2012/04/11 - LAND USE - CUP - Conditional Use Permit

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March 1, 2012 Danbury, WI 54830 Hello Zoning Committee Members, This application is for a campground permit on 5.93 acres at 30159 State Highway 35 in Danbury. We want to build 15 RV sites and 6 tenting sites. In 2008,we were permitted for a canoe rental and shuttle business at this location. There is a history of hospitality operations in the neighborhood. In 1942,my Great Grandfather and Great Grandmother Harry and Fleete Frederick bought the property across the road at 30158 state highway 35. Harry was a long-time worker at the Soo Railroad Line Depot in Danbury. Between 1942 and 1964,Harry and Fleete built and rented 4 cabins on the land. Harry died in 1964,and his only son,Bill Frederick,also died in 1964. In 1968,Fleete and my grandmother Ethel Frederick, sold the property to Lee and Ruth Jerome. The Jeromes sold the property to Rick and Marge Gulden in 1983. From 1983 until 1999,Rick and Marge built and rented 42 RV sites at 30158 State Highway 35. Upon retiring in 1999,the Guldens sold that campground to me and my wife Donna. We operated the campground for 4 years until we sold it to the St. Croix Chippewa Tribe. By 2010,the tribe was able to move their overnight camping operation to this location, freeing up their reservation land for a new,bigger hotel/casino. The current tribal campground across the road offers only overnight camping. Donna and I want to offer to the camping customers overnight and seasonal camping, as well as individual site ownership. Attorney George Benson will be at the meeting to explain the individual RV site ownership structure. Our 5.93 acre lot currently has a 2 inch, 6 inch water/sewer stub to the Danbury Sanitary Water District. We will enlarge the drive way entrance from 24 feet to 36 feet. We will have a"trailer on,trailer off policy"for ATVs and four-wheelers. Although the current Soo Circle easement to the lot allows for vehicles,entrance and exit for motor vehicles will be Highway 35 only. We want the Soo Circle entrance to be used by pedestrians and bicyclists only. As a geographical reference, Soo Circle is next to the Blueberry Junction Playground and the Gandy Dancer Trail. This neighborhood has decades of history as a recreational, get-away place. Donna and I have 45 years of hospitality experience. With the help of the Zoning Staff,we will create a long-time camping asset for Burnett County, With gratitude, William Frederick,and Donna Gayle Borst; and Cleonne Joyce Frederick Smith.