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Dear Commission Members: <br /> <br />We am the owners of property at 8390 Hwy. 10 NW in the City of Ramsey. This <br />property is located immediately north of, and contiguous to, the above described property. <br />Further, we arc the stockholders and officers of Shorcwood RV Center which operates a <br />recreational vehicle sales and service dealership at that location. <br /> <br />We are opposed to the City of Ramsey issuing the interim use permit for the following <br />reasons: <br /> <br />1) We do not believe the zoning of the subject property would allow commercial <br /> business operations such as "Open Sales Lot" to be conducted thereon. <br />2) We believe that the fee title owner of the property must be the applicant (or joint <br /> applicant) for the permit and therefore this permit request does not appear to be in <br /> compliance in that only RV World is named in the request. <br />3) Our understanding of the zoning ordinance is that variances and/or interim use <br /> permits are granted only in certain instances. A variance is described as follows: <br /> <br />"The Waiving by Board action of the literal provisions of the zoning chapter in <br />instances where strict enforcement would cause undue hardship because of <br />Cimumstances unique to the INDIVIDUAL PROPERTY (our emphasis) under <br />consideration." In this instance, we do not see the undue hardship to the OWNER <br />of the property. <br /> <br />4) <br /> <br />We, and many of our competitors, have invested large sums of capital in our <br />businesses. Part of the investment has been made to meet the City of Ramsey <br />ordinances regulating our business operations, including, but not limited to the <br />required paving of our "Open Sales Lot". Accordingly, we would appeal to the <br />Board to deny this request in the hope that we can compete with other recreation <br />vehicle dealers on an equal basis wherc capital outlay is mandated by the City. <br /> <br />Thank you for granting us the opportunity to express our views in this matter. <br /> <br />Sincerely yours, <br /> <br />Daniel B. Santarsiero, Prcsident <br />Bonnie K. Santarsiero, Vice President <br /> <br />Darren Maden RV World Sales Manager, stated he has been put in charge of actively searching <br />for an alternate location. The time table depends on what is available. They have had meetings <br />regarding lots that are available now, and are actively seeking a new lot. RV World realizes their <br />business has grown beyond what they are capable of storing in their particular location. He <br />wants to assure the Commission they have been actively searching and this relocation will be <br />done in a timely fashion. <br /> <br />Planning Commission/May 4, 2006 <br /> Page 9 of 15 <br /> <br /> <br />