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CON2018-00013 - A COUNTY CONDITIONAL USE FOR A HORSE STABLE AND RIDING ACADEMY FACILITY ON WEST SIDE OF 154TH STREET EAST AND SOUTH OF 31ST STREET SOUTH. (3501 154TH STREET EAST).
Presented by: Dale Miller, Director of Planning.
RECOMMENDED ACTION: Approve the Conditional Use, subject to the conditions recommended by the Metropolitan Area Planning Commission (MAPC), adopt the findings of the MAPC and authorize the Chairman to sign the prepared resolution.
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Background: The applicant is requesting a Conditional Use to allow the use of the property for horse stables and a riding academy. The applicants have recently purchased this property and a significant number of improvements exist on the property which has been used for this use for many years.
The applicant owns approximately 15 unplatted acres that are divided almost equally between three tracts located on the west side of south 154th Street East, approximately 2,037 feet south of 31st Street South, and an additional 32.84-acre tract located immediately west of the application area. The three 5-acre tracts are developed with a single-family residence, corrals, driveways, lagoon, pond, parking, and at least three accessory buildings; a horse barn, garage, and covered riding arena. The northernmost of the three 5-acre tracts is developed with horse corrals that are approximately 214 feet wide, north to south. The middle tract contains nearly all of the structures located on the applicant's ownership; the home, garage, horse barn, portions of the corrals, most of the riding arena, and parking areas. The southernmost tract contains the southern 85 feet of the riding arena, a pond and additional corrals.
The riding arena is approximately 226-foot by 114-foot, and is located approximately 603 feet northwest of the closest house to the south, and approximately 667 feet southwest of the closest house to the north. The riding area previously was granted a Conditional Use request for an "accessory apar...
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