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Request for Action <br />ver <br />To <br />Item Number <br />Mayor and City Council <br />7.3 <br />Agenda Section <br />Meeting Date <br />1june <br />Prepared by <br />Public Hearin� <br />15, 2015 <br />Zack Carlton, Planner I <br />Item Description <br />Reviewed by <br />HiTech Motorsports Inc. — 16820 Highway 10 <br />Cal Portner, City Administrator <br />Public Hearing to Revoke Conditional Use Permit <br />Reviewed by <br />CU 06-12 <br />Peter Beck, City Attorney <br />Action Requested <br />Open the public hearing, receive testimony, and determine compliance with Conditional Use Permit <br />(CUP) CU 06-12 permitting operation of a high performance automobile garage at 16820 Highway 10. <br />If the City Council determines the operation does not comply with the CUP, staff will prepare a <br />Findings of Fact regarding revocation of the CUP for consideration during the July 6, 2015, <br />Council meeting. Specific reasons for the revocation must be stated. <br />If the City Council determines the operation is in full compliance with the CUP, no further <br />action is required. <br />The City Council may also continue the public hearing to a future date. <br />Background/Discussion <br />At the May 18, 2015, Council meeting staff was directed to begin revocation proceedings for the HiTech <br />Motorsports CUP. The owner and operator of HiTech have been notified of the hearing. City ordinance <br />section 30-659 governs the process for revocation of a CUP. The next step in the process is for the <br />Council to hold a public hearing to receive testimony and evidence, to establish findings, and to <br />determine whether the CUP for HiTech shall be revoked for failure to comply with the conditions set <br />forth in the approval of the CUP. <br />CUP and Compliance History <br />HiTech Motorsports received approval of their CUP on May 15, 2006, permitting Barton C. Wells to <br />operate a facility for custom tuning, modification, and performance work on classic muscle and late <br />model performance automobiles. The permit included eight conditions which must be followed for the <br />duration of the permit. The recorded CUP is attached for reference. Since receiving approval, authorities <br />have received four noise complaints (two in 2007 and two in 2015) and 10 fraud/civil complaints <br />Spring of 2015 <br />Late March — Staff received a complaint about HiTech's operation from a resident at the Planning / <br />Zoning counter. The resident stated that he has observed HiTech's garage door open while operating the <br />dyno (testing vehicles) on a number of occasions. He further stated the noise from the vehicles is very <br />loud and that the practice has happened frequently this spring. Staff reviewed the CUP and found that <br />condition six states "All doors of the facility shall be kept closed at all times except for the passage of <br />P0WIeEa 0 <br />Template Updated 4/14 INAWRE1 <br />