I own and operate a MX track. I bought a heavily treed property ajacent to crown land for the track. The county indicated it would be a good location for a track and THEY suggested that I apply to get the land rezoned. Once the land is rezoned(or already zoned for the purpose)it is the same as if it were zoned for farming, residential, commercial or what ever. I do not need to get a yearly permit. My farmer neighbor across the road has no opposition to it at all. He lives in a mobile and says he can hardly hear it. As long as he can sleep at night and no one bothers him if he's driving his swather down the road, he fully supports it. He's in his 70's and it ticks him off when people always figure things are so quiet and peaceful out in the "country". There's noise from cattle, machinery, trains, oilfield sites, gravel pits and a host of other things. The really sad thing is that there are still people with the mentality that anything to do with motorcycles, in general, has to be related to motorcycle gangs and they are up to no good. With new MX bikes costing close to $10,000, it's not the "punks" that are ripping around on them. There are a few bad apples on old bikes but the majority are responsible riders. A track gives people with bikes a place to ride in a safer, controlled environment instead of riding through farmers fields, ditches and roads. If the track was for snowmobiles, there would be hardly any complaints about it. Nobody wants a garbage dump or an MX track close to them but certainly don't want to keep all of their garbage or have people ripping up and down the roads on bikes. A track does put a lot of money in the local economy. If it's next to a freeway, the noise issue is a non issue. People against a track have usually never been to an MX race. It is a good family activity and you'd be really surprised how nice most of the people are. Having a track close by wouldn't have the effect on property values a land fill would. Someone that rides might even pay more to live close to a track. Commotion in the neighborhood? A bunch of old women getting together to find everything possibly wrong with a track? Trash left lying? There are things called garbage cans. Dirt bikes are a multi-million dollar industry and the riders are paying their taxes like everyone else. What's so bad about giving them a place to do their thing? Dave
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