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12/1/06 Pictures taken from public right-of--way. There were roughly 45 cars in the rear yard, 25 cars in the front fenced in yard. and a number of cars in front of the buIlding and along the side yard. Violations present on site. 12/1/06 Citnfions Issa~ecl. 12/8/096 Mr. Sedaghat calls Code Enforcement Officer after receiving citations. Staff explained what the three offenses were -nuisance violations, storage of refuse, and no CUP for outdoor storage as required in the I-1 "Coning District. Mr. Sedaghat indicated he is working as hard as he can to get the number of cars reduced. 12/8/06 Ms. Longrie calls Code Enforcement Officer after receiving notice from Mr. Sedaghat about the citations. Staff explained to Ms. Longrie what the citations were issued for. Ms. Longrie explained the efforts Mr. Sedaghat is making to get the site cleaned up. She indicated that when she was last at the property on November 27, there were roughly 20 cars in the front and 50 in the rear yard. She indicated they want to be at 50 cars on the site before applying. A meeting was set up with the City Planner and City staff for December 18 at 3:00. 12/18/06 Ms. Longrie went through the revised site plan her and Mr. Sedaghat have put together. The new plan shows a large area in the rear yard that will be used for proof of parking. The outdoor storage in the rear yard will be blocked off and limited to a small space with the sales area moving to the 30 parking space in the front and side yard. The drainage for the site was reviewed again and possible options were discussed. Ms. Longrie indicated that she believes the site is still over the number of cars allowed and she will be working with Mr. Sedaghat to get that resolved before submitting the paperwork on December 26`x'. City staff mentioned the Pire Marshal should be contacted to set up an inspection to review fire code issues that may be inside this property. At an earlier attempt to clean up the site, Mr. Sedaghat moved all the junk, debris, and parts inside the building. Ms. Longrie indicates that Valor Enterprises should have everything together and will be applying for the January cycle. Mr. Hanson noted again that it is highly unlikely a new application will be approved given past problems. Mr. Hanson told Ms. Longrie about a call we received from another Little Canada business owner indicating Mr. Sedaghat brings his cars to this business for an estimate on work to be done, but no work has every been done on any of Mr. Sedaghat's cars. This business owner indicated they have told Mr. Sedaghat their business will no longer do estimates for Valor Enterprises and to stop bring cars to their shop. 12/26/06 Mr. Sedaghat calls Mr. Hanson and arranges a site inspection for 10:00 a.m. Staff an•ives at the site and Mr. Sedaghat pulls in as well. Mr. Sedaghat indicates who owns some of the cars in the front yard and gives staff permission to enter in the rear yard io inspect the site. ivir. Sedaghat then gets in car and leaves. Staff proceeds to inspect entire site. There were 28 cars in the front fenced in lot, 3 cars in the designated front parking area, and 22 repairables in the rear yard. On both sides of the building there is still the makeshift storage buildings sealed off with plastic around them full of car parts. The yellow moving van in the rear yard had car parts stored under it. Mr. Hanson knocked on the back service door to see if anyone was working inside. A Spanish speaking man opened the door and indicated he was not working inside, but that he lived there. Mr. Hanson reasked that this man stays there and lives inside and the Spanish speaking man indicated yes. 12/26/06 Ms. Longrie drops off the paperwork needed for Valor Enterprises CUP and Text Amendment application as well as the license applications. The Code