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LAKE ELMO CITY COUNCIL MINUTES JANUARY 5, 1988 PAGE 7 the staff that the nature of the business on the propety has been the same since the early 1970's at least. Knaak further stated that Section 301.050B.2. of the Lake Elmo City Code authorizes the continuation of uses of land and property within the City in existence at the time of the enactment of the code. To date the staff has not been able to discover any evidence which would indicate the discontinuance of the use during that time, which would be sufficient to bring it within the jurisdiction of the code and prohibit it, nor have we been able to determine the negative proposition that we could not find evidence that Mr. Gould had not been operating on his current basis. Knaak concluded that the remedy for controlling any activities in or about the Gould premises does not lie in the Zoning Code, but in the nuisance sections of the City Code, in particular Sections 1506 and 1507. The Building Official gave Mr. Gould a deadline of May 1, 1988 to complete the sloping and seeding on his property. Also a copy of the above nuisance code should be given to Mr. Gould. M/S/P Graves/Moe - to instruct the Building Official to work with Joe Gould to restore a 4:1 slope on his property at 5749 Lake Elmo Avenue by May 1, 1988 and to have the Building Official report back to the Council. (Motion carried 4-0). E. Adoption of 1985 and 1987 MN State Building Codes (Amended 1-19-88) See Page 11 The City of Lake Elmo needs to adopt the 1985 and 1987 Minnesota State Building Codes in order to be current with changes made since the City adopted the 1982 Building Code. Related City ordinances also have to be updated and amended to be consistent with the new building codes. The Planning Commission held the public hearing on the proposed ordinance amendments on 12-14-87. After considerable discussion, the Planning Commission assessed the following motion: "that the City Council should approve the adoption of the 1985 and 1987 State Building codes on an interim basis, while the Planning Commission looks into this, and that the bond should be a minimum of $1,000 with a maximum fine of $10,000 and that all permit fees be doubled, and that the Planning Commission will be studying the question of City Code content and code enforcement in Lake Elmo and will be bringing a recommendation back to the City Council. Steve DeLapp asked about requ Jring future business in Lake Elmo to have mandatory sprinkler systems and that rea identshave pot::ential ly mandatory sprinker systems which State Building !.Inspector Norm SJzblcomir: has been try;ifig- to promote. Jim McNamara explained that this item in regard to a sprinkler system in a residential building was extremely controversial in Kansas City at their meeting in September. There is an increase in the expense of putting up a house together which would be between $3000-$4000 unless you are talking about putting one sprinkler head by the furnace area.