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BLUE HERON DAYS: Returns filled with family festivities PAGES 7-10
Circle Pines continues nuisance process
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BY SHANNON GRANHOLM MANAGING EDITOR
CIRCLE PINES — Although members of the City Council admit the Down Under property will likely remain vacant for quite some time, they have directed the city attorney and staff to continue following the process following the declaration of the property as a nuisance per city code. A resolution will be drafted for the next council meeting to address exactly how the city plans to abate the nuisance on the property located at 10100 Lake Drive. City Attorney Shelley Ryan explained at a public hearing on the matter last week that the city’s building official conducted an inspection of the property June 15 and declared the property a public nuisance. “The property had a building, it was torn down, the foundation exists and has been covered but no action has been taken since the building was taken down to make that environment safe, so it is kind of a hazard waiting to happen,” she said. She noted that the property owners, as well as their legal counsel, were sent an compliance order that gave Timothy and Thomas Pawlik until July 16 to abate the nuisance. “We did not hear anything back and no actions were taken ... We do not have confirmation that this issue has been corrected,” Ryan told the City Council. Attorney Danny Deveny, representing the property owners, responded, “We want the council to know that we really are taking this seriously.”
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Lino Lakes, Circle Pines residents voice concerns over proposed Kwik Trip “I love Kwik Trip, but not in my backyard,” is a statement that seems to resonate with many residents who live adjacent to a proposed Kwik Trip in Lino Lakes. The Planning and Zoning Board is recommending the City Council approve a conditional use permit (CUP) for both a motor fuel station and car wash as well as a site and building plan review for a 11,800-square-foot Kwik Trip to be located at the southwest quadrant of CSAH 23
(Lake Drive) and CSAH 49 (Hodgson Road), near the city’s border with Circle Pines and Shoreview. The 14-acre site is vacant commercial. City Planner Katie Larsen explained that the property is zoned general business and has been guided for commercial development since 1958. The closest residential neighborhoods to the site are Rice Lake Estates in Lino Lakes and The Pine Hollow development in Circle Pines. Larsen said the parking lot is proposed to be about 820 feet away from the closest home and the building approximately 1,000 feet.
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In September, the Lino Lakes City Council will consider a conditional use permit (CUP) for both a motor fuel station and car wash as well as a site and building plan review for a 11,800-square-foot Kwik Trip to be located at the southwest quadrant of CSAH 23 (Lake Drive) and CSAH 49 (Hodgson Road), near the city’s border with Circle Pines and Shoreview.
“We are very excited about the opportunity on this corner,” said Dean George, a representative of Kwik Trip. “We are happy to be here in Lino Lakes.
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