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Page 1 Ren Keagle <br />3029 Sunset Dr. <br />Spring Park, MN 55384 <br />November 29, 1988 <br />City of Spring Park <br />Spring Park, NN.55384 <br />•> <br />To the City Council, Planning Cemmiaaion, and Adminatratlon: <br />RE- Illegal parking lot. <br />Gentlemen, <br />I*m not convinced that Lord Fletcher'a demolition permit granted <br />'them the right to re-grade their lot to suit any whim. The permit <br />certainly doea require re-grading aa necesaa.^ to prevent drainage <br />problema and fill dangerous holes, but does not (I believe) <br />grant permission for unlimited grade changes to fulfill other <br />purposes. In spite of improper zoning, what they have produced on <br />their parcel is obviously a parking lot constructed under the <br />pretext of post demolition grading. They have gone ahead and <br />Installed their contemplated improvement without any permit and <br />against zoning. Their agreement not to use it as a parking lot <br />until it Is properly zoned is beside the point. <br />I reside close to Lord Fletcher's, and can assure you that their <br />operation has become a considerable nuisance with their patrons <br />endlessly parading back and forth to their remote parking. <br />Assuming that Lord Fletcher's is aware of this adverse impact, <br />they will no doubt argue that a change in zoning to increase <br />their on site parking will alleviate problems associated with <br />remote parking. But to put this matter into perspective, I would <br />suggest that the problem was created when they allowed their <br />business activity to expand beyond the true cat>4city of their <br />facility at the expense of the neighborhood. They created the <br />problem, and I don't want to see them get away with using it <br />as ammunition for an argument to further burden U3 vlth the <br />affects of expanding thoir commercial zone.