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City of Ramsey 15153NOWTHEN BOULEVARDN.W.,RAMSEY, MINNESOTA 55303 · {612) 427-1410 September 23, 1991 John Peterson Good Value Homes, Inc. t416 93rd Lane N.E. Blaine, MN 55434 Re: Condition of Premises 7127 Hwy. #10 N.W. PIN #27-32-25-33-0003 John: This letter is addressed to you as representing Good Value Homes, Inc., the fee title owner of the subject property on which there is a violation of Ramsey City Code regarding condition of premises. For the past couple of years at least, one of the occupants at 7127/7129 Hwy. #10 N.W. has been Doug Berens of East Lake Auto. The other occupant is Dalles RV. I have reason to believe that East Lake Auto bears most of the responsibility for the condition of premises at the subject property. However, I am not ruling out the possibility that Dalles RV may also have contributed to the situation that currently exists. As you know, since 1989 there have been problems on the subject property with regards to condition of premises. The property is zoned B-3 Highway Business, for which auto repair is a permitted use. However, City Code specifically defines and prohibits junk yards, vehicle wrecking yards and auto salvage activity. In June of this year, Doug Berens of East Lake Auto was called before the Planning and Zoning Commission to discuss a schedule for removing ali evidence of auto salvage activity on the subject property. Mr. Berens indicated at that time that he would be vacating the property in September, but in the meantime, he promised to make progress towards cleaning up the site. In September, I scheduled East Lake Auto on the Planning and Zoning Commission agenda for review of clean up efforts. At that time, I presented the Commission with photographs of the property that reflect that the situation had worsened. In addition, I u-/ed to contact Doug Berens by telephone and the operator informed me that the telephone has been disconnected. That leads me to believe that East Lake Auto left the property as planned in September, but failed to take their debris with them. The Planning and Zoning Commission is very concerned about the situation and in accordance with City Code, directed me to issue a letter to the property owner requiring that the blight be abated within 10 days. If there is no action on the pan of the property, owner to respond to that order, the matter is brought before City Council as a code violation for review and recommendation. The Council can then order the abatement of the blight at the City's expense and recover the expenditure, plus an additional 25%, by civil action or by certifying a special tax against the property with the County Auditor's office.