Stan Henerson – (missing letter) March 17, 2023 – Finnish Country Sauna and Tubs – Cafe Mokka

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    Note:  This letter is dated March 17, 2023. It was not included in the batch of letters that was put on the City’s website on March 24, but was added later, at some time prior to April 26, 2023. The original document was 48 pages. The new document is 49 pages.
     
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    FINNISH COUNTRY SAUNA AIND TUBS
    495 STREET
    CORNER 5TH AND J
    ARCATA, CA 95521
    March 17, 2023
    To:
    David Loya, City of Arcata Community Development Director
    Re: — Continuing the current use ofour site, as affected by the General Plan Update

    Dear Mr. Loya,
    We received your public notice of March 2023, inviting community comment on the City’s
    proposed General Plan Update. Your pamphlet states the changes in the Plan Update “would not constrain (y)our ability to continue current use of(y)our site.”

    On that specific topic, we feel it is necessary to point out that the business operated at this
    address since 1982 provides private outdoor hot tubs. The ‘continued current use of our site’ absolutely requires privacy from neighbors peering over the fences of our property. Our current fences are designed to provide privacy from neighboring residence windows’ line of sight. It would be impossible for us to provide privacy to our customers, many of whom naturally prefer to bathe naked, if a neighboring property owner were to build an apartment building over two stories tall. We will not hesitate to take legal action against the City of Arcata if the proposed General Plan Update infringes on our longstanding way of operating this business.

    Please make note of this consideration in the public record pertaining to this proposal, and hold to your promise of not constraining our ability to continue current use of our site.

    With respect, ;
     [signed]
    Stan Henerson, owner
    Finnish Country Sauna and Tubs
    495 J Street
    Arcata, CA 95521
    office phone 707

    [signed]
    Petra Taylor-Vandormael, manager