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Given the minimum age restrictions which define tattooing as an adult activity it seems to me that a distance requirement of 350 to 500 feet as defined in 903.130.B line 1, is a reasonable provision for the council to include in any decision for the requested text amendment. In relation to the second request of CLM and Mr. Heffron for a Conditional Use Permit allowing for the establishment of a tattoo parlor at 2760 Lakeshore Avenue I have the following concerns. 1. The proposed business is in an area of a B -3 zone in direct contact with an R -1 zone. The address of the proposed business is Lakeshore Avenue, the business fronts Lakeshore Avenue, and the only customer access (entry or exit) to the proposed business is Lakeshore Avenue. The business is in direct contact with residences of an R -1 zone. 2. This particular business property serves as the first impression of the above mentioned neighborhood. The natural entry point for the streets of Australian, Bluwood and, Lakeshore /Old County Road C, is the corner of Lakeshore and Little Canada Road. Secondary access can be gained from the south (Rice to Demont to Lakeshore). For reasons already shared, the neighborhood is very unhappy with the CLM's proposal of a C.U.P. for a tattoo parlor. The Australian, Bluwood and Lakeshore residents who rely on the neighborhood entry at Lakeshore Avenue and Little Canada Road find the prospect of a tattoo parlor functioning as a first impression of our neighborhood highly undesirable, and furthermore believe that such a presence will have a negative effect on property values and may likely contribute to increased crime levels and /or other public safety issues. 3. We value the family atmosphere of our neighborhood. We do not have many sidewalks in our neighborhoods, but we do have one on Lakeshore upon which children like to run and ride bikes for the eight to nine months Minnesota weather allows. It is a reality, however much we may disagree, that tattoo parlors do not tend to promote a family atmosphere and that parents will now have even higher safety concerns for their children. I submit to you that the concerns of the neighborhood are of very high importance. These are people who love Little Canada, some of us have tattoos -some of us don't — but all of us love our neighborhood. When the people of this neighborhood speak -they are speaking from on the ground experience. Therefore, I respectfully, ask; should you deem it necessary to pass this text amendment, and should you deem it unnecessary to provide buffers zones for residential areas directly adjacent to B -3's, will you grant special consideration to the concerns of the neighborhood and honor them by determining that Lakeshore Avenue is not suited to house a tattoo parlor. Sincerely, Brett W. Miller Resident 132 Australian Avenue Little Canada MN 651 - 482 -8170 Minister Southeast Christian Church 960 15m Avenue SE Minneapolis MN 55414 612 - 331 -2868 I will not be able to attend the Public Hearing on November 23 due to scheduled worship services for Thanksgiving Eve. - 2 9 -