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May 11, 2021 City of Lino Lakes Attn: City Planner, Mayor and City Council Lino Lakes City Hall 600 Town Center Parkway Lino Lakes, MN 55014 VIA E-MAIL AND UNITED STATES MAIL (KLarsen@linolakes.us) Re: Variance Application at 426 Pine Street NE Dear City Planner, Mayor and City Council Members: We represent Christopher Stowe (“Applicant”), the owner of the Property at 426 Pine Street NE (“Property”) in the City of Lino Lakes (“City”). On behalf of Applicant, please accept the enclosed materials as application for the variance described herein. Background Applicant owns three adjacent parcels each with different tax identification numbers: ID No. 05- 31-22-22-0003 (5.66 acres), ID No. 05-31-22-22-0005 (15.31 acres), and ID No. 05-31-22-22- 0006 (4.31 acres). All of these parcels are zoned rural. The present Application concerns the parcels with Tax IDs ending in 03 and 05, which together total approximately twenty (20) acres (the “Property”). The Property is improved with an approximately 50,000 square foot riding arena (“Arena”) and multiple horse-related buildings. In 1968, the City approved a building permit for a predecessor in title, Kenneth Rehbein, to construct a steel structure on the Property. The purpose of the structure was “Indoor + Outdoor Horse Show Arena.” In 1969, the City granted a building permit to Elswort Rehbein to allow the construction of a corrugated steel structure for the boarding of horses. The boarding structure is approximately 10,000 sq. ft. and, in conjunction with the hay barn and outside areas, can board over one-hundred and twenty (120) horses or other large animals.1 Both the horse arena and boarding structure were constructed pursuant to these building permits and remain in place today. Pictures of these buildings are enclosed. Mr. Rehbein kept more than one-hundred (100) horses on the Property. In April 2018, Applicant acquired the Property and immediately began using it for horse operations. For two (2) years Applicant used the Property without any concerns being raised. 1 The hay barn on the property is 200 sq. ft. by 30 ft. Applicant also owns additional horse shelters, over 8,000 sq. ft. in size.