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The outdoor activities would end by 10:00 p.m., according to the application materials. From a site improvements perspective, they propose to sand required for horseshoes on the east side of their property to avoid visual conflicts with the residential property to the west, and are replacing the spruce tree and mentioned previously. Outdoor liquor consumption. While the liquor portion of the request is not technically a part of the CUP, it is relevant to the operation, and the site improvements and potential impacts. As noted above, the applicant wishes to be able to provide alcoholic beverage service to participants (and presumably, spectators) engaged in the outdoor recreation. It is conceivable, although not certain, that this could have the tendency to raise noise levels in the area. The applicants should identify how they will manage that potential. There are also two general concerns with the enclosure proposal for the facility. First, the enclosure relies on a netting material around the volleyball court area that is not likely to be secure. It is then connected to chain Zink enclosures to the hockey rink area and a line of chain Zink fencing on the west side of the volleyball area. They have included two gates in the west portion of the chain Zink fence. The applicants are concerned that vehicular traffic needs to pass between the east and west sides of the property, and thus have proposed only temporary polyethylene "fencing" creating a corridor from the north door of the building to the outdoor recreation area. This fencing would be put in place only during outdoor activities, and removed at other times. In addition, this portion of the fence would include gates near the north door to provide access from the bar to outdoor smoking areas. It would appear that neither of these enclosures would be secure. Although the information does not define it, the chain link fence height is presumably inadequate to deter climbing, and in any case, the remainder of the enclosure in the hockey and volleyball areas is not fencing that would qualify as commercial fencing in the city's zoning ordinance. Combined with the gates in the fencing, it is not clear how this area would prohibit illegal access and/or egress to the recreation area. Staff's familiarity with other facilities of this type includes taller (usually 6 feet or higher) chain link fencing which encloses the entire perimeter of the area, often with screen netting added to the fence. Moreover, the temporary plastic corridor creates a marked boundary, but is unlikely to contain any foot traffic between the enclosure and the parking lot. If a temporary arrangement is considered acceptable to the city, rigid, freestanding fencing sections should be considered that can be attached together and prohibit unlawful access. Permanent fencing similar to that suggested above would be preferred. CUP provisions. The zoning ordinance allows commercial recreation for facilities that serve alcoholic beverages under specific conditions, in addition to the requirements of the City's liquor licensing authority. Those CUP provisions are as follows: