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i Chris Anderson From: Sent: Tuesday, December 06, 2016 4:36 PM To: Kurt Ulrich; Ramsey Planning; Chris Anderson;,'mark@flaire.com'; Sarah Strommen;John LeTourneau; Kristine Williams;Jill Johns; Mark Kuzma; Tim Gladhill; Melody H. Shryock; 4 Chris Riley Cc: Jennifer Oblinger Subject: Feedback on domesticated animal license north fork 15830 Andrie Street NW 16220 Andrie Street NW Ramsey, MN 55303 Ramsey City Council 7550 Sunwood Dr NW Ramsey, MN 55.303 December 6, 2016 Dear Councilmen and Councilwomen, This letter is in regards to the request for a Non-Traditional Domesticated Animal License for raising a potbelly pig on 15830 Andrie Street NW, Lot 4, Block 4 Northfork Links Addition, Anoka County, Ramsey, Minnesota. We are writing to you to inform you that we are against the City of Ramsey City Council approving the request for this animal. There are several reasons for our stance. We have been residents and homeowners of the Northfork neighborhood for 20 years and picked this neighborhood specifically for being a residential neighborhood. It is not an agricultural development and it is not zoned for agriculture (zoned 1A). While I can appreciate the fact that the homeowners are attached to their animal, they should not have had it in the first place and have been out of compliance with the City of Ramsey for nearly a year. They should not be able to feign ignorance and beg for forgiveness. Instead, they should be required to comply with the rules the City of Ramsey has set in place, which requires the lot size of the residence to be at least 3 acres (theirs is not). It doesn't matter that the lot is a wooded lot; there is no foliage for over half the year and, if this is approved, it could open it up to other homes in the neighborhood that do not have a wooded lot. Additionally there are other farm animals (horses, goats, etc) that have rules and regulations around them by the City of Ramsey, and we certainly don't want to open our neighborhood up to having those other animals as well. We appreciate the fact that we have a Homeowners Association that aims to keep guidelines in force for our neighborhood. And we fully understand that by having a Homeowners Association we may be under more stringent rules than the City of Ramsey ordinances. The Homeowners Association has strict rules against farm animals so it would continue to be against the Homeowners Association i