6.1. EDSR 09-08-2003 ITEM # 6.1.
City of
Elk -�-,
River
MEMORANDUM
TO: Economic Develop ent Authority
FROM: Michele McPherso , irector of Planning
DATE: September 8, 2003
SUBJECT: Case No CU 03-27, Request for an Interim Use Permit for a Fitness
Facility, Elk River Business Park
Attachments
• • Location Map
• Narrative,Anytime Fitness
• Permitted and Conditional Uses, Business Park District
Background
Staff has received an application for a conditional use permit to allow a 24 hour fitness facility in
the Elk River Business Park speculative building. The facility would be located adjacent to the
existing gymnastics studio.
As was discussed during the process to review the gymnastics studio,it is not the purpose of the
Business Park district to allow uses that are clearly better suited for a retail setting. The Business
Park District does allow health/athletic clubs if the underlying land use is classified as Highway
Business (of which the City has none).
Staff will not support this request,and based on the types of tenants the owner continues to try
to site at this location,will recommend that the north half of the Elk River Business Park be
zoned Highway Commercial and reclassified as Highway Business.
Request
Staff requests that the EDA comment on the proposed use and the recommendation regarding
the change in zoning of the north half of the business park.
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River Case Number CU 03-27 DONNER
• ANYTIME FITNESS
August 20, Zoog.__._._._.._. .._....__.__.�...._...__...._._...._
City of Elk River
13880 Highway 10
Elk River MN 55330
I would like to review and summarize the benefits to the community, area businesses and the
current and future tenants of the Elk River Business Park in opening an Anytime Fitness Center at
10734 Industrial Circle, Elk River.
Our research indicates that the local fitness clubs are gender specific and do not have the variety
of services that the health minded public demands. The closest full service fitness center is a
minimum of eight miles away and fitness centers that offer 24-hour availability are up to 20 miles
away. Due to this lack of availability in Elk River of fitness centers that cater to all ages and
genders, it is our intent to offer a full service center that provides 24-hour availability and the
supporting services for the families in the surrounding community and employees of the Elk
River Business Park.
The club will become an integral part of the Community's healthy life style. We will provide a
web site to the membership with additional information about lifestyle choices, member services,
and fitness center programs and events. We will also work closely with community organizations
and businesses to create custom programs that will support Senior Citizens, area families, and
• local business employees in staying physically active. With our enormous wealth of experience
and training we will provide services that will make Elk River a healthier place to live and work.
Our major goals are to provide a safe and fun environment for our membership. State of the art
security employing a digital camera system and 24-hour secure access will provide a safe
environment and the employment of a variety of work out equipment and programs will provide
the fun. A sampling of the equipment we will have available follows:
• Free Weights
• Treadmills
• Stationary Bikes
• EXF Cross-Trainers
• Cardio-Theatre
• Strength Equipment
• FREE Fitness Orientation
• Locker Room Facilities
It is our intention to develop an active membership in this location and at a later time to open a larger more
comprehensive center to serve Elk River and surrounding communities.
Sincerely,
Karla Donner, Franchise Owner
• 812 Marion St.
Isanti MN 55040
§ 30-1293 ELK RIVER CODE
•
(19) Ministorage. d. Mail order operations.
(20) All uses allowed as a conditional use in e. Telecommunication operations.
the I-1 zone. f. Sherburne County fair.
(e) Architectural standards. No provisions of g. Warehouse space not exceeding 50
section 30-938 except subsection 30-938(2) per- percent of the entire building.
taming to exterior building finish and subsection
30-938(3) pertaining to roofing standards applies h. Showroom space.
to this district. i. Repair and maintenance, excluding
(Code 1982, § 900.12(15)) auto repair.
Sec. 30-1294. BP business park district. (2) Permitted uses allowed when the under-
lying land use is highway business are as
(a) Purpose. follows:
(1) The business park district is established 0 Health athletic clubs.
to encourage a planned, integrated envi-
ronment for certain industrial, office, and b. Personal service establishments.
commercial uses which are compatible c. Financial institutions.
with and complement each other as well
as the surrounding land uses. The under- (c) Accessory uses. Accessory uses in the BP
lying land use designation within the dis- district are as follows:
trict may vary and may be either light (1) Off-street parking lots or facilities.
industrial or highway business. Develop-
ment within the business park district (2) Private recreational facilities.
III will correspond with the land use desig-
nation. Industrial and office uses are al (3) Public shelters and essential services.
lowed where the land use designation is (4) Retail sales, provided the following condi-
light industrial, and commercial uses are tions are met:
allowed where the land use designation is
highway business. a. The retail sales activity shall not be
located in an administrative office
(2) It is the intent of this section that devel- facility, but shall be located within a
opment reflect common themes using com- business, the principal use of which
patible architectural design and consis- is not commercial sales.
tency in signage,landscaping,and lighting.
It is also the intent to encourage busi- b. The retail sales activity shall not
nesses which generate a high number of occupy more than 15 percent of the
jobs per square foot rather than predom- gross floor area, or a maximum of
inantly warehouse type uses. 5,000 square feet of the occupied
quarters, whichever is less.
(b) Permitted uses. Permitted uses in the BP c. The retail sales activity shall be re-
district are as follows: lated and subordinate to the princi-
(1) Permitted uses allowed when the under- pal use.
lying land use is light industrial are as
follows: d. No sign identifying or promoting that
retail sales occur within the building
a. Light manufacturing.
b. Research and development laborato-
ries.
shall be visible from outside the build-
ing.
e. Freestanding retail shops and stores
• c. Government, business, and profes-
sional offices. com-
plement other uses within the busi-
CD30:138
LAND DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS § 30-1294
III
ness park and provide a service to (2) Conditional uses allowed when the under-
those other businesses,and shall not lying land use is highway business are as
exceed 20,000 square feet in size. follows:
f. Retail/wholesale sales incidental to a. Hotels and motels.
products manufactured, assembled, b. Licensed day care facilities.
or warehoused on the premises may c. Retail shops and stores which corn-
be permitted as an accessory use plement and serve the business park,
provided no more than ten percent of subject to the standards set forth in
the building is used for retail/whole- subsections (c)(4)e and f of this sec-
sale sales. tion.
(5) Therapeutic massage when offered within d. Motor vehicle specialty service sta-
the confines of a medical or chiropractic tions.
clinic. e. Loading areas/overhead doors when
located in front yards.
(6) Temporary signs as permitted in section f. Class I restaurants.
30-851 et seq.
(e) Additional standards. The following addi-
(7) Permanent signs. Not withstanding the tional standards apply in the BP district:
provisions of section 30-850 et seq., the (1) Loading spaces and overhead doors.
following requirements shall be met: a. Loading spaces/overhead doors shall
a. All freestanding signage shall be of a be located in designated rear yards
monument style sign and have a and secondarily in designated side
0maximum size of 64 square feet and yards.Loading areas/overhead doors
height of eight feet. shall not be located in designated
front yards unless approved as a
b. One on-premise business wall sign conditional use.
per occupancy, not to exceed two b. Loading spaces and overhead doors
square feet in sign area for each shall be designed to be compatible
linear foot of the building frontage with the principal building.Architec-
up to a maximum of 128 square feet tural techniques and landscaping
per occupancy is permitted. shall be employed to reduce visual
(d) Conditional uses. Conditional uses in the impacts from adjacent properties and
roadways.
BP district are as follows:
(2) Dumpsters and refuse enclosures.
(1) Conditional uses allowed when the under- a. All dumpsters shall be completely
lying land use is light industrial are as screened from public view by using
follows: enclosures constructed of similar ma-
a. Warehouse space exceeding 50 per-
cent of the total building floor area b. Refuse enclosures shall include gates
up to a maximum of 65 percent. and be located in designated rear or
side yards.
b. Vocational, technical and trade (3) Rooftop or ground electrical equipment;
schools.
signs.
c. Loading areas/overhead doors when a. All utility equipment shall either be:
located in front yards. 1. Screened from the eye level view
d. Aboveground storage tanks.
• of adjoining properties by use
of exterior walls and/or land-
e. Government buildings and facilities. scaping;
Supp. No. 2 CD30:139