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December 9, 1986 IILIP#ONI: Y77.ddJ*S AIIEA CODE: 61~ City of Ramsey 15153 Nowthen Boulevard N.W. Ramsey, MN 55303 Attention: Anne L. Norris IN RE: Root Business Conditional Use Permit Our File No. B-4045 Dear Ms. Norris: Thank you for p~oviding us with copies of the pertinent sections of the zoning ordinances, together with a copy of Mr. Root's Conditional Use ~'ermit Agreement. There was no mention about parking lot surfacing in his Conditional Use Permit Agreement, which was quite explicit otherwise. Moreover~ neither the zoning ordinance in effect at the time he obtained his Conditional Use Permit on May 27, 1986, or the new zonin~ ordinance, effective August 25, 1986, require blacktop or c¢~ncrete. It, therefore, seems that the City is going beyond the original Conditional Use Permit, and also going beyond the r(.quirements of its zoning ordinance. We wonder why tt~i.s should be necessary. There has been no problem with dust° M~'o Root is struggling to establish a business, and he has been doing his best to comply with all of the requests{ of the City of Ramsey. It is our understanding that the City does n~t J.n any way object to his business operations at this point~ and that it is a matter of simply the specific surface of his parking lot. This was first brought up quite recently, after we thought everything had been resolw~d to the satisfaction of the City. It is a new requirement~ Presumably the z)nJ.n9 ordinance is meaningful in stating that the pa~cking area ~:an be a "durable and dustless surface," which we understand car~ be other than blacktop or concrete. If so, what can it be then? (If it could not be anything other than blacktop or con{:rete~ we would expect that it would specify "blacktop or co~c~'ete~") Has it been determined that the "trap" rock surfacing that Mr~ Root applied would not be satisfactory under any circumstances? If the ~'t~ap" rock would not create a dustless surface then what would, other than asphalt or concrete? ?!