HomeMy WebLinkAbout04-16-2008 Memo from Gaffron to VeeTo:
Lin Vee
From:
Mike Gaffron
Date:
April 16, 2008
Subject:
Park Gun Club CUP
1976. The original CUP for Park Gun Club at 2660 Sixth Avenue North was approved by
the City Council on October 25, 1976 per the recommendation of the Planning
Commission. See the attached documents of that approval. No resolution was created
for CUPS in 1976.
1983. In conjunction with the approval for an addition to the existing clubhouse, the
Council November 14, 1983 adopted Resolution No. 1579 which contains as a condition
the following:
"4. The City hereby reserves the right to review and amend or revoke this
permit if at any time in the future the council finds the conditions of this permit to
be violated or upon finding that the applicants and their use of the property are in
violation of the municipal code endangering the health, safety and public
welfare."
See attached documents re: the 1983 approval. The resolution attached is the one that
Council adopted, subject to an amendment of Condition 1 that the required quit -claim
deed of 33' of right-of-way could be in the form of a road and utility easement instead
(see minutes).
No copy or original of Resolution No. 1579 appears in the blue binders. It is my
conclusion based on documents in the microfilm for Zoning File #779 that this was
waiting for the gun Club to sign so it could be filed. I haysindication it was ever signed
or filed. v�0
Current. My recollection is that the gun club's annual permits are processed and
retained by the Police Department. I would suggest you have them follow up the recent
complaint. From a zoning perspective, the Gun club operates as a conditional use under
zoning code section 78-442(7), which requires that the area be fenced and that no part of
the principal use is less than 150 feet from any lot line.
Prior to 1986, gun clubs were not a permitted or conditional use in the RR- 1B zone. The
1976 and 1983 CUP's were functionally a "nonconforming use CUP" as allowed by the
1975 zoning code per section 32.480. That code said that such permits will not be subject
to periodic review.
In 1986, gun clubs became an allowed conditional use in the RR-113 district per section
10.20 Subd. 3(F). The standards for fencing and 150' use setback came after the club
was in existence, hence it is questionable whether they are enforceable.