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515 Little Canada Road, Little Canada, MN 55117-1600 (651) 766-4029 / FAX: (651) 766-4048 www.cilittle-canada.mn.us MEMORANDUM MAYOR i3iLl Blesener COUNCIL. Rick Montour John Keis Michael McGraw Shelly Boss ADMINISTRATOR Joel R. Hanson TO: Mayor 131esener and Members of the City Council FROM: Jessica Jagoe, Code Enforcement Officer DATE: November 6, 2014 RE: 200-208 Ryan Drive — Non -Conforming Extension Russ Fischer's building at 200 Ryan Drive was a total Toss as a result of a fire that occurred on October 3, 2014. Russ has plans to demo the building which he anticipates will happen within the next month. This week he hired a demolition contractor and they are in the process of completing the hazardous materials assessment. Plus, Russ is working with his tenants on removal of their property from inside the remaining shell of the building. Russ has already met with city staff to discuss plans for rebuilding next spring. 14e plans for construction to begin after road restrictions are lifted (May roughly) and has been told it's about a three month construction project. At this time, Russ is not prepared to apply for a building permit to rebuild due to drainage problems he has experienced in the past. Russ has been working with Lee Elfering, City Engineer and the Watershed District to discuss corrective options with ponding and/or grading of the site next spring. These plans will impact the layout of the site and how the building is configured. City staff has informed Russ of the legal non -conforming use that existed with the prior metal building. Current ordinance standards for required building materials in the I-1 zoning district would require a new building to be constructed entirely of solid wall masonry materials, or covered with masonry facade materials and glass. This legal non -conforming use is allowed to continue as regulated by State Statute under time sensitive requirements. i have copied below the provision of the city code pertaining to continuance of a non -conforming use or structure: City ordinance 903.010.G states subject to the requirements of MN Stat, Chapter 462.357, Subd I.e., if at any time a non -conforming building, structure or use shall be destroyed to the extent of more than fifty (50) percent of its fair market value, said value to be determined by the City Assessor, and where no building permit has been appliedfin' within one hundred eighty (180) days of said destruction, then without further action by the Council, the building and the land on which such building was located or maintained shall, from and after the date of said destruction, be subject to all the regulations 1