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of Little Caned w✓� COMMUNITY PRIDE 1953 - 2003 A(AHOR Michael I.Fahey COUNCIL Jim LaV Matt Anders, Rick Montour B111 Blesener 515 Little Canada Road, Little Canada, MN 551 17 -1600 (651) 766 -4029 / FAX: (651) 766 -4048 .ADMJAUS7RATOR wwwci.little- canada.mn.us Joel R. Hanson September 25, 2003 Mr. Jim Cossack 421 Eli Road Little Canada, MN 55117 Re: Accessory Building Violations Dear Mr. Cossack: The City Council denied your variance request to allow the existence of the accessory building you constructed in your rear yard area without a permit. The Planning Commission noted that you have three options to resolve this issue. Those options are: 1. Connect the building to the house to make it part of the principal structure. Please note that this option may have a number of issues involving compliance with the building code and you will need to work through the exact details with Steve Westerhaus, our Building Official. We will also need to decide upon what type of inspections will be necessary to verify compliance with the building code for the portion illegally constructed. 2. Reduce the size of the building to less than 160 square feet. Again, plan details will need to be resolved with the Building Official as will inspection of the existing construction that is to remain. 3. Tear down the building. (A demolition permit will be required for this action.) The City will not allow the current violation to continue. Therefore, we need to know which of these options you will pursue by no later than 4:30 p.m. on Thursday, October 2, 2003. Based upon the option you chose, we will then work out a correction plan with a "date certain" for completion of the agreed upon work. It is to be understood that we will be working with the expectation that this matter is to be fully resolved before the end of this year. Should we not hear from you by October 2 "d, the City Council will then consider this matter at their meeting of October 8, 2003. The likely course of action will be to commence a court action against you to achieve removal of the structure.