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Memo to Mayor and City Council/CU 02-12 <br />May 20, 2002 <br />Page 2 <br /> <br />Analysis <br /> <br />The Planning Commission first discussed this issue at the March workshop meeting to allow <br />a gymnastics training facility within the Elk River Crossing Industrial Park. At that time the <br />consensus of the Commission was that this was not a good fit for the Business Park District. <br /> <br />Mr. Martens' letter indicates that the gymnastics facility will fit into the vocational, technical <br />and trade school section of the ordinance, listed as Item B. under Conditional Uses. <br /> <br />While not knowing the intent of the drafters of the Business Park ordinance language, <br />current staff would infer that vocational, technical, and trade schools were intended to be <br />providing education in the area of developing skills which could then be utilized by <br />manufacturing, research or office businesses which would be locating within the Business <br />Park District. Staff cannot find a relationship between these types of schools and a <br />gymnastics facility. <br /> <br />Mr. Martens does point out that other communities have similar uses in office/warehouse <br />facilities. Staff would concur that these types of uses have been observed in this type of <br />environment. However, staff would define the gymnastics training facility as more <br />commercial recreation, which would be a close match to the permitted use of health athletic <br />clubs, which are allowed only when the underlying land use is Highway Business. <br /> <br />Planning Commission Action <br /> <br />The Planning Commission conducted a public hearing at their April 23, 2002 meeting. At <br />the hearing, the applicant, the investors, and the prospective manager spoke in favor of the <br />request. No one spoke against the request. <br /> <br />The Planning Commission could not find a connection between the gymnastics training <br />facility and vocational, technical or trade schools. They voted unanimously to recommend <br />denial of the request. <br /> <br />Recommendation <br /> <br />Staff and the Planning Commission recommend that the City Council deny the request for a <br />gymnastics training facility as it is not related to a vocational, technical, or trade school. <br /> <br />S:\PLANNING\Case Files\CU 02-12 Twistmasters\5-20CCmemo.doc <br /> <br /> <br />