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GOODWIN LAW OFFICE, P. C.
ATTORNEY AT LAW
311 W.LINCOLN WAY, SUITE 1
AMES,IOWA 50010-3317
ROBERT W. GOODWIN TELEPHONE
515-232-7390
FAX
515-232-7396
October 26, 1999
Mayor Ted Tedesco and City Council Members
City Hall
515 Clark Avenue
Ames, Iowa 50010
Dear Mayor and Council Members:
I am writing on behalf of my client Ed Sorenson. City Staff has advised Mr. Sorenson
that he is to have a minor plat completed before the site plan for a new Dairy Queen at
316 Lincoln Way, Ames, Iowa, can be approved.
The cost of completing a minor plat is approximately $6,000 and it delays the process
approximately two months. We do not see that a minor plat will accomplish anything in
this matter, but will only increase Mr. Sorenson's expenses and delay the process.
Section 23.103 of the Municipal Code of the City of Ames, Iowa, provides for the City
Council modifying or waiving the requirements of the Regulation requiring a minor plat
if it "would result in extraordinary hardship to the Applicant or would prove inconsistent
with the purpose of the Regulations because of unusual topography or other conditions".
Section 23.102(1) of the Municipal Code of the City of Ames, Iowa, identifies the
purposes of the Regulations as:
(a) Providing for accurate clear and concise legal description of the real estate;
(b) Providing a balance between use rights of the individual and economic,
social and environmental concerns of the public;
(c) To encourage orderly development.
It is respectfully submitted that waiving the requirement of having a minor plat will still
fulfill and satisfy each of the purposes of this Regulation. The property has a clear legal
Mayor Ted Tedesco and City Council Members
October 26, 1999
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description without having a minor plat. The right of the individual to avoid
approximately $6,000 in unnecessary expense and two months delay will be accomplished
by waiving the requirement of a minor plat and the economic, social and environmental
concerns of the public will not be affected by a waiver of this minor plat. Orderly
development will still occur with a waiver of this minor plat.
Therefore, Ed Sorenson respectfully requests the City Council to waive the requirement
of a minor plat in this matter.
Sincerely,
GOODWIN LAW OFFICE, P.C.
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Robert W. Goodwin
Attorney at Law
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cc: Ed Sorenson