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City Council Minutes Page 4 <br />June 20, 2016 <br />----------------------------- <br /> <br />7.1. Conditional Use Permit for Off-Road Racing Facility – ERX Motor <br /> Park/Carlson, 21591 U.S. Highway 169 <br /> <br /> Mr. Leeseberg presented the staff report. <br /> <br />Mayor Dietz opened the public hearing. <br /> <br />Todd Plaisted, co-owner of Elk River Extreme Motor Park – explained the area is <br />constantly changing depending on event requirements and asked Council to waive <br />the curb and gutter requirements for this request. He also requested the Council <br />consider allowing overnight parking of RVs and campers. <br /> <br />There being no one else to speak to this issue, Mayor Dietz closed the public <br />hearing. <br /> <br />Councilmember Westgaard asked for clarification on what type of overnight parking <br />staff is hoping to prevent. Mr. Leeseberg explained the condition prohibiting <br />overnight parking is a blanket condition but staff re-evaluated the condition based on <br />use of the property and revised the condition language to allow sponsor <br />vehicles/trailers overnight. He stated staff is hoping to prevent the property from <br />becoming a campground. Councilmember Westgaard asked Mr. Plaisted if he was <br />agreeable to the condition. Mr. Plaisted indicated the condition has been in place for <br />the past six years and he is ok with it. <br /> <br />Councilmember Westgaard stated he agrees with the Planning Commission that the <br />curb and gutter requirement should be waived. Councilmembers Burandt and <br />Wagner concurred. Councilmember Wagner stated curb and gutter is not a cost that <br />is efficient, at this point, for the ERX facility. <br /> <br />Mayor Dietz asked Attorney Beck if the Council can revisit the curb and gutter later <br />if the requirement is waived this evening. Attorney Beck explained not unless the <br />applicant requires additional land use approvals or an amendment to the conditional <br />use permit. He added the Council could include triggers in the permit approval. <br /> <br />Mayor Dietz explained he thought curb and gutter would be installed in the paved <br />parking areas but not in the other area. He stated he was comfortable with that plan <br />but isn’t in favor of waiving the curb and gutter entirely. Councilmember Westgaard <br />stated he believes the applicant will require additional land use approvals as the area <br />grows and the Council will get another change to consider curb and gutter. <br /> <br />Moved by Councilmember Westgaard and seconded by Councilmember <br />Burandt to approve the Conditional Use Permit by ERX Motor Park for off- <br />road racing, Case No. CU 16-15, with the following conditions: <br /> <br /> <br />1.The Conditional Use Permit shall not be recorded until all conditions have <br />been completed. <br /> <br />