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<br /> <br />The Elk River Vision <br />A welcoming community with revolutionary and spirited resourcefulness, exceptional <br />service, and community engagement that encourages and inspires prosperity <br />Request for Action <br /> <br /> <br />To <br />Planning Commission <br />Item Number <br />4.2a <br />Agenda Section <br />Public Hearings <br />Meeting Date <br />May 22, 2018 <br />Prepared by <br />Chris Leeseberg, Senior Planner <br />Item Description <br />ERX Motorpark – 21591 U.S. Highway 169 <br /> Ordinance Amendment Adding Allowed <br />Conditional Uses to the XCR Zoning District, <br />Case No. OA 18-05 <br /> <br />Reviewed by <br />Zack Carlton, Planning Manager <br />Reviewed by <br /> <br /> <br />Action Requested <br />Recommend, by motion, approval of the Ordinance Amendment with the recommended amendments. <br /> <br />Background/Discussion <br />The applicant, ERX, has requested to add uses to the Extreme Commercial Recreational (XCR) Zoning <br />District which will allow them to offer an increasing variety of uses on their property on non-race days. <br /> <br />The stated purpose of the XCR district is intended to provide lodging, retail, and a variety of commercial <br />recreation uses that are more intense in nature than traditional recreational uses. Some uses may include, <br />but are not limited to, off road racing, hotels, and training facilities. <br /> <br />The applicant is proposing the following definitions and uses to be allowed as a Conditional Use Permit <br />(CUP): <br /> <br />Active Recreation and Physical Endurance Facility means non-motorized leisure activities, often requiring <br />equipment and taking place at prescribed places, sites, or fields. Recreation requiring some building of <br />constructed obstacles and organized activities. <br /> <br /> Staff recommends adding the underlined text per discussions with the applicant. <br /> <br />Live Entertainment Establishment means a facility where any amplified or non-amplified musical act <br />(including karaoke), theatrical act (including stand-up comedy), play, revue, scene, dance act, or song and <br />dance act, or any combination thereof, performed by one or more persons. <br /> <br /> Staff recommends adding the underlined text to make the intent clear. <br /> <br />Festivals means the sale of ethnic specialty, regional, and gourmet foods, arts and crafts, live musical <br />entertainment, in an outdoor setting. A recreational, social, educational, or cultural activity, open to the <br />public or a designated part of the public. The provisions of rides, games, food, and amusements outside <br />of permanent structures. The use shall have a duration of no more than 10 days in a month. Events such