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4 pace # 1 of five pates May 20, 1982 Petition to the Planning Cu7,:;,iusion anti City Council of Stillwater, Minnesota We, immediate neighbors of the Anderson home: at 506 W. olive St.,Stillwater, Minnesota, have been informed that the Andersons have contracted to sell the home to Sherwood and Gloria Vegsund, contingent on approval by the rlanning Co,T.mission and City Council of a permit to establish a Bed and Breakfast Inn in the home. We understand that the Vegsunds intend to maintain eight bedrooms accommodating a total of sixteen persons and to rent said rooms on a daily basis, breakfast included, hoping to charge a high price per night ..s rental. We also understand that the Vegsunds do not intend to live in the home and we presu.,ne that this means that it wll be staffed by a hired staff. This proposal constitutes an attempt to estsblish a purely corr.T,Lrcial venture in a neighborhood zoned residential The clientele will be transient which means increased traffic flow in an already b113y neighborhood. The enterprise will not be under th•., i•:mediatc, day -in and day -out supervision .f the ownern. We believe that the transaction will be a dut)iouu one financially as we under- stand that the Vegsunds ha-ve had no rrevious experience in operating a tourist horse and that the sale will be at a high price on the basis of a contract for deed with a consequent heavy financial load with high payments of interest and principal on the financing, as well as a high overhead. For these reasons, we, the undersigned neighbors, strenuously object to this request for a permit, and request that the Planni:•g Co.T.nisuion and City Council disapprove it. CITY CLERK ' MAY l� I l] CITY OF STILLYVATE.: