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REQUEST FOR ACTION <br />TO ITEM NUMBER <br />Planning Commission 4.4 <br />AGENDA SECTION MEETING DATE PREPARED BY <br />Planning my 10, 2012 Jeremy Barnhart, Planning Manager <br />ITEM DESCRIPTION REVIEWED By <br />Request by City of Elk River for Ordinance Amendment Jeremy Barnhart, Planning Manager <br />Regarding Commercial Recreation Uses, Case No. OA 12-03, <br />REVIEWED BY <br />Public Hearing <br />ACTION REQUESTED <br />Staff recommends approval of the ordinance amendment, as drafted in the attached ordinance. <br />OVERVIEW <br />Currently, the City zoning ordinance lists commercial or physical recreation type uses in seven different <br />.zoning districts, and under 13 different land use names, five of which are defined. <br />.This type of distribution and description is unnecessarily difficult to administer and often confusing to <br />the land or business owner. It is possible that the. current regulations have been overthought. <br />The City Code currently defines the following uses: <br />Commercial recreation facility means anon-governmental building, structure or open space, <br />operated by a profit or non-profit entity and open to the general public and used for sports activities <br />of amusement. Such facilities may include bowling alleys,. tennis courts volleyball courts and other <br />leisure uses. <br />Commercial recreation, indoor means a commercial recreation facility primarily for indoor uses, <br />such as bowling alleys and swimming halls, but excluding golf domes. <br />Commercial recreation, outdoor means a commercial recreation facility primarily for outdoor uses, <br />such as golf driving ranges, volleyball courts, tennis courts and golf domes. <br />Physical recreation or traaning means a business that provides physical exercise, training or <br />recreation equipment and/ or space for use on site. Health and fitness centers, dance studios, and <br />gymnastics facilities shall be considered examples of such use. Training or self-improvement shall be <br />an important component of the activity, and differentiate it from commercial recreation uses, where <br />sport is the predominate activity. <br />