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VI Mayor and City Council May 4.1999 Page 5 vehicular access to Woodhill Avenue for its members and guests. First, the Club belie\ es Woodhill Avenue would be more convenient for some of its members and guests. The members and guests may be able to save a minute or two during rush hour traffic times on County Road 15. However, convenience is not a test under the City's ordinances. Secondly, the Club by engaging in this access fight in Court has painted itself, it thinks, into a comer. If at some point the Club loses the access onto County Road 15. on a temporary or permanent basis, the Club wants to make sure that the Club’s actions now will not limit the possibility of the City ’s approving full vehicular access onto Woodhill Avenue in the future. The Club’s fears are unfounded since the City always retains the right to grant permission to access a public road under appiopriate conditions. Indeed, if the Club lost all access to County Road 15 at seme time in the future (which is highly unlikely), the City would want to provide a new replacement access to the Club Such a new replacement access may be legally retjuired. Howc\ er, that is not the issue before the City presently. To provide comfort to the Club, the City Council need only reserve the right to revisit the access to Woodhill Avenue in the future if conditions warrant it. D- The Standards for issuing a Conditional Use Permit. 1'hc approval of any application for a conditionai use permit or amendment thereto must meet the standards of the City Code. The Club has not and can not show that it meets the applicable tests TesLL "That the proposed location of the conditional use is in accord with the objectives in the Zoning Chapter and the purpose of the district in which the site is located and Comprehensive Municipal Plan ” Section 10.09. Subd. 6. A. I The Club and the area adjacent to Woodhill Avenue which will be impacted are zoned RR-1U. The objectives of the RR-1B /one are as follows: "Subd. I. Purpose. I he "RR-1B” One Family Rural Residential District is intended to piovidc a district which will allow a combination oflow density residential development and limited agricultural activity.” Although golf courses are a conditional use permit in this district, the use of a residential road such as Woodhill Avenue for commercial purposes as proposed by the Club obviously does not fit with low density residential uses or agricultural use. Any application for any after the fact pcnniis by the Club for permits to use this newly 26025 Ml