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<br />REQUEST FOR COUNCIL ACTION <br />Date: October 21, 2019 <br />Item No.: 7.d <br />Department ApprovalCity Manager Approval <br />Item Description:Consider adoptinga resolution approving an Amusement Areaas a conditional <br />use (PF19-019) <br />1 <br />B ACKGROUND <br />Application Information <br />Applicant: Strange Stars Entertainment LLC/DreamTrace, Inc. <br />Location: 1955 County Road B2 <br />Property Owner: Roseville Properties LLP <br />Open House Meeting: N/A <br />Application Submittal: Submitted August 30, 2019; Considered complete August 30, 2019 <br />City Action Deadline: October 29, 2019, per Minn. Stat. 15.99 <br />General Site Information <br />Land Use Context <br />Existing Land Use Guiding Zoning <br />General retail and personal service RB RB-2 <br />Site <br />General retail and personal service RB RB-2 <br />North <br />General retail and personal service RB RB-2 <br />West <br />Office RB RB-2 <br />East <br />Office RB RB-2 <br />South <br />Notable Natural Features: none <br />Planning File History: PF1405 (1982) Variance to minimum building setback because of widened <br />right-of-way <br />PF2046 (1990) Rezoning from industrial to retail district, variance to <br />minimum number of parking stalls, and variance to maximum area of a <br />freestanding sign <br />1 Conditional Use Analysis <br />2 The contemplated tenant in the subject property would predominantly provide motion-capture and <br />3 virtual reality (VR) services to commercial clients. This use of technology is not regulated by the City <br />4 Code. Additionally, during evenings and weekends, the applicant proposes to use the same VR <br />5 technology for entertainment purposes, by providing opportunities for customers to compete against <br />6 each other in e-sports or to work collaboratively on AI challenges. Chapter 303 of the City Code <br />7d RCA <br />Page 1 of 4 <br /> <br />