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44) Adopt Resolution #97-05-124 deleting Improvement Project #97-14 (Sealcoat and Crack Fill Riverwood Hills Plat I) from the 1997 Street Maintenance Program) Motion carried. Voting Yes: Mayor Gamec, Councilmembers Zimmerman, Beyer and Beahen. Voting No: None. Absent: Councilmember Haas Steffen. COUNCIL BUSINESS Case #1: Request for a Conditional use Permit for a Seasonal Outdoor Recreational Facility; Case of Holm's Super Bowl, Inc. Zoning Administrator Frolik reported that the City has received an application for a conditional use permit from Mr. Holm to establish four volleyball courts and an outdoor bar area on the west side of the Super Bowl structure, located at 6720 Highway #10 NW. She explained that the applicant is proposing to eliminate the two existing volleyball courts on the east side of the building and relocate this activity to the west side and increase the number of courts from two to four. The applicant has stated that these courts will not deplete the amount of existing off-street parking spaces on the site. The surrounding parcels to the east, west, and north, and the parcel immediately adjacent on the southwest side of the subject property is currently zoned commercial. The parcel immediately adjacent on the southeast side of the subject property is zoned residential. Ms. Frolik continued that the applicant has submitted a site plan that proposes to encompass the entire volleyball court area in chain link fence. This fence would be established approximately one foot in from the common property line with the adjacent parcel to the southwest. The actual courts themselves are set back 20 feet from this common property line. In addition, Mr. Holm has entered into a purchase agreement with Mr. Williams, the owner of the adjacent parcel to the southwest, to acquire an additional 60 feet of property. This transaction will result in an 80-foot buffer between the courts and the newly aligned common property line with the parcel to the southwest. Ms. Frolik pointed out that the applicant has proposed to plant some trees along Ebony Street. City Code does not require screening in this area, but it does require a 20-foot wide landscaped area along the road. The width of this landscaped area on the Super Bowl site is proposed to be 15 feet and will be located between the chain link fence and the courts. The site plan proposes to establish a spruce tree every 20 feet along this landscape area. The applicant has indicated that this landscaped area could be widened to the required 20 feet if he narrowed down the spectator area between Courts 1 and 3 and 2 and 4, however, staff and the Planning Commission agreed that it was more appropriate to accommodate spectators between the courts rather than increase the landscape area along Ebony and create an opportunity for spectators to gather in this area also. To intensify the screening and noise absorption for the adjacent residential parcel, Mr. Holm has agreed to establish six, 6-foot spruce trees on the southwest comer of the chain link fence. Ms. Frolik reported that the applicant has indicated that there will be lighting established on the courts that will direct downward and toward the Super Bowl structure rather than toward Ebony Street. She noted that the proposed conditional use permit restricts the hours of operation to no later than 10:30 p.m. She pointed out the findings of facts within the agenda for Council to consider and noted that Mr. Bidwell of Holm's Super Bowl was present. City Council/May 13, 1997 Page 6 of 12