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ATTACHMENT TO PETITION FOR AMENDMENT TO ZONING ORDINANCE r Paragraph 1640 . 02 ( f ) of the St . Anthony Zoning Ordinance provides a list, of manufacturing operation which are permitted in a Light Industrial District. This petition requests that the use of wax in the manufacture of candles and the manufacture of home fragrance products be added to this list . The purpose of this request is to allow Essenco LLC (trade name :Homeessence ) to establish their business in a property that our company owns at 2801 37th Avenue N.E. This property is presently fully occupied by Industrial Custom Products ( ICP ) , ICP has been in the building since 1995 . ICP has modified their business plan and has downsized its operations and accordingly, they require less space. We have negotiated a lease with Essenco LLC ' through which will -lease approximately 23000 square feet of the property leaving ICP with approximately: 50000 square feet . A drawing of the division of space is attached. Essenco primarily manufactures decorator candles for home use . They have been in this business since 1995 . An example of • their product is attached. They also produce home fragrance products in small quantities . Their manufacturing process involves melting the wax with a hot water heat source and transferring the wax in glass containers . There is no residual or waste wax to be disposed. All of the incoming wax is shipped out in final product form. The tenant will bring approximately 25 employees to the site , which roughly replaces the employee reduction experienced by ICP through downsizing. There will be no increase in traffic to the area beyond that created by ICP when they were to full capacity. We plan to provide a minimal front entry presence on 37th Avenue NE by installing a full view glass door in place of an existing service door and providing a small surfaced parking area toward the west end of the building at. an existing curb cut . This concept has been reviewed and approved by Jay Hartman . Their signage plan includes only a directional sign on the west end of the building and a stencil sign on the new door. It is clear that candle manufacturing is a very clean light industrial operation, that certainly fits the spirit of the zoning ordinance but not the words . Your approval of this petition is requested to allow us to bring this strong • business to St . Anthony. For your information the St. Paul Zoning Ordinance for Light Industrial does include wax as a manufacturing raw material . A copy of this ordinance is attached.