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Memorializing a City Council decision to grant the appeal of Brian Pierce from a Planning Commission decision to approve the application of Abel Pliego Burgos for a reestablishment of a nonconforming use permit at 237 Richmond St.
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WHEREAS, the property at the NW Corner of Richmond Street and Saint Clair Avenue and commonly known as 237 Richmond Street, [PIN 01-28-23-34-0190] and legally described as 1/3 of S 26 ft of Lot 7 and E1/2 of Lot 8, Block 4, Willes Addition which is located in a T1 zoning district, was previously used as an auto repair station; AND
WHEREAS, Minnesota Statute § 462.357 subd. 1 allows nonconformity, existing at the time of the adoption of an additional control, to continue legally; AND
WHEREAS, the building on said property was constructed in 1964; AND
WHEREAS, the use, as an auto repair station, on said property was legally nonconforming since its rezoning to RT2 Two-Family Residential in 1975 as part of a citywide rezoning; AND
WHEREAS, said property was rezoned to T1 Traditional Neighborhood in 2011 as part of the District 9 Residential Zoning Study; AND
WHEREAS, subsequently in 2023, Abel Pliego Burgos (“Applicant”), becomes the new owner of the property; AND
WHEREAS, the previous nonconforming use of an auto repair station was discontinued on December 31, 2023, and thus lost its legal nonconforming status at the end of 2024; AND
WHEREAS, on January 1, 2025, Applicant, under Zoning File No. 25-007-238, for the purpose of acquiring a permit to reestablish a nonconforming use as a “service business with workshop” on said property at 237 Richmond Street, applied to the Planning Commission (“Commission”) for a Reestablishment of Nonconforming Use Permit; AND
WHEREAS, the said application was duly noticed for a public hearing before the Commission’s Zoning Committee (“Committee”) on February 3, 2025; AND
WHEREAS, on February 13, 2025, the Committee conducted a public hearing where all persons interested in t...
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