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� � �; I � � September 28, 2009 Mr. Riaz Hussain 2333 Maple Lane East Maplewood, MN 55109-1538 RE: 1901 Lexin��ton Avenue, Roseville Dear Mr. Hussain, .--. On June 29, 2009 you addressed the Roseville City Council to reconsider their decision to require the removal of the parking areas on your property at 1901 Lexington adjacent to Autumn Street. During the conversation with the City Council, Mayor Klausing indicated that while he and some other members of the City Council had some recollection of the issue, they did not recall all of the details of the circumstances that led to the Council's decision in March 2008 to enforce the pertinent provision of Resolution No. 9414 approved in 1997. In order to make a more informed decision of your request, the Mayor asked that Planning Division staff provide the Cotu�cil with the basic information detailing the issue. The Mayor indicated that if after reviewing the information the Council wished to rescind its previous decision, the item would be put on a future Council agenda. This would allow the City to notify nearby property owners prior to acting on the matter. I have enclosed a copy of the information provided to City Council for your reference. To date, City Council members have not expressed a desire to relook at the matter and thus it appears that the City Council still supports its decision of March 24, 2008 to require that the parking areas be removed and replaced with grass and/or other landscaping. In order to avoid formal Code Enforcement action, I would again request that you secure the permit required for removing the parking areas and installing the corresponding curbing along Autumn Street by October 16, 2009 and seed the areas or cover tllem with sod. If you fail to do so by that date, we will forward the case to the City Attorney for further action. As an alternative, you could attempt to amend the original Conditional Use Permit approved in 1997 to remove the condition that gives the city the discretion to declare the driveway/parkway unsafe and also ask the City Council to rescind its decision from 2008. At this point, staff does not see a compelling reason for the conditional use permit to be amended, and would not support a change to the Conditional Use Pe�mit. It will be for you to state the case for changing the existing conditional use pennits and for you to not be required to remove the driveway/parking area along Autumn St. Nevertheless, you do have the ability to ask for this to be considered. The application fee for this request is $600.00 and will require a public hearing at the Planning Commission with the surrounding neighborhood notified of the meeting and your request. After a recommendation is made by the Planning Commission, the City Council will then consider the request. Should you have any questions, please do not hesitate to call me at 651-792-7071. S incerely, CITY OF ROSEV[LLE Patrick Trudgeon, AICP Community Development Director City of Roseville Community Development Department 2660 Civic Center Drive �.• Roseville, Minnesota 551 13 651-792-7005 •:• www.cixoseville.mn.us/development