05-13-2004 Planning Comm. Agenda

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~~ 515 Little Canada Road, Little Canada, MN 55117-1600 (651) 766-4029 /FAX: (651) 766-4048 wvnv. ci.little-Canada. mn. us MEMORANDUM TO: Planning Commission Members FROM: Jessica Jagoe, Code Enforcement Officer DATE: May 5, 2004 RE: Valor Enterprises - 3165 Spruce Street MArox Michael 1. Fahey COUNCIL Jim La Valle Maft Anderson Riclc Montour BllL IIlesener AIJMINISTRATOR Joel 12. Hansmt I wanted to give everyone an update on our dealings with Fred Sedaghat, Valor Enhprises, since the matter was tabled to the May cycle. Afrer the meeting on November 13, 2003 when the CUP amendment was tabled, I sent Mr. Sedaghat a letter recapping the options for proceeding with the amendment. The options were as follows: 1. Come into city offices and sign another 60-day waiver to allow for more time for him to complete the site plan and grading options. This required him to complete his evaluations and design by no later than Monday, February 23, 2004. Processing of the application would then continue in the March planning cycle. 2. Come into city offices with a revised site plan by Monday, December 22, 2003 and no engineer's report. In that case, he would have been scheduled for the next Planning Commission meeting on Thursday, January 8, 2004. With out grading information, the Planning Commission will be relying on the drainage information submitted by the City Engineer in his report dated November 6, 2003. 3. Lastly, he had the option to not submit any new plans or information. In that event, the matter will go before the Planning Commission and City Council in January with the infom~ation submitted to date. In this case, staff will be recommending denial of the application. If the Planning Commission and City Council agree with staff s recommendation, we would then take an aggressive enforcement stance to resolve outstanding issues. On December 19, 2003, Mr. Sedaghat stopped into city offices to discuss the letter further with Joel Hanson. At that time, it was agreed that he would still submit a more realistic site plan by January 19, 2004 and the grading evaluations by Apri19, 2004. He signed the 60-day waiver and wished to proceed with his amendment. Following that meeting, I sent Mr. Sedaghat a letter on January 7, 2004 recapping that conversation and the terms he agreed to. On January 19, 2004, Mr. Sedaghat did submit a revised site plan. The new site plan showed the proposed sales lot area, increased cars for storage/repairables, and the installation of storage closets for parts/junk/debris. I sent the same letter again on March 23, 2004 as no information had yet been received regarding the grading information. On May 5, Joel Hanson and I stopped out at Valor Enterprises to review the status of the property. Mr. Sedaghat said he was not going to have someone come out and survey the grades of the property. He advised us that he would like what has been currently submitted to be reviewed with a decision made based on that. I counted at least 102 cars on the entire lot. There were six in the sales lot (front fenced area, some with flat tires), 6 in customer parking, 12 along side parking (most of these cars were repairables ex. Flat tires, hoods up, etc.), and roughly 78 in rear yard. In the rear yard, it was hard to determine what was a repairable car vs. car clip. He also had numerous piles of car parts, batteries, and junk. Attached are some photos taken of the site on 5/5/04.