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PIINUTES City Council Apr•il 27, 1988 L&S Enterpr•i ses Auto Repair License (Cont.) Fahey r•eviewed the r•epor•t of the Building Inspector• dated April 2.6, 1988. The City Cler~k r~epor~ted that the site plan for• the building was appr~oved with two offices. Ther•e are now thr~ee offices on the premises. The City does not know when the third office was installed, and ther•e was never a r•evised site plan or appr•oval received fr•om the City for the thir•d office. Andy LaMotte, L& S Enter~pr•ises, asked why he was being penalized for• the ar~ea that he was not leasing. Blesener• stated that LaMotte was not being penalized, but the City is requir~ing the building owner• to clean the proper~ty up. Fahey pointed out that the City appr•oved a site plan with two offices, and now the building has thr~ee. Changes wer•e made in the building without any inspection on the par~t of the City. Fahey noted the potential Code violations in this situation. Fahey felt that if the matter• was not r•esolved quickly, the City would look to revoking the business licenses of the other~ two businesses in the building. Fahey felt that the building owner• should be given two weeks to cor•r•ect the situation and notices should be sent to the other• two businesses in the building that unless the recommendations of the Quilding Inspector~ ar•e complied with, the business licenses for• these two businesses would be r•evoked. Fahey suggested that the City allow L& S Enter~pr•ises to oper•ate in the building for• the two weeks. Fahey stated that anything the Duilding Inspector~ feels should be done immediately should be and if the Building Inspector~ is willing to set up a timetable for• r•esolution of some pr•oblems, the building owner• will have to wor•k that out with the Quilding Inspector. LaMotte stated that had he known this situation would ar•ise, he would have kept his business in St. Paul and may look to another~ subur•b for~ a location. Scalze noted that Mr. LaMotte reported at the last meeting that his business has not oper•ated in St. Paul for some time. Fahey pointed out that the City cannot allow Codes to be violated. The City is asking the Building Inspector to wor•k with the pr•oper~ty owner• in a r•easonable fashion. Fahey noted that par~king r~equir•ements may not be met with three businesses on the pr•emises, and noted the exi sti ng par•ki ng pr~obl em i n Ryan Industr•i al Par•k. Collova did not feel that the impr•ovements listed by the Building Inspector• wer•e ter~r~ibly expensive. LaPlotte noted that the area is an industr•ial ar~ea. Blesener• pointed out that the ar~ea is not a junkyar~d. Page -20-