining walls. The grade, with the vehicles parked upon it, does not constitute a compliant parking pad. I have enclosed a recent City newsletter article that discussed what is considered an approved parking pad and also limitation to what may be placed upon it. If you plan to use this as a parking area, City Ordinance does require that it be an approved parking pad and a permit is required. No work to this parking pad or any other project with the blocks at this property shall occur until such time a permit has been applied for and issued. Please contact me no later than Friday, May 18th regarding the parking pad and the what is being planned for the blocks in the driveway. You can contact me at 651.351.1661 or via email at jhultman@cityofoakparkheights.com. If you feel it would be easier to discuss in person, I am happy to schedule a date and time to meet you on site. Thank you for your prompt attention. Sincerely, PLANINNG & CODE ENFORCEMENT Julie Itman Build g Official Enclosure c: Eric Johnson, City Administrator Brian DeRosier, Chief of Police No Parking On the Yard Please City Ordinance state that cars, trucks, trailers, boats, snowmobiles, water-skis, four-wheelers, motor homes and other similar items shall be parked in your garage or other accessory building, upon your driveway or an approved parking pad. What is an approved Parking Pad? An approved Parking Pad is a parking pad that is hard surfaced constructed of asphalt, concrete, cobblestone, paving block or crushed rock that meets minimum Class 5 material specifications and has at least a 4-inch-deep base. Designated parking pads shall extend directly from the driveway, away from the house and may be located within the front, side or rear yard setback. Parking pads must be set back at least 5 feet from rear yard property lines. There are Limitations to What You Can Place on a Parking Pad Your parking pad may be used for the placement of: ▪ No more than a total of two (2) recreational vehicles (boats, snowmobiles, etc.)or pieces of equipment (trailers, etc.), not including racing cars. ▪ Registered and operable passenger vehicles. ▪ No more than one (1) truck and/or trailer not to exceed a gross vehicle weight of 12,000 pounds, except when loading, unloading or rendering a service. ▪ Construction and landscaping materials currently being used on the premises. Firewood Storage shall not be on a parking pad. Firewood shall be neatly stacked and stored in the side yard or rear yard or residential premises.