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City of <br />Elk -,.-~ <br />River <br />REQUEST FOR ACTION <br />To Item Number <br />Planning Commission ~ ,) ~ . <br />Agenda Section Meeting Date Prepared by <br />Plannin Items une 12, 2007 erem Barnhart, AICP <br />Item Description Reviewed by <br />Discussion regarding Commercial Recreation Uses in the Scott Clark, Community Development <br />Business Park Director <br /> Reviewed by <br />Action Requested <br />Recommendation of support. <br />Background/Discussion <br />At its meeting on May 8, 2007, the Planning Commission requested additional information regarding <br />a proposed amendment to the City's Business Park zoning regulations, specifically relating to <br />"Commercial Recreation". Additionally, direction was given during a Planning Commission <br />workshop on May 22°`~. Discussion at that meeting centered on making modifications to the <br />definitions section, to more clearly define the likely uses, and to allow certain "entertainment" uses <br />in the Commercial zoning districts, but preserve the industrial for industrial uses. There was <br />concern that larger entertainment uses shift the character of the district and development from its <br />intended use. <br />This memo attempts to memorialize the direction given by the Planning Commission; Staff requests <br />the Planning Commission make minor modifications, if necessary, and forward a proposed <br />ordinance onto the City Attorney and City Council. <br />Attachments <br />None <br />Overview/ Analysis <br />Based on the direction received thus far on this topic, staff recommends the following ordinance. <br />New text proposed to the existing ordinance is underlined, and text from an existing ordinance to be <br />deleted would be would be stt~l~te~tgl~. <br />Proposed Ordnance amendments: <br />Sec 30-1, Definitions <br />