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Home My WebLink AboutCode violation � ' ' , � O�r � ' I O O . � /.y��,;� C ITY of ORONO � i k,x ,Y� r' � � r�',, � �� `!I �l� ' Municipal Offices �'�� G �� Street Address: Mailing Address: '� ' �xE3H04'; 2750 Kelley Parkway P.O. Boz 66 __ - - Orono, MN 55356 Crystal Bay, MN 55323-0066 11 December 2009 Jeffrey P. Cole 2794 Casco Point Road Orono, MN 55391 SENT VIA U.S. CERITIFIED MAIL NO. 7002 0510 0001 6306 1145 Re: City Code Violation at 2794 Casco Point Road Property Identification Number: 20-117-23-32-0018 On December 1, 2009, City Staff observed a skid steer stored outside at the above address. The skid steer is considered "special mobile equipment" and according to 78-1577(5) the outdoor storage of special mobile equipment is prohibited in all Residential Districts within the City of Orono. This letter will serve as your notice that the property must be brought into compliance by . January 25, 2010 in order to avoid legal action by the City. In order to bring your property into compliance the skid steer must be removed from the above property, stored in an enclosed building or - an appeal to the City Council must be requested by January 25, 2010 to avoid legal action by the City. Please be advised, if you fail to correct the violations or request an appeal hearing before the City Council prior to the deadline, the City will correct the violations and the costs to do so will be assessed against your property [Cite: City Code 58-1(c) & 78-1577(6)]. Those costs will be certified to the County Auditor and will be collected in the same manner as special assessments against your property. I have attached the pertinent City Codes for your reference. If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to call me at 952.249.4627. Sincerely, City of Orono � �� Melanie Curtis Planning & Zoning Coordinator Attached: City Code Sections 58-1, 78-1577 c: US Mail Telephone(952)249-4600 • Fax(952)249-4616 www.ci.orono.mn.us 1 I , � � � � � � � � ■ Com lete items 1,2,and 3.Also comp�ete A. Sicfnatur ' p � ,f,, ,;'11 (, lj ❑Agent item 4 if Restricted De�ivery is desired. X � �� J ❑Addressee ■ Print your name and address on the reverse so that we can return the card to you. e. Re ve y(P'nted Name) C. Date of Delivery ` ■ Attach this card to the back of the mailpiece, ``��_�v K,�" 4 ` � C ��-c or on the front if space permits. �J D. Is delivery address different from item 11 ❑Yes 1. Ar'cicle Addressed to: If YES,enter delivery address below: ❑ No Jef�� . C�le� � (�� d 3. Service Type Z�q� \.x�`^ �Certified Mail ❑ Express Mail ❑ Registered ❑ Return Receipt for Merohandise UJ'�� I ❑ Insured Mail ❑C.O.D. n oe��.�,.+,..+n,.�:..,...n��..,_.� ❑YeS 2. Artic (rrar .J2595-02-M-1540 PS For � ' , . �� .. , , _ . :: .. . � � a ..D G KF ,y� 0 Postage $ AI rn /� � � �p Certified Fee '/ . postmar 4 � Return Receipt Fee /� ' �� 7(��re � (Endorsement Required) (� Lw�� Restricted Delivery Fee � 0 (Endorsement Required) �Q � o S'p _ c��`�h � Total Postage&Fees $ 5, � � Sent To T� ---------- �----- -- j --------J- - � �'--��--- - - -- - ----------- N Street.Apt.No.: ^ �/� /� /� ^�.� �. �/� O or PO Box No �/ �� .7� ��'{� —�-=— — �-- - - � City.State,ZIP+ `�'J`/v ,. N .1 11 i2/ii/o9 2794 Casco Point Road Page 2 of 6 Sec. 58-1. Maintenance of private property. (a) It is the duty of the owner of every vacant property and the owner and occupant of every occupied property to maintain the property in a neat, clean and presentable manner free of any junk, debris, refuse, litter, dead trees, or noxious weeds, and to remove all other public health or safety hazards from the property. (c) Any violation of this section is declared to be a nuisance and a public safety and welfare hazard, and upon seven days' written notice to the owner, as shown by the records of the office of the county auditor, of private premises on which such material is found or any conditions in violation of this code section exist, the city may remove such matter or correct any conditions in violation, and certify the cost of such removals or corrections as any other special assessment. (Code 1984, § 9.55; Ord. No. 191 2nd series, § 1, 6-14-1999) Sec. 78-1577. Exterior storage in R districts. In all R districts, it is the responsibility of the owner of any property, improved or unimproved, to maintain the outdoor areas; including courtyards and the like, of the property and adjacent rights-of-way in a manner that complies with the following requirements. All recreational vehicles, mobile homes, camping trailers, motor homes, pickup coaches, travel trailers, special mobile equipment, and utility trailers shall meet the requirements of this Code. Additionally, all exterior storage must comply with subdivision (6) of this section. (1) Definitions: a. B/ight means a deteriorated condition, something that impairs or destroys. b. Junk means any cast-off, damaged, discarded, junked, obsolete, salvage, scrapped, unusable, worn-out or wrecked object, thing or material composed in whole or in part of asphalt, brick, carbon, cement, plastic, or other synthetic substance, fiber, glass, metal, paper, plaster, plaster of paris, rubber, terra cotta, wool, cotton, cloth, canvas, organic matter or other substance, regardless of perceived market value or requiring reconditioning in order to be used for its original purpose. c. Recreational vehicle. Mobile home and recreational vehicle shall mean and include the following definitions, and shall not include any manufactured housing unit bearing a State of Minnesota manufactured housing seal or certificate, for uses including but not limited to those listed below: 1. Camping trailer means a folding structure, mounted on wheels and designed for travel, recreation and vacation uses, also called a pop-up camper. 2. Motor home means a portable, temporary dwelling to be used for travel, recreation and vacation, constructed as an integral part of a self-propelled vehicle. 3. Pickup camper means a structure designed to be mounted on a truck chassis for use as a temporary dwelling for travel, recreation and vacation. 4. Travel trailer means a vehicular, portable structure built on a chassis, designed to be used as a temporary dwelling for travel, recreational and vacation uses, permanently identified as a travel trailer by the manufacturer of the trailer. iz/ii/o9 2794 Casco Point Road Page 3 of 6 d. Specia/mobile equipment means every vehicle not designed or used primarily for the transportation of persons or property and only incidentally operated or moved over a highway, including but not limited to: ditch digging equipment, moving dollies, pump hoists and other well-drilling equipment, street sweeping vehicles, and other machinery such as asphalt spreaders, bituminous mixers, bucket loaders, tractors other than truck-tractors, ditchers, leveling graders, finishing machines, motor graders, road rollers, scarifiers, earth-moving equipment. The term does not include travel trailers, dump trucks, truck-mounted transit mixers, truck-mounted feed grinders, or other motor vehicles designed for the transportation of persons or property to which machinery has been attached. e. Utility trailer means any motorless vehicle, other than a boat trailer or personal watercraft trailer, designed for carrying of snowmobiles, motorcycles, all terrain vehicles, or property on its own structure and for being drawn by a motor vehicle but shall not include boat trailers, a trailer drawn by a truck-tractor semitrailer combination, or an auxiliary axie on a motor vehicle which carries a portion of the weight of the motor vehicle to which it is attached. (2) (Parking regu/ated.] Parking of recreational vehicles, mobile homes and utility trailers shall be regulated as follows: a. It is unlawful for any person to park a mobile home or recreational vehicle upon public property for human habitation b. It is unlawful for any person to park or store a utility trailer, mobile home, recreational vehicle in any "R" district for more than 24 hours, except in a side or rear yard at least five feet from any property line. c. It is unlawful to use a mobile home or recreational vehicle for human habitation on any private property for more than 72 hours without a permit from the city. (3) Vehicle storage. All vehicles parked or stored on any property within the city shall be operable and currently licensed. The parking of vehicfes, other than recreational vehicles, in "R" districts is regulated as follows: a. Parking of vehicles other than recreational vehicles, with a maximum gross vehicle weight (GVW) of 14,000 pounds or less is allowed in all "R" districts. b. Parking of vehicles in "R" districts in excess of 14,000 pounds GVW has the potential to create negative impacts on the surrounding neighborhood. These impacts may include noise (from operation as well as maintenance of vehicle); vibration; glare; odors; soil/water contamination (from dripping, washing, etc.); hazards to pedestrians by way of proximity, especially on private roads; wear and tear on local or private roads; propensity to offload remaining cargo on site at end of day; and visual incompatibility with the character of a neighborhood. Such use may be acceptable under certain conditions in zoning districts where lot areas are generally two acres or larger. Therefore, parking of such vehicles requires each of the following conditions be met: 1. Property owner must be vehicle owner or operator. 2. Vehicle must be set back 50 feet from property lines. 3. Vehicle must not be visible from neighboring properties and public streets; vegetative screening is preferred. 4. Maintenance of said vehicle shall occur within an enclosed building. 5. The vehicle shall not constitute a nuisance at any time. 6. In a shared driveway situation, the applicant shall demonstrate that the appropriate easement exists. sz/ii/o9 2794 Casco Point Road Page 4 of 6 7. Minimum lot size of five acres. For any property at least two acres but less than five acres in area, where it can be shown that prior to the effective date of this section such a vehicie was previously stored on a regular basis prior to and after January 1, 2004, a vehicle storage permit may be granted if the above conditions a. through f. are met, subject also to the following limitations: i. A vehicie storage permit may only be issued for properties within the RR-1 B, RR-1A, and LR-1A zoning districts. ii. Such permit shall be granted only to the current property owner and only for the specific vehicle applied for. The current owner may replace the vehicle in kind, but shall not add other such vehicles. Any replacement vehicle must be registered with the city within 30 days to transfer its permitted status. iii. This permit shall not apply to subsequent property owners, subsequent property owners shall not be considered as having a grandfathered permit by virtue of their predecessor's permit. iv. This permit shall automatically and permanently expire if the vehicle storage is voluntarily discontinued for a period of one year. (4) �Storage of boats and boat trailers.] Boats, unoccupied boat trailers, and boats on trailers shall be subject to the following storage requirements when not stored for commercial purposes: a. Licensing, operability and restorations. All boats stored outside on a residential property shall be licensed to the owner or occupant of the property. All boats stored on a property shall be in operable condition, except that inoperable boats under active restoration may be stored on a property for not more than two years, the intent being to discourage the long-term storage of inoperable boats on residential property. b. Principal residence required. No boat shall be stored on a property or on a group of contiguous commonly owned properties that does not contain a principle residence structure. c. Maximum /ength. Boats and unoccupied boat trailers exceeding 30 feet in length shall not be stored on any residential property except within a fully enciosed building meeting all applicable zoning and building code standards. Exception: Existing boats over 30 feet in length which are documented to have been stored on the property within the 24 months prior to the effective date of the ordinance from which this section is derived shall be allowed to continue such storage practice until the property is sold, and shall meet the setback requirements of this section. d. A//owed sforage locations. Boats and unoccupied boat trailers up to 30 feet in length may be stored outside on residential property as follows: 1. Lakeshore lots. Boats may be stored in a side yard, street yard, side street yard and lakeshore yard as long as they meet required setbacks and have no significant impact on lake views enjoyed by adjacent neighbors. 2. Nonlakeshore lots. Boats maybe stored in a side yard and rear yard; trailerable boats may be stored on trailers in a driveway in a front yard or side street yard. i i2/ii/o9 2794 Casco Point Road Page 6 of 6 7. All other non-trash items which: (i) Are of a type or quantity inconsistent with normal and usual use; or (ii) Are of a type or quantity inconsistent with the intended use of the property; or (iii) Are likely to obstruct or impede the necessary passage of fire or other emergency personnel. d. Fertilizer and burial of waste. No person shall leave, deposit, or cause to be placed on any private ground any garbage, sewage, waste, debris, carcass, or other substance or matter which is offensive or unhealthy by decomposition unless the same be buried at least three (3) feet under the surface of the ground; provided, that the use of manure and phosphorous free fertilizer in the normal course for agriculture or horticulture is permitted. (Code 1984, § 10.60(13); Ord. No. 206 2nd series, § 1, 9-10-2001; Ord. No. 4 3rd series, § 2, 11-11- 2003; Ord. No. 21 3rd series, § 1, 11-8-2004; Ord. 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