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MOUND77�T Item No: 5F S VIEW Meeting Date: June 1, 2011 Type of Business: Action City of Mounds View Staff Report To: Mounds View Planning Commission From: Heidi Heller, Planning Associate Item Title/Subject: Consideration of an Amendment to the Mounds View Business Park South Planned Unit Development (PUD) to Allow Indoor Recreational Uses; Planning Case PA2011-001 Introduction: Scott Nagel, representing "Zero Gravity Trampoline Park," has applied for an amendment to the Mounds View Business Park South Planned Unit Development (PUD). This 17 -acre PUD, located on the southeast corner of County Road 10 and Woodale Drive, has three large buildings with a total of 270,000 square feet of space. The south business park was developed for manufacturing, assembly, warehouse storage and office uses. Mr. Nagel is requesting an amendment to the PUD so that he can open a trampoline park business in one of the buildings. Discussion: The City approved the Mounds View Business Park South PUD in 1989. The buildings have been full or close to full for many years. Medtronic leased a lot of space in buildings Hand J for a distribution center until they recently relocated the facility to Ten nesee. Homeshield, a wood trim and moldings business, currently leases two-thirds of Building I. With the requested amendment, the applicant would lease about 25,000 square feet in Building H. About half of the space would be covered with trampolines and trampoline related products. They also plan to build some offices and party rooms. It is not uncommon for this type of recreational use to be located in business parks. There is another trampoline park located in an industrial area in Plymouth. Gymnastics and virtual golf are other common recreational uses that are typically found in business parks because of the big open spaces and high ceilings in these buildings. The recreational businesses are open primarily during late afternoons, evenings and weekends, so the parking needs for the recreational businesses would likely not interfere with the daytime weekday parking needs of the other businesses. Staff is proposing to add the more general term "Indoor Recreational Uses" to the PUD, rather than being specific to a trampoline park. The Business Park South has 426 parking spaces. The applicant expects to typically use between 15 and 40 parking spaces, and up to 50 spaces during their busiest times on the weekends.