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ARMSTRONG FARM <br />8281 • 1 SIh Street North _ <br />Lake Elmo, Minnesota 55042-9438 <br />(612) 731-3413 <br />January 31, 1994 <br />Honorable Mayor and Council Members <br />City of Lake Elmo <br />Lake Elmo, MN 55042 <br />Via FAX <br />Re: City Council Minutes of January 24, 1994 <br />Dear Mayor and Council Members: <br />It's come to my attention that the city council minutes of January <br />24, 1994, reflect that I told the building inspector that my farm <br />war not in compliance with the terms of the conditional use permit <br />for storage. This is not correct. <br />The conditional use permit allows one vehicle or 150 square feet of <br />actually occupied space per 2.5 acres: The CUP applies to 254.6 <br />acres. This would allow a count of 101 vehicles or 15,150 square <br />feet of. actually occupied space. The council is aware of the <br />difficult counting mechanism. <br />I did tell the building inspector that there was probably more than <br />100 vehicles. At the same time I indicated that he'd have to count <br />not just the vehicles but would have to measure those vehicles. We <br />then talked about the weather and how horribly cold it was that <br />week. This. conversation took place 18th of January, which was the <br />day that the council meeting was canceled because of the cold. Mr. <br />McNamara indicated he had no desire to go out and count the <br />vehicles and certainly not to measure each one of the objects. <br />If he implied that I was not in compliance, that was an error. <br />Under the CUP the farm can be in full Compliance and have more than <br />100.vehicles_ As you realize, a vehicle of 150 square feet or <br />larger counts as one. A vehicle or boat or whatever of less than <br />150 square feet will be added with other objects in order to reach <br />a square footage divisible by 150. The resulting number would then <br />be added to the number of vehicles of 150 square feet or larger. <br />I'm sure that there is full compliance. <br />I would like the minutes to reflect that I stated that my <br />conditional use permit was in compliance. <br />The council is aware that this counting mechanism is extremely <br />difficult to implement and there are proposed changes to the <br />