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P4INUTES City Council June 22, 1988 HUB Hobby Mr. Br•ian Br•uce, r•epr•esenting Hub Hobby Center•, appear•ed before the Center~ Council r•equesting appr~oval of a conditional use permit for• a small CUP car~ race tr~ack which is located adjacent to the Hobby Center• at the Little Canada Mall. Agenda Item No. 5 Fahey r•eported that the Planning Commission has r•ecommended approval of the CUP conditioned upon compliance with the r~ecommendations as contained in the Planner•'s r~eport and subject to the hour~s of oper•ation being 9 A.M. until 9 P.M. and that a landscaping/scr•eening plan for the site be submitted. Fahey reviewed the other• r~ecommendations of the P1 anner• as contai ned i n hi s r•epor•t. Bruce r~eported that with regar~d to the recommendation for pedestrian tr•affic controls, people using the tr•ack will be accessing the tr•ack fr•om the par~ki ng 1 ot, wi th ver•y few peopl e accessi ng the tr•ack thr•ough the stor•e and acr~oss the alleyway. Scalze asked if the satellite facility in place for• the r~ace tr•ack was the pr~oper way to pr~ovi de bathr•oom faci 1 i ti es i n a commer•ci al ar~ea. Br•uce r•eported that the stor~e has r~estr•ooms which ar•e also available to customer•s, and the satellite was placed near• the tr~ack for• the sake of convenience. The City Planner• replied that ther•e is no pr•oblem with the satellite fr•om a Zoning Code standpoint. Blesener~ stated that he did not see much differ~ence fr~om the satellites pr~ovided at ball tour•naments. Blesener~ suggested that some stair~s be pr•ovided down the steep embankment on the site. Br•uce stated that this would be done and HUB was cur•r~ently lool<ing into ways to do it. Blesener• suggested that measur•es be taken to pr•event people fr•om parking on Viking Drive and accessing the tr•ack fr~om that dir•ection. Br~uce r•epl i ed that NUB has i nfor•med peopl e of the 1 ocati on of par~ki ng for• the tr~ack. Blesener• pointed out that dr•ainage pr~oblems wer•e r•aised at the Planning Commission meeting. Br•uce r~eported that they have r•edir•ected their~ dr•ainage ditch to r•esolve these pr•oblems. Mr•. Eagan, r•esident in the ar•ea, was concer~ned with trespasser~s on his pr•oper~ty coming fr•om Viking Dr•ive. The Council felt this was a separ•ate issue as the tr~espassing was due to a differ•ent commer•cial development in the ar•ea other• than HUB Hobby Center. Page -2-