Resolution - #19-118 - 05/14/2019

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Councilmember Kuzma introduced the following resolution and moved for its adoption: RESOLUTION #19-118 A RESOLUTION APPROVING CODE ENFORCEMENT ACTION PLAN FOR 5751 177TH AVENUE NW: WHEREAS, Tracer Landscaping and Concrete, Inc. (the "Business") is operating on the property generally known as 5751 177 h Avenue NW and legally described as follows: Lot 1 Block 1, Echo Ridge 2nd Addition ("Subject Property"); and WHEREAS, the Subject Property is zoned R-1 Residential (Rural Developing); and WHEREAS, the Subject Property is approximately 7.92 acres in size; and WHEREAS, there are documented City Code violations dating back to September of 2017, when it was reported to City Staff that a business, Tracer Landscape and Concrete, was operating from the property and that they property was serving as a dispatch location for company staff and for the purposes of storing equipment and materials related to the business.; and WHEREAS, The Applicant submitted to the City an application for a Conditional Use Permit for the purposes of running the business from the property however prior to formal action by the City the Applicant rescinded the application. The property owner has since leased commercial space in Fridley which has resulted in a large reduction of complaints at the property especially over the winter months; and WHEREAS, Staff has received complaints related to landscaping materials being brought to the property. In speaking with the property owner it was indicated that the material (retaining wall block) was provided by his supplier and was material to be used at various home and garden shows and would ultimately be used on his own property. The Minneapolis Home and Garden show was on February 21-23 and February 28 - March Is; and WHEREAS, The landscaping block was initially unloaded at the property on February 20, 2019. It was documented leaving the property on March 26, 2019 in a Tracer Landscaping vehicle. It was again documented back on the property on April 9, 2019. It was documented on April 16, 2019 being loaded onto Tracer Landscaping Vehicles and again driven off site; and WHEREAS, In speaking with the property owner, he indicated that the block was his own personal landscaping block and that he would be completing a project at his mother in law's house as well as his sister in laws house with the block. The property owner provided the addresses (both outside of Ramsey) of the project location and staff was able to verify that those projects were in fact taking place; and