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51 May 4, 1987 6.E Special Use Permit (ZAP Games, Inc.) Messrs. Tony Caron and Dan Santanni have made application to the City of Hugo for a SUP to conduct a paintball games recreationin an Agricultural zone. The applicants in question received a SUP previously in the immediate vicinity of the site in question, and are requesting to expand their business to another location several hundred feet from the current site. The property is genrally described as the NE4 of the NE4 of Section 33, T31N, R21W. Mr. Caron will be leasing the above referenced property from Mr. Santanni to conduct the activities proposed. Mr. Caron has assured the city that there will be no buildings constructed on site with the exception of the portable sanitation facilities required. Although no public hearing on this request was re- quired, notices of the SUP were sent to all property owners with 300' of the site prior to Planning Commission review. The city has received no complaints from property owners or others regarding the activities of ZAP Games, Inc., to date. At the April 22, 1987 regular meeting of the Planning Commission, this matter was discussed and several members of the Commission indicated their concerns regarding the expansion of this commercial, recreational activity. Those concerns included, but were not limited to, the following: 1. An increase in traffic on Goodview Avenue. 2. Expansion of a commercial use of property in an agricultural zone. 3. A more intense use of agricultural property than was originally intended for this type of zoning district. Mr. Rick Lessard appeared at the PC meeting, and indicated his philosophical objection to the type of games being played at these sites. The PC chairman Harry Rudisill, questioned whether this type of commercial, recreational use should have ever been permitted in an Agricultural zone in the first place. Following a lengthy discussion by the Commission, and the establishment of a number of special conditions, a motion was placed on the floor to approve the SUP subject to special conditions. The motion to approve the SUP failed on a 3 to 2 vote of the Commission, and this permit request comes to the City Council without the PC's recommendation for approval. Councilman Potts stated that ZAP Games is a shooting type of facility, and that the city is asking the city attorney to remove trap shooting from city ordinances. He stated that the city has a long history of opposing gun facilities, and that this type of activity is not in the best interest of the city. Mayor Atkinson stated that these games use air -powered guns, and mentioned the fact that they operated within the city for one year without a permit, and no complaints had been received. The games have operated in the city at two separate sites, and there have been no complaints (SUP's issued for Marty Wegleitner and Chris Molitor sites). Motion made by Atkinson, Peltier seconded, to approve the Special Use Permit for ZAP Games, Inc., to operate a commercial recreational activity at the following described property (the NE4 of the NE4 of Section 33, T31N, R21W, Washington County, Minnesota). This approval is subject to the following conditions: 1. Any and all conditions of the Special Use Permit must be met within 60 days, unless otherwise stipulated in this permit. If conditions are not met, the Special Use Permit approval will be null and void and a new application must be completed. 2. All participants will be required to wear eye and ear protection. 3. The number of participants on any field at any given time to be limited to 30. 4. No alcoholic beverages or drugs, and anyone intoxicated will not be allowed to participate.