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11. Description of Request: Building h�ight - We request permission to construct a building up to and including six stories �bove the ground. Permit use - We request the list of accessory uses to be expanded to include a prescrip- ' tion counter, barber shop, printing shop, and sale of office supplies. ' Said accessories will not advertise on the exterior of the building, and there will be no outside entries to these accessory uses. 12. What will be the effect of the proposed use on t�he health, safety, and welfare of occupants of surrounding lands ? It is our opinion that the height variance will enhance the esthetic value of the area by offering an interesting variation in the area now daminated by 1-1/2 story and 2 stor� homes to the south, 2-1/2 story apartment buildings to the west, and 1-1/2 story commercial buildings to the north. The scheme provides more open area than a lower building - the subject proposed building is 180 feet long, whereas a three-story building would ramble out to approximately 300 feet in length, and a 1-1/2 story bLilding to use the lot to capacity would ramble over 560 feet in length from the minimum setback on Hamline to the minimum setback on Albert, and would completely prohibit the view of the houses contiguous to the south from the view to the north. Also a building of such length looks more like a warehouse than an office building. Because of the additional open area that is gained for parking, th� usable office space of the building can be increased approximately �'�'/� over a 1-1/2 story building and 20'/0 over a 3-story building, This has several e._�cts. The tax revenu� is in direct proportion to the income that the buildillg can prociuce, and a bigger building can produce proportionately more gross rer�t. Secondly, we are competing tivith tenants from not only th� other office buildings in the area, but from as far� away �s the Griggs-Mid�vay E3uilding �nd the Midway Medical Arts Buildinq on University Avenue, and from other smaller buildings just Gvithin the city limits and in adjacent villages c�ntic�uoas to Roseville. Successful operation oi ths building not only ;ewards the owners, but rewards the cammunity as a whole, not only because of ta�;es, but because successful operation provides money for � nicer building to s�art with, better maintenance, and longer economic life and deferenc� of es[hetic, functional, and physical deterioration. Prospective ten�-�nts feel that a low building �vill be lost ii1 th� maze of apartments and commercial builciings, where a taller building will be visible from the more heavily tr��veled streets and highways of the immediate area, just as the new 1��Iidway Professi^r.�,l Center is visible from Lexington and University. In short, a first-class building will attract first-class tenants, make possible hicrher rents, and with this location it appe�rs that the heiynt will be a part of going first class. It appears that a lower building would attract a class of tenants that would