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• <br />• <br />Council Member <br />adoption: <br />0' Donnell introduced the following resolution and moved its <br />CITY OF LINO LAKES <br />COUNTY OF ANOKA <br />RESOLUTION NO. 10 -106 <br />A RESOLUTION DETERMINING THAT <br />A RIDING/RACING COURSE FOR OFF -ROAD VEHICLES IS NOT AN ALLOWED <br />ACCESSORY USE OR FACILITY IN THE R -1 ZONING DISTRICT <br />WHEREAS, the Lino Lakes City Council makes the following findings: <br />1. The Lino Lakes Zoning Ordinance lists uses that are allowable in the individual zoning <br />districts. Every zoning district states that, "no building or land shall be used and no building <br />shall be erected, converted or structurally altered unless otherwise provided herein, except for <br />one or more of the following uses "; which uses then are specifically listed. <br />2. Accessory uses allowed in the R -1 zone include "Swimming pools, sport courts, and other <br />recreational facilities which are operated for the enjoyment and convenience of the residents <br />of the principal use and their guests." (Sec. 6, Subd. 1.H.10). <br />3. An accessory use is defined as "a use of land or of a building or portion thereof customarily <br />incidental and subordinate to the principal use of the land or building and located on the same <br />lot with such principal use." <br />4. Swimming pools and sport courts are common accessory uses customarily found in <br />residential neighborhoods. However, a racing /riding course for off -road vehicles is a very <br />different type of facility, one that has the potential for significant negative impacts on nearby <br />residents — impacts that are not created by permitted facilities such as pools and sport courts. <br />Off -road courses are not customarily found in residential neighborhoods. <br />5. A racing /riding course or track is a "facility" in that there is an established track or route that <br />often can include man -made topographic features, such as jumps, created to enhance the <br />enjoyment of riding on the track. This differs from occasionally riding a vehicle across or on <br />a property, such as when moving it into a garage or onto a trailer. <br />6. The "other recreational facilities" phrase in Sec. 6, Subd. 1.H.10. was not intended to include <br />any and all conceivable types of recreational activities or facilities as accessory uses, without <br />regard to the impacts of those uses. <br />