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1). 3). SCOTT & GWYN SIMPSON ~.,'752 Nowthen ¢tvd. N.W. REQUEST FOR A COND~.TIONAL U ::E PEqMIT TO OPERATE A TWO-FA3VIILY DWELLING UNIT II THF. ::'~Y' OF RAMSEY: Dur first concern is in refinancing the duplex located at 16001 Nc,,wthen Blvd. from a current 10% interest rate down to a 7% : , and in doing so we needed to get the home appraised. We J: ,d the appraiser take a look at the building and he said that he "not ,'-~_apraise this as ~.~. single family d welling because of it :; .,' ~m~'~lc?: and he. '.'< uld need a Condition~.l Use Permit to do ~o and that the cost of::e appraisal would not be $300,00 it would ae $5 .:0.00, A this time we are all set up to ::efim ':ce as soon as we ob';ain the permit. We ccmtacted Anoka County and spoke with Jan Gallagher who has also !dentified it as a duplex by its building type (structure) and the ~axes are based on the its a 2-family dwelling or duplex. Gwyn & I are responsible people in the community who also own and operate a lucrative business in the city of Ramsey for the past six years. This property has been forclosed upon & vacant one and half ears prior to our purchasing it. We hat: invested approx. ;28,500.00 into this home with our initi~'~: investment, replacing all pplia,~ces, replacing (2.")) of the Thermo pane windows and Patio doors, one of the water i~eaters, painting the i~:terior walls both up and down and recarpeting a couple rooms. We have plans to paint and re-roof the home in addition to laying a black-top driveway and buildi~-~ a garage. I think we have shown our interest in the property in taking care of it & taking our neighbors into consideration by making our community look better. We have taken truck loads of garbage offthe property and still continue to clear tires and garb~ge from the back of the property. This garbage was left by the origix, al owner (Mr. Boehman) which goes to prove that an owner-occupant doesn't mean that the property is kept up. '1 I I I I I I I I I I