Title
Appeal of Barbara Madigan to a Fire Certificate of Occupancy Correction Order at 1499 Pacific Street. (Ward 7)
Purpose of Appeal
See letter attached to appeal document.
Date of Order(s)
June 25, 2010
Legislative Hearing Date(s)
October 12, 2010
September 14, 2010
July 13, 2010
Summary
October 23, 2010
Board of Zoning Appeals granted variance of off-street parking regulations. One (1) off-street parking space is required for a single family dwelling. The applicant changed the garage to a living space and is proposing zero (0) off-street parking spaces for a variance of one (1) space.
July 13, 2010 Legislative Hearing
Appellants Barb and Pat Madigan (711 W. Oak Drive, Vadnais Heights, MN 55127), and property manager Tom Canfield appeared.
Inspector Shaff stated that an inspection was conducted on June 24 and found that the property was a sober house; the property had then been reassigned to her as the inspector. It looked like a window permit had been pulled to replace the substandard windows but had not been signed off. Mr. Madigan said the windows were complete but needed to be inspected. Ms. Shaff said the big issue was that until the appellants were approved as a sober house, they had been asked to reduce the occupancy from seven to four. The application submitted by the Madigans was incomplete and had been returned.
Ms. Madigan said one of the missing items was a site plan and she didn’t know what that was. Ms. Shaff said a drawing of the property was required. Ms. Madigan said the other item missing was the floor plan and she could submit both right away. Mr. Madigan said fire safety was their number one concern. There were six doors in addition to the six new egress windows. They were looking for more time to complete the registration process.
Ms. Moermond asked how long that process took. Ms. Shaff said it took approximately 30 days, depending on the application. The usual process was for a property to go through z...
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