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� ,:�,,., Page 3 ,,�� June 28, 1974 Complaint received by a Mrs. Smith of motorcycles being sold by Frost with storage on street. Inspection made. Situation verified (attachment 13) With these facts, it appears that the following events have occurred since 1959 : In 1959, Frost purchased Lot BB from Howlett and moved in the house (verified through City Directory) . Howlett retained ownership of BA where he had at one time operated an auto rewind shop. The sale segregated the property, but left Lot 8A below the minimum County requirement of 7200 square feet. In 1962, the City annexed this property and shortly thereaf.ter Fzost got a business license from t}�e City to operate an auto repair facility. It is not known whether Fi�ost o�erated such a business at this location prior to annexation; however, the City Directory makes no mention of it. The business has operated continuously since the license was issued. In early ].965, Frost bought the service station at the inter- section of Evergreen Way and Holly Drive and amended his business license accordingly. The following year, he became licensed by the State to sell automobiles on the service station property. Shortly thereafter, he sold the station and shifted his used car sales to his property on Casino. This was detected by our inspectors who attempted to get Prost to cease his sales operation. He resisted and was taken to Court. For some reason, the case was dismissed. Having "won" this case, Frost then formally changed his St.ate license to the Casino Road address. Four years later, he acquired Parcel 8A and began using it to store or sell automobiles. He was again notified to cease expansion of his non-conforming use, but because he felt vindicated by the courts, he refused. He has now begun his motorcycle sales. What we are alleging in this matter is this: That Fay Frost probably established an illegal auto repair facility at 1111 Casino Road sometime between 1959 and 1962, since the zoning was resi- dential when the property was in the Ccunty. It could also be that he inherited a non-conforming use when he bought the property from Howlett. In either event, when the City annexed the property in 1962, we chose to view it as legally non-conforming. Frost then expanded the use to include automobile sales which in our oE>inion is in violation of the zoning code which states that a non-co;iforming use "shall not be expanded except in conformance with " Liie zoning ordinance. d