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10. On December 20, 2010, the Elk River CitS=Council extended the IUP for the Wapiti Park Campground store building to January 18, 2011, and directed CitST staff to prepare a • resolution for City Council consideration regarding the IUP. 11. Wapiti Park Campground is licensed as a "recreational camping area" pursuant to Minnesota Statutes, Chapter 327. "Recreational camping area" is defined by that statute as including: any area, whether privately or publicly owned, used on a daily, nightly, weekly or longer basis for the accommodation of fi~=e or more tents or recreational camping vehicles free of charge or fox compensation.. . 12. "Recreational camping vehicle", is defined by Chapter 327 to include the following: (a) any vehicular, portable structure built on a chassis designed to be used as a temporary dwelling for travel, recreational and vacation uses; (b) any structure designed to be mounted on a truck chassis for use as a temporary dwelling for travel, recreation, and vacation; (c) any portable, temporary dwelling to be used for travel, recreation, and ~Tacation, constructed as an integral part of aself-propelled v ehicle; and (d) any folding structure, mounted on wheels and designed fox travel, recreation, and vacation use. 13. Chapter 327 provides that recreational camping areas and recreational camping vehicles are for "temporary", "travel, recreation and vacation" uses. 14. Chapter 327 of Minnesota Statutes also regulates manufactured home parks, which are intended for permanent occupancy by the residents of the manufactured home parks. Wapiti Park is not licensed as a manufactured home park. 15. In 1984, in connection with the application of Wapiti Park Campground fox a Conditional Use Permit, staff research indicated that there were permanent residents living in Wapiti Park Campground and a number of vehicles and structures which did not conform to the definitions of recreational camping areas and recreational camping vehicles in Chapter 327. Conditions were included in the 1984 Conditional Use Permit incorporating the requirements of Chapter 327 into the Conditional Use Permit, requiring wheels to remain on vehicles parked in Wapiti Park Campground, and requiring that there be no permanent units for rental purposes. 16. In 2010, in connection with the application for a second ten year Interim Use Permit fox the Wapiti Paxk Campground store building, City staff investigation and analysis, as well as testimony taken and information obtained during the public hearing process on the Interim Use Permit, has revealed that: a. Conditions number 8 and 9 of the 1984 Conditional Use Permit addressing compliance with Minnesota Statutes Chapter 327 have not been complied with; b. A number of campers/residents at Wapiti Park Campground have been • residents there for a year or longer and consider it their permanent residence;