5.4a PCAG 06-23-2015City of
Elk
River
Request for Action
To
Item Number
Planning Commission
5.4a
Agenda Section
Meeting Date
Prepared by
Planning Items
June 23, 2015
Chris Leeseber , Park Planner - Planner
Item Description
Reviewed by
Request by Envision Company, LLC /ERX for and
Zack Carlton, Planner I
Reviewed by
Ordinance Amendment to add a new extreme
commercial recreational /mixed use zoning district,
Case No. OA 15 -04 — Public Hearin
Action Requested
Review and comment on the proposal.
Open and continue the public hearing until July 14, 2015
Overview
Elk River Extreme Motor Park (ERX) proposes to expand their current facility. ERX is a year -round
complex hosting snowmobile events in the winter and car, truck, ATV and go -cart racing in the summer
months.
The applicant is requesting to create a new zoning district to accommodate their long term vision.
Current zoning district standards and uses do not provide the needed flexibility that a unique business
Eke ERX requires. In working with the applicant, the city has determined that establishing a new zoning
district allowing the growth and expansion of a unique operation will be a benefit to the city and the
applicant. The new zoning district, like any other district, will include a variety of permitted and
conditional uses specific to the applicant's plans for expansion.
The creation of a new zoning district also provides the applicant more flexibility than a Planned Unit
Development (PUD) district would. When approving a PUD, the city reviews a specific site plan that
must be followed as growth occurs, and any deviation from that plan requires an amendment and
approval from both the Planning Commission and City Council. By creating a new zoning district the
applicant can acquire, subdivide, and develop property within the zoning district as needed. Amendments
to the zoning district are not required, and when developing a permitted use (as identified in the zoning
ordinance) only an administrative site plan review is required.
Background /Discussion
ERX has historically operated under the regulations of an Interim Use Permit (IUP), which was first
issued on July 21, 2008 to operate at the current location. The current IUP has expired and the proposed
ordinance amendment will eliminate the need for an IUP in the future.
They are interested in expanding the size and scope of the existing business but also have a long term
vision for the growth and development of theirs and surrounding properties. Some of these activities are
short term visions with others being more long term.
P a w E R E U a r
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The immediate to short term uses include:
• Carlson Motorsports Expansion (CU 15 -10)
• Rental Shop Space
• Off -Road Truck Racing
• Training /Development /Testing
The longer term uses include:
■ Water Park
• Swap Meets
• Festivals
• Concerts
Staff and the applicant have been discussing their plans for expansion and development of the subject
property as well as the surrounding properties and felt the best approach was to create a new zoning
district to allow the current uses as well as the future uses.
With uses that are commercial and highway business in nature, staff is recommending the architectural
standards follow subsection 30- 938(2) pertaining to building finish and subsection 30- 938(3) pertaining to
roofs applies to this district.
The attached ordinance has been drafted to try to codify all the visions of the applicant but to also
maintain some of the current uses in the Commercial Reserve Transition District.
Utilities
The subject property currently is not located in the Urban Service District. Some of the proposed
permitted and conditional uses will require city services and this will have to be addressed in the future.
Financial Impact
None
Attachments
Location Map
Draft Ordinance
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Sec. 30 -1027. - XCR extreme commercial recreation.
(a) Purpose.
The extreme commercial recreation district is intended to provide lodging, retail, and a
variety of commercial recreation uses that are more intense in nature than traditional
recreational uses. Some uses may include, but are not limited to, off road racing,
hotels, and training facilities.
(b) Permitted uses.
(1) Retail shops and stores.
(2) Business and professional offices.
(3) Class I restaurants.
(4) Class II restaurants.
(5) Single - family dwellings.
(6) Public parks, playgrounds, and open space.
(7) Agriculture horticulture uses (ten -acre lots or more).
(8) Facilities for flood and erosion control.
(c) Accessory uses.
(1) Accessory structures.
(2) Signs as permitted in section 30 -851 et sec.
(3) Public shelters and essential services.
(4) Overflow parking in non - designated parking areas not to exceed 50% of the
required parking.
(d) Interim uses. Interim uses shall be permitted for no more than five years, or when the
property is platted, whichever occurs first. The city may require a[n] escrow to ensure
the conditions of the interim use are adhered to.
(1) Roadside sales stands.
(2) Wind generators.
(3) Cooperative gardening in preserved open space.
(4) Gravel mining.
(5) Asphalt and concrete plant.
(6) Other uses existing as of the date of this article.
(7) Veterinary clinics commercial kennels.
(8) Conditional home occupation.
(9) Business and professional offices with a maximum gross floor area of 10,000 square
feet.
(10) Horticulture and floriculture uses in preserved open space.
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(11) Private stables in Preserved open space.
(12) Wayside stands in preserved open space.
(13) Outdoor storage, provided accessory to a permitted, conditional, or interim use.
(e) Conditional uses.
(1) Off road racing facilities.
(2) Water sport training.
(3) Limited Stay Lodging.
(4) RV camping.
(5) Multiple - family dwellings.
(6) Hotels.
(f) Architectural standards. No provision of section 30 -938 except subsection 30- 938(2)
pertaining to building finish and subsection 30- 938(3) pertaining to roofs applies to this
district.
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