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• Weis Companies 3601 Minnesota Drive , Suite 110 Minneapolis , MN 55435 (612) 831-9060 April 21 1990 Mr . Thomas D. Bu'rt , .City Manager City of St . Anthony 3301 Silver Lake Road St . Anthony, MN 55418 Re : Request to construct a self-service storage facility on the northwest quadrant of 39th- Avenue Northeast and Apache Lane, St . Anthony, Minnesota. Dear Mr . Burt : As per our meeting of March 21 , 1990, I am writing to initiate the municipal approval process to allow for the construction of a self-service storgge facility at the above referenced location . This request is focused at two issues: • 1. We seek an amendment to the Zoning Ordinance of the City of St . Anthony providing for self-service storage as a specifically listed conditional use in a Commercial District . Application attached. 2 . We seek approval of the attached Application For Conditional Use Permit . Self-service storage, more commonly referred to as mini storage, is not referenced in the St. Anthony Village Zoning Ordinance as adopted in 1973 . Since that time this land use has evolved to a level representing over one hundred (100) individual facilities and nearly three and one half million (3 ,500, 000) square feet in the twin city metropolitan area . Further, the Minnesota State Legislature adopted a statute (M.R.S. Section 514. 970.514 .979) in 1988 providing : a legal definition for a self-sery-ice storage facility, a lien procedure for personal property stored at a self-service storage facility, the recognition of a difference between a warehouse and a self-service storage facility. The retail nature of the product has evolved to a point where many of the traditional design and operating norms are no longer the standard. A state-of-the-art , self-service storage facility is not located in an industrial area. It is, however , close to the retail center of a community providing the customer with the same convenience as other commercial/retail businesses . The user base is not industrial in nature . In fact, most customers (90t on the average) are private individuals storing household goods. • The ro osed self-service storage facilit y will not be detrimental to the health, safety, or general welfare of persons residing or working in the vicinity or injurious to property values or improvements in the vicinity.