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!Petition Dear members of the Elk RiMer City Co.uncil: We, the underosigned, strongly disagree with the Elk River Planning Commissions recommel11datio.n to change the zo.ning of the building fcrmerly known as. Ron's Fccds. from R4 (Multiple Family Residential) to. C3 (Highway Commercial), Case No. ZC02-06. We also strongly disagree with the Elk River Planning Commission's reccmmendation to. grant a Conditional Use Permit for a ccmmercial recreational facility (Indo.cr Go-Kart track w/video 9.ameS), Case No. CU 02-16. We believe that the city's, ccrnprehenshf.e plan for development, is ccrrect b* haY-ing, the buildimg {cromerIM' known as Rcn's Fceds zoned as R4. We believe that the city!s criginall intent for the R4 Zo.nil119 was to provide protection for the hundreds of peo.ple who live in apartments and: private hcmes adjacemt to. the building frcm being subject to inappropriate conditional use permits, such as an indo.or Go-Kart track with video. games. We believe that a facility of this type may be apprepriate in a non residentiallccaticn. Fo.r example, a similar facility knewn as Thunder Alley Indo.o.r Speedway, which is located in Bro.o.klyn Center at 5930 Earl Bmwn Drive, is Iccated in a former K Mart store. . We strongly believe that the hundreds of peo.ple who. live in the individual! family, hcmes and apartment ~esidences near the proposed: facility are being put in jecpar~ by, a business that is not neighbor.hood ~riendly fcr the following reasoms: 1. Increased ccngestion from added people in the area during the afternocn, Evening and late at night. 2. Increased traffic ccngestion from cars during the afternocn, evening and late at night. 3. Increased noise from cars driving arcund the facility and in the neighborhood, because of roaring engines and squealing tires. The neighborhood is already congested from existing traffic. 4 Increased noises frorn unsupervised teenagers cn the grounds of the facility during the afternoon, evening and late at night. 5. Increased debris such as paper, cigarettes, fcod wrappers, and pop cans in the neighborhood frcm unsupervised teenagers milling around the parking area and neighborhood while the facility is in operaticn. 6. Increased safety concerns pertaining to. potential physical harm to area residents caused from unsupervised teenagers milling around the parking area and neighborhood while the facility is in cperation. 7. Increased potential cf damage to. property caused from unsupervised teenagers milling arcund in the parking area and neighborhood while the facility is in operaticn. 8. Increased potential of illegal drug use by unsupervised teenagers while the facility is in cperaticn. 9. Increased potential of gang violence by unsupervised teenagers while the facility is in operation. 10. A dec;:rease in property values in the area around the proposed facility because cf the numerous concerns listed in this petition. 36. 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47