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I '1 I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I INSTANTOP, INC. September '-24, 1996 Sylvia Frolik Zoning Administrator City of Ram~ey 15153 NowlJhen Boulevard NW Ramsey, MI~I 55303 Re: Operating standards in the B-l, B-2, & B-3 Business Districts Dear Sylvia:i Thank you fgr taking the time to visit with us in regards to the City's ordinances and operating standards in the B-l, B-2, & B-3 Business Districts and as to how Instantop, Inc. complie~ with them. We are sorry for the delay in responding to your letter; but this is our busies~ time of the year and we have been pressed for time. We have enclosed an aerial photograph of our business to make it easier to identify the items we will define. We have a cencrete driveway that starts at our entrance gate and goes to the front and the length of bur building with parking along the front with a handicap parking spot and handicap acqess to the front sidewalk. We have a grass area inside the fence line to the concrete driveway in front of the building along with a grass diamond area to improve the front appearance of the building. We are requesting a waiver of your curb requirements for this area. Our pickup cover display rack is anchored with steel to a concrete curb with sewer rock underneath td allow for drainage. We are requesting a waiver of paving requirements of this outdoor d!splay area as it would be cost prohibitive and unfeasible to tear these racks down and rebuild them to conform to your ordinance. We have a semi-truck drive lane adjacent to our cover racks that has a Class 5 surface. We are using ~a large area of our property for display of our trailers. The tongues of these trailers would ~ink into blacktop making it impractical to use asphalt for our outdoor display parking area. Also, to limit the size of our outdoor display area to the area equivalent to the main floor area of our building would effectively put us out of business (Subd. 3 AcceSsory Uses: e). We have been'r in business at this location since 1985. We have kept our grounds and building neat arnd clean and have a very attractive site. We receive many compliments on its appearar~ce. We are very proud of the business and image we have built up in the City of Ramse~ and feel that we are an asset to your City. . 9421 HIGHWAY 10 N.W. PHONE: (612) 421-6081 RAMSEY, MN 55303 FAX: (612) 421-9124