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MEMORANDUM TO: Planning Commission FROM: Joel Hanson, City Administrator Jessica Jagoe, Code Enforcement Officer ,DATE: June 1, 2006 RE: 3161-3167 Spruce Street, Valor CUP Revocations Conditional Use Permit's were issued to the above referenced property for auto retail sales and open and outdoor storage as an accessory use in December of 1999. From almost the onset of Valor's occupancy of the site this property has been a continuous code enforcement issue. Staff has attached a timeline of events with this property owner regarding bringing this property into compliance. The adopted Zoning Administrator's report dated November 30, 1999 required that the storage area conditions were to be completed by December 31, 1999 and paving/parking/landscaping conditions be completed by June 30, 2000. Starting on July 13, 2000, staff was sending letters to the property owner letting them know violations were present on the site and deadlines for completing the items to avoid further enforcement notion. Staff has repeatedly reviewed the conditions of the original CUP with the property owner, Fred Sedaghat, and allowed every opportunity to correct the violations. 1n September of 2003, Mr. Sedaghat applied for an amendment to the original CUP and variance to the parking requirements given his inability to bring the property into compliance. hi this application, Mr. Sedaghat was requesting to relocate the sales lotto the front yard, reduce parking requirements, acid up to 150 cars allowed as outdoor storage. Mr. Sedaghat indicated that he was unable to operate his business as originally represented based on drainage concerns and economic changes. In October, the recommendation was to table the requests pending a report from the City Engineer. In November, the City Engineer reviewed the site urd determined that the drainage problem could be corrected with some regrading of the rear lot and that the problem was not a result of neighboring properties. Mr. Sedaghat disagreed with the results of the City Engineer and requested the matter be tabled again to allow time for Valor Enterprises to hire their own engineer. Mr. Sedaghat also indicated that cars remain on his property for 2-3 months at a time, with the possibility they could remain on site for up to a year. He stated he cannot decrease the nwnber of cars based on the demands of his business. The November 13, 2003, Planning Commission recommendation was for tabling the matter in order for Valor