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A�ust 8, 20n1 To: Citv Planning Conmission of RosAvi.11e, MN Att'n: Thomas Paschke, City Planner FROM: Roger and Jeanette Dunnette Owners of property at 10$5 W. Sherren Street RE: Request 'by Kathleen Aqness, representing Schorn Realty, to amend the land use and re-zone the property at 2256 LexinQton Avenue from LDR - Low Density Residential to B• Business, and fro^t Single Family Residence District R-1 to Limited Business District B-l. Because of the precedent-setting impa�t of this request and the potential detrimental effect it would have on our residential neighborhood and resulting decline in our property value, we are in concurrence with the ROSevill� City Planning Staff's recommendation to deny said request. While we do not object to Schorn Realty, per se, we are extremely concerned that re-zoning from residential to business "opens the d�or" for uses other than the current office on the property, without regard to impact on the adjacent residential community. For instance, B-1 zoning permits such businesses as the following to lo^3te, in the future, on this property: dog kennels, lawn and garden centers, rest homss, mortuaries, and even motels if adjacent ;t0 federal or state highways. (Highway 36 is a state trunk highway.) Our property at 1085 West Sherren Street abuts the property at 2256 Le�*in�ton Ave. �n the south side, and we, therefore, are most directly impacted by a zoning change. Wehave lived in our home for 27 years and feel very strongly that its property value would plummet if this business re-zoning classification were to go through, (more)