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business has experienced from the bypass is people were introduced to our production <br /> facility and realized that we are not building furniture in a garage behind our showroom, <br /> but instead are a large operation. The activity in our production facility and yard creates <br /> curiosity and drives people into our showroom. The commercial property value <br /> declined in Pequot Lakes in the past i2 years has shifted property tax burden over to <br /> residential property owners. We must do whatever we can to revive commercial <br /> property values, in addition to supporting projects like Mr. Helbling just brought <br /> forward. We need to grow our tax base in our town. I've got a few questions. Most of <br /> these are rhetorical by nature, but I want you to consider them as we address this. <br /> #i. Why would the City require that Lonesome Cottage comply with point number 3 of <br /> the Conditional Use Permit and require us to plant i00% screening of the e�erior <br /> storage area as viewed from the highway when it will cause irreparable harm to my <br /> business. Side note: The bypass has a significantly higher elevation to my log yard so <br /> planting trees is not going to hide my log piles that are on the west side of the log yard. <br /> #2. What was the purpose at the time the CUP was adopted in 200�and is this <br /> requirement still serving the purpose that was intended at the time. <br /> #3. Please ask yourselves when drafting and reviewing a Conditional Use Permit <br /> conditions, is this going to make the business more or less likely to want to move here. <br /> Will this make people more or less likely to come shop and support our community? <br /> #4. Is this condition consistent with the way other businesses are being treated in our <br /> community? Selective enforcement of ordinances has been an issue in our community <br /> for years. Numerous other businesses in the Industrial Park have outside storage that <br /> doesn't require screening. That is why we build industrial parks in the first place. When <br /> I drove over here I drove through the Industrial Park and I counted at least 6 or�, <br /> depending on the subjectivity of it, of what some might consider blighted outside <br /> storage in the Industrial Park. <br /> #5. Will having a precedent of i00% screening for a manufacturing facility operations <br /> make it more or less likely to attract other businesses to our community and specifically, <br /> the Heart of the Good Life Development, the 8o acres south of this property. <br /> Facts and circumstances change. There is a current State law that says you can't have <br /> Sunday dinner before you shovel the sidewalk. How many other state laws, city <br /> ordinances and conditional use requirements are there currently in place that should be <br /> removed? Many people live and move to rural Minnesota because they don't want <br /> people to tell them what they can and can't do with their property. Putting <br /> unreasonable restrictions on a person's property limits our personal freedom. It takes <br /> people with common sense and no personal political vendettas to make poor decisions. <br /> Please allow me to just focus on making my business better and take care of my <br /> customers rather than getting distracted further with our city's politics. I have tried to <br />