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CITY OF <br />LAKE <br />_AjELM0 <br />City of Lake Elmo <br />February 3, 1992 <br />To: Mayor and City Council <br />From: Dick Sachs, Fire Chief <br />777-5510 <br />3800 Laverne Avenue North / Lake Elmo, Minnesota 55042 <br />Re: Linder Greenhouse Conditional Use Permit <br />On Saturday, February 1, 1992 I, along with the Assistant <br />Chief, Jim Sachs, visited the site of the Linder Greenhouse. <br />It is our opinion, after both walking and driving thru the <br />site, that we would have no problem responding to either a <br />fire or medical emergency. We noted that the existing <br />buildings are numbered and would strongly suggest that all <br />future buildings be numbered in the same way. <br />It is also our opinion that unlike a farm building, such as <br />a barn that is most likely made of wood, and stores hay, <br />fertilizers, pesticides, herbicides, etc., there is nothing <br />to fuel a fire in the greenhouses and, therefore, nothing to <br />burn. It is our opinion that it is a much greater risk to <br />fight a fire on a farm than at the existing or proposed <br />greenhouses which will, we are told, meet all current <br />Federal and State regulations for the storage of petroleum <br />and other business -related chemicals. <br />I have also spoke with the State Fire Marshall who concurred <br />with our opinion, and added only that if it was a retail <br />operation, we would have to be concerned with the capacity <br />(of persons) in each unit. Since this is strictly a <br />wholesale operation, that concern is moot. <br />Our only concern, and has been a concern even before the <br />greenhouses were built, is the condition of 15th Street. <br />There are several homes on the street that we may have to <br />service at some point in the future, either for a fire or <br />medical emergency. If this ever becomes a problem for the <br />department, we will let you know immediately. <br />