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Resolution No. l 1- 43 • Cit Council Y City of Elk River A Resolution of the City of Elk River Regarding the Conditional Use Permit for Wapiti Park Campground Findings of Fact 1. Wapiti Park Campground has been located at 18746 Troy Street within the City of Elk River since the merger of the old City of Elk River and Elk River Township in 1978. 2. In 1983, Wapiti Park Campground was rezoned from A-1/Agricultural to R- lb/Single Family Residential, and the Elk River Zoning Ordinance was amended to allow campgrounds in the R-lb zoning district as a conditional use. 3. In 1984 the owner, Roger White requested a Conditional Use Permit under the City's Zoning Ordinance. Following public hearings, at which Mr. White and his attorney participated, the City Council on May 7, 1984 issued a Conditional Use Permit for Wapiti Park Campground, subject to nine conditions. During the proceedings before the City Council, Mr. White stated that the purpose of the Campground was "to provide a place for people who travel while they work and that they are in no way promoting permanent residents." Extensive discussion occurred in which all parties agreed that permanent residents were not to be a part of the Campground operation and the City Council adopted State Regulations to that end which limits vehicles present to be for temporary occupancy. The Campground has been operated by the owner under the Conditional Use Permit since its issuance, with no challenge to its efficacy or conditions until this proceeding. 4. Between 1984 and 1988 the Elk River Zoning Ordinance was amended to remove campgrounds as a Conditional Use in the R-lb zoning district and Wapiti Park Campground became a legal non-conforming use subject to the 1984 Conditional Use Permit and the owners continued to operate under the Conditional Use Permit. 5. In 1999, the Wapiti Park store building, operating under the non-conforming Conditional Use Permit, burned and was completely destroyed. At that time, the Elk River Zoning Ordinance did not allow the reconstruction of anon-conforming use destroyed beyond 50%. 6. In 2000, Wapiti Park Campground requested a Conditional Use Permit to rebuild the store building. Because conditional use permits could no longer be issued for campground uses, the application was, with the applicant's consent, treated as an application for an interim use permit. Because the owner anticipated that the campground would be sold and developed within 10 years, the Interim Use Permit was •