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99-854Council File # q� - � s�'j, �RlG1fUAL Green Sheet # 101626 RESOLUTION OF SAINT PAUL, MINNESOTA tS Presented by Referred To Committee Date WF�REAS, the Legisiative Hearing Officer recommends that license application (ID # 199900031$1) for Auto Repair Garage and Second Hand Dealer-Motor Vehicie Parts Licenses by Timothy S. Wilson, DBA Wilson Auto Patts, 933 Payne Avenue, be approved with the following condifions: 1. Activities associated with auto parts sales shall be conducted in the manner of a retail business only. The disassembling of vehicles on the property for the purpose of salvaging auto parts is expressly forbidden. 2. Auto repait activity shall be confined to light line mechanical work only. All vehicie repair shall be conducted inside the building. 3. Customer/employee parking shall only be in the azeas designated on the sate pian filed with License, Inspecfions, and Environmental Protection (LIEP). 4. Discarded car parts shall not be stored outdoors unless placed in a covered dumpster, screened from view by a six foot high wood obscuring fence. The location of the dumpster enclosure must be approved by this office before installafion. 5. Storage of vehicle fluids, batteries, etc. shall be in accordance with Ramsey County Hazardous Waste regulations. 6. The obscuring fence along the west property line shall be maintained in good condi6on. Therefore be it RESOLVED, that the Council of the City of Saint Pau1 hereby appxoves this license with the recommended conditions. ORICINAL Yeas Na s Absent Blakey � Coleman �/' Harris � Benanav Reiter J Sostrom � Lantry f � O Adopted by CouncIl: Date � . $ \�� Adoption By: Approved � Crreen Sheet 101626 �tq ` gs � Requested by Deparhnento£ � Form Approved by City Attomey � Approved by Mayor foi Submission to Council � City Council Offices )NTACTPERSON&PHONE Gerry Strathman, 266-8575 JST BE ON CIXJNCIL AGENDA BY (DATE� September 8, 1999 TOTAL # OF SIGNATURE PAGES pATE INIMTm 8-31-99 xu.�em raa RoUnxG GREEN SHEET ur.avmn o.mcro¢ �� No 101626 arvcaxa ❑ arc�nouEr ❑ arvnsrtK ❑ e�alcr.�s[axersooc ❑ wuxrycaonx�ccro ❑ WYORIORAt9ifMll) ❑ {CLIP ALL LOCATIONS FOR SIGNATURE) Approving application with conditions for Second Hand Dealer-Motor Vehicle Parts and Auto Repair Garage Licenses by Timothy S. Wilson, DBA Wilson Auto Parts, at 933 Payne Avenue. PLANNING COMMISSION CIB COMMITTEE CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION OF TRANSACTION S SOURCE (E%PWN) RSONAL SERVICE CON7RNClS MUST ANSWER iHE FOLLOWING QUESTSONS: Has tAis persoNfiim everxorked under a coritrxt fw this tlepartmeM'7 YES NO Has thia peison/firm evu been a city empbYce9 YES NO Ooes fhis persoNfi�m poesess a sldll not normellypossesseU by any curtent city empbyee? YES NO Is this pere«�rm a targeted vendoR YE3 NO Cou�'s4 Rese��c� �.,� AUG 31 i999 COST/REVENUE BUD6ETED (CIRCLE ONq YES ACTNITY NUMBER NO °�� -�55� ��e��u��re� WII.SON AUTO PARTS, 933 Payne Avenue Monday, August 30, 1999 Gerry Strathman, Legislative Aearing Officer STAFF PRESENT: Lany Zangs, License, Inspections, Environmental Protection (LIEP) The meeting was called to order at 4:02 p.m. Gerry Strathman stated this public hearing is to hear objections to the issuance of licenses to Wilson Auto Parts, 933 Payne Avenue. Larry Zangs reported this is an application by Timothy S. Wilson, DBA Wilson Auto Parts. The licenses aze for Second Hand Dealer-Motar Vekricle Parts and Auto Repair Garage. LIEP is approving the license subject to six condirions which are as follows: l. Activities associated with auto parts sales shall be conducted in the manner of a retail business only. The disassembling of vehicles on the property for the purpose of salvaging auto parts is expressly forbidden. 2. Auto repair activity shall be confined to light line mechanical work only. All vehicle repair shall be conducted inside the building. 3. Customer/employee parking shall only be in the areas designated on the site plan filed with License, Inspec6ons, and Environmental Protection (LIEP). 4. Discarded car parts shall not be stored outdoots unless placed in a covered dumpster, screened from view by a six foot high wood obscuring fence. The location of the dumpster enclosure must be approved by this office before instaliafion. 5. Storage of vehicle fluids, batteries, etc. shall be in accordance with Ramsey County Hazardous Waste regulafions. 6. The obscuring fence along the west property line shall be maintained in good condition. At the first hearing on this matter, stated Mr. Strathman, there was a question as to whether this license is legal in this zoning district. Mr. Zangs responded that has been resolved. The original application was approved as an auto service station, which usually involves the sale of petroleum products. There is also an auto repair facility license that deals with light mechanical duties, which is similar to what an auto service station would be permitted to have. Based on that intezpretation, the zoning office decided as long as the auto repair aetivity is confined to light line mechanical work only, then the owner could operate there and be in compliance with the zoning ordinance. Katya Ricketts, East Side Neighborhood Development Company (ESNDC), Inc., 900 Payne Avenue, appeared and stated the physical aesthetics and general commercial health of Payne Avenue is important to her organizarion. The ESNDC is in opposition to a new license. It was there understanding that the new license would be for auto salvage, which would be a detrimem to Payne Avenue. o�q . ts y WILSON AUTO PARTS, 933 Payne Avenue Page 2 Mr. Strathman asked is there a distinction between auto repair and auto salvage. Mr. Zangs responded auto salvage involves dismantling a vehicle and reselling or recyciing those parts. Auto repair involves taidug a vehicle and repairing it by using parts or exchanging parts, but the parts ate only used with the intent and purpose of repairing the vehicles. If this license was granted, Mr. Wilson could not do auto salvage at this location. If those parts were salvaged someplace else and brought to this faciliry, it can be sold from this location. Ms. Rickets requested the following conditions be added to the license: i) The display showroom will be cleaned and made more attractive; 2) Car parts will not be stored outside in the pazking lot azea; 3) Cazs will not be repaired in the parking lot; 4) The pazking lot wili be cleaned and possibly resurfaced; 5) The building will be fixed up and painted; 6) There will be a limit on the number of cars parked overnight. Mr. Strathman stated he has received the following letters objecting to the issuance of the licenses: Bruce Sylvester, District Five Plauning Council, 1014 Payne Avenue; Maureen Mariana, Payne Arcade Business Association, 900 Payne Avenue; Mike Anderson, East Side Neighborhood Development Company, 900 Payne Avenue; Shirley R. Nordstrom, 619 Sims Avenue; Michael J. Wagner, Jr., Wagner Management, 1032 Seventh Street West #201; Michael J. Wagner, Jr., The Martin Holdings, 43 East Golden Lake Road, Circle Pines; Katya Rickets, East Side Neighborhood Development Company, 900 Payne Avenue. (Ms. Rickets letter included photographs.) Tim Wilson, owner, appeared and stated he owns two lots at this location: one lot is for pazking and the other is for the building and parking. He gave a renter a chance to run the garage for a year, but he ran it shabbily. A Chevy in one of the photographs belongs to a teacher at Como Pazk who wanted to get the car started. A motor was being installed in one vehicle and the other was getting started. Most of the vehicles an the photographs belong to Mr. Wilson. He purchased the business in May 1995, and ran it as an auto repair facility. The license was kept until lately when he wanted to put the business under one name. Mr. Wilson was the one that got his renter out of there. No one came to Mr. Wilson with any problems except for one neighbor. It is tough to do business in this neighbarhood. His business is the longest to stay at this location. (Mr. Wilson turned in photographs of what the business looks like now.) In order to keep the garage clean, Mr. Wilson stated, he has to be able to afford it. Since May, the business has cost him close to $400,000. He pays $6,000 a year in taxes and $2,000 a month in building payments. Therefare, he needs the auto parts and light auto repair to wark together. The basic thing he wants to do is sell used tires and put in batteries. The photographs from the ESNDC show the problems that come with a facility that deals with changing motors, etc. An auto repair facility is always waifing for parts. However, with the system he has in place, there should be almost no overnight parking. q� -FS � WII,SON AUTO PARTS, 933 Payne Avenue Page 3 (Mr. VJilson presented a certificate of occupancy dated 8-13-99, which states the building is in fiill compliance.) Mr. Strathman stated the improvement in the photographs is conspicuous. The ESNDC has conditions they would like to see on the license. It seems some of these conditions aze compatible with the LIEP conditions already agreed to by the owner. Mr. Zangs responded it would be difficult to enforce the limit of cazs in the parking lot overnight (ESNDC Condition #6). Mr. Strathman stated the three conditions recommended by the ESNDC that have not been agreed upon by Mr. Wilson are as follows: clean the display showroom, ciean and resurface the lot, and paint the building. Mr. Wilson responded the showroom has improved. Ms. Rickets responded some of the glass in the showroom is not being used and is dirry. The pazking lot has been cleaned; the resurfacing would be for the oil spiils and stains. The painfing is for the general upkeep of the building. Mr. Strathman stated the building is of legal use and the owner has agreed to LIEP's recommended conditions that address some of the concerns in the letters. Mr. Strathman does not think the City can require the owner to resurface the parking lot. As for cleaning and painting the building, there are building inspectors that deal with properry code enforcement. The City cannot require the owner to paint the building un61 the building inspector detennines the exterior is not in compliance with the building maintenance code. Gerry Strathman recoxnmended approval of the license with the conditions recommended by LIEP. The meeting was adjourned at 431 p.m. rrn Council File # q� - � s�'j, �RlG1fUAL Green Sheet # 101626 RESOLUTION OF SAINT PAUL, MINNESOTA tS Presented by Referred To Committee Date WF�REAS, the Legisiative Hearing Officer recommends that license application (ID # 199900031$1) for Auto Repair Garage and Second Hand Dealer-Motor Vehicie Parts Licenses by Timothy S. Wilson, DBA Wilson Auto Patts, 933 Payne Avenue, be approved with the following condifions: 1. Activities associated with auto parts sales shall be conducted in the manner of a retail business only. The disassembling of vehicles on the property for the purpose of salvaging auto parts is expressly forbidden. 2. Auto repait activity shall be confined to light line mechanical work only. All vehicie repair shall be conducted inside the building. 3. Customer/employee parking shall only be in the azeas designated on the sate pian filed with License, Inspecfions, and Environmental Protection (LIEP). 4. Discarded car parts shall not be stored outdoors unless placed in a covered dumpster, screened from view by a six foot high wood obscuring fence. The location of the dumpster enclosure must be approved by this office before installafion. 5. Storage of vehicle fluids, batteries, etc. shall be in accordance with Ramsey County Hazardous Waste regulations. 6. The obscuring fence along the west property line shall be maintained in good condi6on. Therefore be it RESOLVED, that the Council of the City of Saint Pau1 hereby appxoves this license with the recommended conditions. ORICINAL Yeas Na s Absent Blakey � Coleman �/' Harris � Benanav Reiter J Sostrom � Lantry f � O Adopted by CouncIl: Date � . $ \�� Adoption By: Approved � Crreen Sheet 101626 �tq ` gs � Requested by Deparhnento£ � Form Approved by City Attomey � Approved by Mayor foi Submission to Council � City Council Offices )NTACTPERSON&PHONE Gerry Strathman, 266-8575 JST BE ON CIXJNCIL AGENDA BY (DATE� September 8, 1999 TOTAL # OF SIGNATURE PAGES pATE INIMTm 8-31-99 xu.�em raa RoUnxG GREEN SHEET ur.avmn o.mcro¢ �� No 101626 arvcaxa ❑ arc�nouEr ❑ arvnsrtK ❑ e�alcr.�s[axersooc ❑ wuxrycaonx�ccro ❑ WYORIORAt9ifMll) ❑ {CLIP ALL LOCATIONS FOR SIGNATURE) Approving application with conditions for Second Hand Dealer-Motor Vehicle Parts and Auto Repair Garage Licenses by Timothy S. Wilson, DBA Wilson Auto Parts, at 933 Payne Avenue. PLANNING COMMISSION CIB COMMITTEE CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION OF TRANSACTION S SOURCE (E%PWN) RSONAL SERVICE CON7RNClS MUST ANSWER iHE FOLLOWING QUESTSONS: Has tAis persoNfiim everxorked under a coritrxt fw this tlepartmeM'7 YES NO Has thia peison/firm evu been a city empbYce9 YES NO Ooes fhis persoNfi�m poesess a sldll not normellypossesseU by any curtent city empbyee? YES NO Is this pere«�rm a targeted vendoR YE3 NO Cou�'s4 Rese��c� �.,� AUG 31 i999 COST/REVENUE BUD6ETED (CIRCLE ONq YES ACTNITY NUMBER NO °�� -�55� ��e��u��re� WII.SON AUTO PARTS, 933 Payne Avenue Monday, August 30, 1999 Gerry Strathman, Legislative Aearing Officer STAFF PRESENT: Lany Zangs, License, Inspections, Environmental Protection (LIEP) The meeting was called to order at 4:02 p.m. Gerry Strathman stated this public hearing is to hear objections to the issuance of licenses to Wilson Auto Parts, 933 Payne Avenue. Larry Zangs reported this is an application by Timothy S. Wilson, DBA Wilson Auto Parts. The licenses aze for Second Hand Dealer-Motar Vekricle Parts and Auto Repair Garage. LIEP is approving the license subject to six condirions which are as follows: l. Activities associated with auto parts sales shall be conducted in the manner of a retail business only. The disassembling of vehicles on the property for the purpose of salvaging auto parts is expressly forbidden. 2. Auto repair activity shall be confined to light line mechanical work only. All vehicle repair shall be conducted inside the building. 3. Customer/employee parking shall only be in the areas designated on the site plan filed with License, Inspec6ons, and Environmental Protection (LIEP). 4. Discarded car parts shall not be stored outdoots unless placed in a covered dumpster, screened from view by a six foot high wood obscuring fence. The location of the dumpster enclosure must be approved by this office before instaliafion. 5. Storage of vehicle fluids, batteries, etc. shall be in accordance with Ramsey County Hazardous Waste regulafions. 6. The obscuring fence along the west property line shall be maintained in good condition. At the first hearing on this matter, stated Mr. Strathman, there was a question as to whether this license is legal in this zoning district. Mr. Zangs responded that has been resolved. The original application was approved as an auto service station, which usually involves the sale of petroleum products. There is also an auto repair facility license that deals with light mechanical duties, which is similar to what an auto service station would be permitted to have. Based on that intezpretation, the zoning office decided as long as the auto repair aetivity is confined to light line mechanical work only, then the owner could operate there and be in compliance with the zoning ordinance. Katya Ricketts, East Side Neighborhood Development Company (ESNDC), Inc., 900 Payne Avenue, appeared and stated the physical aesthetics and general commercial health of Payne Avenue is important to her organizarion. The ESNDC is in opposition to a new license. It was there understanding that the new license would be for auto salvage, which would be a detrimem to Payne Avenue. o�q . ts y WILSON AUTO PARTS, 933 Payne Avenue Page 2 Mr. Strathman asked is there a distinction between auto repair and auto salvage. Mr. Zangs responded auto salvage involves dismantling a vehicle and reselling or recyciing those parts. Auto repair involves taidug a vehicle and repairing it by using parts or exchanging parts, but the parts ate only used with the intent and purpose of repairing the vehicles. If this license was granted, Mr. Wilson could not do auto salvage at this location. If those parts were salvaged someplace else and brought to this faciliry, it can be sold from this location. Ms. Rickets requested the following conditions be added to the license: i) The display showroom will be cleaned and made more attractive; 2) Car parts will not be stored outside in the pazking lot azea; 3) Cazs will not be repaired in the parking lot; 4) The pazking lot wili be cleaned and possibly resurfaced; 5) The building will be fixed up and painted; 6) There will be a limit on the number of cars parked overnight. Mr. Strathman stated he has received the following letters objecting to the issuance of the licenses: Bruce Sylvester, District Five Plauning Council, 1014 Payne Avenue; Maureen Mariana, Payne Arcade Business Association, 900 Payne Avenue; Mike Anderson, East Side Neighborhood Development Company, 900 Payne Avenue; Shirley R. Nordstrom, 619 Sims Avenue; Michael J. Wagner, Jr., Wagner Management, 1032 Seventh Street West #201; Michael J. Wagner, Jr., The Martin Holdings, 43 East Golden Lake Road, Circle Pines; Katya Rickets, East Side Neighborhood Development Company, 900 Payne Avenue. (Ms. Rickets letter included photographs.) Tim Wilson, owner, appeared and stated he owns two lots at this location: one lot is for pazking and the other is for the building and parking. He gave a renter a chance to run the garage for a year, but he ran it shabbily. A Chevy in one of the photographs belongs to a teacher at Como Pazk who wanted to get the car started. A motor was being installed in one vehicle and the other was getting started. Most of the vehicles an the photographs belong to Mr. Wilson. He purchased the business in May 1995, and ran it as an auto repair facility. The license was kept until lately when he wanted to put the business under one name. Mr. Wilson was the one that got his renter out of there. No one came to Mr. Wilson with any problems except for one neighbor. It is tough to do business in this neighbarhood. His business is the longest to stay at this location. (Mr. Wilson turned in photographs of what the business looks like now.) In order to keep the garage clean, Mr. Wilson stated, he has to be able to afford it. Since May, the business has cost him close to $400,000. He pays $6,000 a year in taxes and $2,000 a month in building payments. Therefare, he needs the auto parts and light auto repair to wark together. The basic thing he wants to do is sell used tires and put in batteries. The photographs from the ESNDC show the problems that come with a facility that deals with changing motors, etc. An auto repair facility is always waifing for parts. However, with the system he has in place, there should be almost no overnight parking. q� -FS � WII,SON AUTO PARTS, 933 Payne Avenue Page 3 (Mr. VJilson presented a certificate of occupancy dated 8-13-99, which states the building is in fiill compliance.) Mr. Strathman stated the improvement in the photographs is conspicuous. The ESNDC has conditions they would like to see on the license. It seems some of these conditions aze compatible with the LIEP conditions already agreed to by the owner. Mr. Zangs responded it would be difficult to enforce the limit of cazs in the parking lot overnight (ESNDC Condition #6). Mr. Strathman stated the three conditions recommended by the ESNDC that have not been agreed upon by Mr. Wilson are as follows: clean the display showroom, ciean and resurface the lot, and paint the building. Mr. Wilson responded the showroom has improved. Ms. Rickets responded some of the glass in the showroom is not being used and is dirry. The pazking lot has been cleaned; the resurfacing would be for the oil spiils and stains. The painfing is for the general upkeep of the building. Mr. Strathman stated the building is of legal use and the owner has agreed to LIEP's recommended conditions that address some of the concerns in the letters. Mr. Strathman does not think the City can require the owner to resurface the parking lot. As for cleaning and painting the building, there are building inspectors that deal with properry code enforcement. The City cannot require the owner to paint the building un61 the building inspector detennines the exterior is not in compliance with the building maintenance code. Gerry Strathman recoxnmended approval of the license with the conditions recommended by LIEP. The meeting was adjourned at 431 p.m. rrn Council File # q� - � s�'j, �RlG1fUAL Green Sheet # 101626 RESOLUTION OF SAINT PAUL, MINNESOTA tS Presented by Referred To Committee Date WF�REAS, the Legisiative Hearing Officer recommends that license application (ID # 199900031$1) for Auto Repair Garage and Second Hand Dealer-Motor Vehicie Parts Licenses by Timothy S. Wilson, DBA Wilson Auto Patts, 933 Payne Avenue, be approved with the following condifions: 1. Activities associated with auto parts sales shall be conducted in the manner of a retail business only. The disassembling of vehicles on the property for the purpose of salvaging auto parts is expressly forbidden. 2. Auto repait activity shall be confined to light line mechanical work only. All vehicie repair shall be conducted inside the building. 3. Customer/employee parking shall only be in the azeas designated on the sate pian filed with License, Inspecfions, and Environmental Protection (LIEP). 4. Discarded car parts shall not be stored outdoors unless placed in a covered dumpster, screened from view by a six foot high wood obscuring fence. The location of the dumpster enclosure must be approved by this office before installafion. 5. Storage of vehicle fluids, batteries, etc. shall be in accordance with Ramsey County Hazardous Waste regulations. 6. The obscuring fence along the west property line shall be maintained in good condi6on. Therefore be it RESOLVED, that the Council of the City of Saint Pau1 hereby appxoves this license with the recommended conditions. ORICINAL Yeas Na s Absent Blakey � Coleman �/' Harris � Benanav Reiter J Sostrom � Lantry f � O Adopted by CouncIl: Date � . $ \�� Adoption By: Approved � Crreen Sheet 101626 �tq ` gs � Requested by Deparhnento£ � Form Approved by City Attomey � Approved by Mayor foi Submission to Council � City Council Offices )NTACTPERSON&PHONE Gerry Strathman, 266-8575 JST BE ON CIXJNCIL AGENDA BY (DATE� September 8, 1999 TOTAL # OF SIGNATURE PAGES pATE INIMTm 8-31-99 xu.�em raa RoUnxG GREEN SHEET ur.avmn o.mcro¢ �� No 101626 arvcaxa ❑ arc�nouEr ❑ arvnsrtK ❑ e�alcr.�s[axersooc ❑ wuxrycaonx�ccro ❑ WYORIORAt9ifMll) ❑ {CLIP ALL LOCATIONS FOR SIGNATURE) Approving application with conditions for Second Hand Dealer-Motor Vehicle Parts and Auto Repair Garage Licenses by Timothy S. Wilson, DBA Wilson Auto Parts, at 933 Payne Avenue. PLANNING COMMISSION CIB COMMITTEE CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION OF TRANSACTION S SOURCE (E%PWN) RSONAL SERVICE CON7RNClS MUST ANSWER iHE FOLLOWING QUESTSONS: Has tAis persoNfiim everxorked under a coritrxt fw this tlepartmeM'7 YES NO Has thia peison/firm evu been a city empbYce9 YES NO Ooes fhis persoNfi�m poesess a sldll not normellypossesseU by any curtent city empbyee? YES NO Is this pere«�rm a targeted vendoR YE3 NO Cou�'s4 Rese��c� �.,� AUG 31 i999 COST/REVENUE BUD6ETED (CIRCLE ONq YES ACTNITY NUMBER NO °�� -�55� ��e��u��re� WII.SON AUTO PARTS, 933 Payne Avenue Monday, August 30, 1999 Gerry Strathman, Legislative Aearing Officer STAFF PRESENT: Lany Zangs, License, Inspections, Environmental Protection (LIEP) The meeting was called to order at 4:02 p.m. Gerry Strathman stated this public hearing is to hear objections to the issuance of licenses to Wilson Auto Parts, 933 Payne Avenue. Larry Zangs reported this is an application by Timothy S. Wilson, DBA Wilson Auto Parts. The licenses aze for Second Hand Dealer-Motar Vekricle Parts and Auto Repair Garage. LIEP is approving the license subject to six condirions which are as follows: l. Activities associated with auto parts sales shall be conducted in the manner of a retail business only. The disassembling of vehicles on the property for the purpose of salvaging auto parts is expressly forbidden. 2. Auto repair activity shall be confined to light line mechanical work only. All vehicle repair shall be conducted inside the building. 3. Customer/employee parking shall only be in the areas designated on the site plan filed with License, Inspec6ons, and Environmental Protection (LIEP). 4. Discarded car parts shall not be stored outdoots unless placed in a covered dumpster, screened from view by a six foot high wood obscuring fence. The location of the dumpster enclosure must be approved by this office before instaliafion. 5. Storage of vehicle fluids, batteries, etc. shall be in accordance with Ramsey County Hazardous Waste regulafions. 6. The obscuring fence along the west property line shall be maintained in good condition. At the first hearing on this matter, stated Mr. Strathman, there was a question as to whether this license is legal in this zoning district. Mr. Zangs responded that has been resolved. The original application was approved as an auto service station, which usually involves the sale of petroleum products. There is also an auto repair facility license that deals with light mechanical duties, which is similar to what an auto service station would be permitted to have. Based on that intezpretation, the zoning office decided as long as the auto repair aetivity is confined to light line mechanical work only, then the owner could operate there and be in compliance with the zoning ordinance. Katya Ricketts, East Side Neighborhood Development Company (ESNDC), Inc., 900 Payne Avenue, appeared and stated the physical aesthetics and general commercial health of Payne Avenue is important to her organizarion. The ESNDC is in opposition to a new license. It was there understanding that the new license would be for auto salvage, which would be a detrimem to Payne Avenue. o�q . ts y WILSON AUTO PARTS, 933 Payne Avenue Page 2 Mr. Strathman asked is there a distinction between auto repair and auto salvage. Mr. Zangs responded auto salvage involves dismantling a vehicle and reselling or recyciing those parts. Auto repair involves taidug a vehicle and repairing it by using parts or exchanging parts, but the parts ate only used with the intent and purpose of repairing the vehicles. If this license was granted, Mr. Wilson could not do auto salvage at this location. If those parts were salvaged someplace else and brought to this faciliry, it can be sold from this location. Ms. Rickets requested the following conditions be added to the license: i) The display showroom will be cleaned and made more attractive; 2) Car parts will not be stored outside in the pazking lot azea; 3) Cazs will not be repaired in the parking lot; 4) The pazking lot wili be cleaned and possibly resurfaced; 5) The building will be fixed up and painted; 6) There will be a limit on the number of cars parked overnight. Mr. Strathman stated he has received the following letters objecting to the issuance of the licenses: Bruce Sylvester, District Five Plauning Council, 1014 Payne Avenue; Maureen Mariana, Payne Arcade Business Association, 900 Payne Avenue; Mike Anderson, East Side Neighborhood Development Company, 900 Payne Avenue; Shirley R. Nordstrom, 619 Sims Avenue; Michael J. Wagner, Jr., Wagner Management, 1032 Seventh Street West #201; Michael J. Wagner, Jr., The Martin Holdings, 43 East Golden Lake Road, Circle Pines; Katya Rickets, East Side Neighborhood Development Company, 900 Payne Avenue. (Ms. Rickets letter included photographs.) Tim Wilson, owner, appeared and stated he owns two lots at this location: one lot is for pazking and the other is for the building and parking. He gave a renter a chance to run the garage for a year, but he ran it shabbily. A Chevy in one of the photographs belongs to a teacher at Como Pazk who wanted to get the car started. A motor was being installed in one vehicle and the other was getting started. Most of the vehicles an the photographs belong to Mr. Wilson. He purchased the business in May 1995, and ran it as an auto repair facility. The license was kept until lately when he wanted to put the business under one name. Mr. Wilson was the one that got his renter out of there. No one came to Mr. Wilson with any problems except for one neighbor. It is tough to do business in this neighbarhood. His business is the longest to stay at this location. (Mr. Wilson turned in photographs of what the business looks like now.) In order to keep the garage clean, Mr. Wilson stated, he has to be able to afford it. Since May, the business has cost him close to $400,000. He pays $6,000 a year in taxes and $2,000 a month in building payments. Therefare, he needs the auto parts and light auto repair to wark together. The basic thing he wants to do is sell used tires and put in batteries. The photographs from the ESNDC show the problems that come with a facility that deals with changing motors, etc. An auto repair facility is always waifing for parts. However, with the system he has in place, there should be almost no overnight parking. q� -FS � WII,SON AUTO PARTS, 933 Payne Avenue Page 3 (Mr. VJilson presented a certificate of occupancy dated 8-13-99, which states the building is in fiill compliance.) Mr. Strathman stated the improvement in the photographs is conspicuous. The ESNDC has conditions they would like to see on the license. It seems some of these conditions aze compatible with the LIEP conditions already agreed to by the owner. Mr. Zangs responded it would be difficult to enforce the limit of cazs in the parking lot overnight (ESNDC Condition #6). Mr. Strathman stated the three conditions recommended by the ESNDC that have not been agreed upon by Mr. Wilson are as follows: clean the display showroom, ciean and resurface the lot, and paint the building. Mr. Wilson responded the showroom has improved. Ms. Rickets responded some of the glass in the showroom is not being used and is dirry. The pazking lot has been cleaned; the resurfacing would be for the oil spiils and stains. The painfing is for the general upkeep of the building. Mr. Strathman stated the building is of legal use and the owner has agreed to LIEP's recommended conditions that address some of the concerns in the letters. Mr. Strathman does not think the City can require the owner to resurface the parking lot. As for cleaning and painting the building, there are building inspectors that deal with properry code enforcement. The City cannot require the owner to paint the building un61 the building inspector detennines the exterior is not in compliance with the building maintenance code. Gerry Strathman recoxnmended approval of the license with the conditions recommended by LIEP. The meeting was adjourned at 431 p.m. rrn