TO: Mayor and City Council
FROM: Dustin Anderson, Director of Community Development
SUBJECT:
title
Ordinance and Resolution Associated with Autobahn Country Club:
Ordinance Approving a Special Use Permit to Allow Development on a Lot Containing Cedar Creek Watershed Protection Area (M-1-26)
Resolution Approving an Amendment to the Master Development Plan for Autobahn Country Club (M-2-26)
end
BACKGROUND:
The petitioner, Autobahn Country Club, LLC, requests approval of a Cedar Creek Watershed Protection Area Special Use Permit and an amendment to the Autobahn Country Club Master Development Plan to allow an addition to the north circuit of the facility's existing racing track. The petitioner needs approval of the Special Use Permit because the lot on which the track would be constructed contains area within the Cedar Creek watershed protection area as defined in section 47-15G of the Zoning Ordinance. The actual surface of the track addition would not be located within the protection area. The attached site plan shows the proposed track addition and the limits of the protection area. The updated Master Development Plan is also attached and includes the proposed north track addition as well as an expansion of the paddock area.
In 2007, the City passed Ordinance #15820 (Zoning Ordinance section 47-15G) regarding the Cedar Creek, Sugar Creek, Jackson Creek, and Jackson Branch watershed protection areas. The ordinance requires that any development of a lot or parcel containing territory located in these protection areas receives approval of a special use permit through the Plan Commission and City Council. The protection area is defined in the ordinance as property lying within 100 feet of the ordinary high water mark of the creeks, within 25 feet of the upland edge of any wetland within the watersheds, or within 100 feet of the center thread of any tributaries to the creeks actually located within the 100-year floodplain. The proposed track addition will be...
Click here for full text