Mr Wright has owned the business for the past two years and works 50-60 hours a week, paying himself minimum wage.
They have outgrown their current premises, and with the lease up on the 610sqm site, Mr Wright said it's time to move to an "ideal [1490sqm] venue, but in an industrial zone".
"We're [also] getting to the stage we need something bigger. It's getting to a situation where we need to move. We only have one pitch here, the new venue has two pitches which gives us more scope.
"We've not been able to find anywhere [else] with a suitable building. We may have to go to a church hall or something like that. If you come here, it is just football.
"All the walls have soccer memorabilia, we have 34 teams a week who come to play five aside in the leagues we may have to stop doing that.
"It's got to the point that we need to expand and this is making it harder. [The development contribution] is very prohibitive on a small business."
Councillor Garry Mallet said part of the reason for rezoning stems from an "obsession" with trying to bring back the CBD, causing unintended consequences such as small businesses struggling to get ahead.
Mr Wright has been inundated with emails of support, including prominent Waikato footballer Aaron Scott who said he was throwing his weight behind Mr Wright's plight. Also captain of the WaiBOP team in the national league, Melville United, and ambassador for the FIFA Under 20 World Cup for the Waikato region, Mr Scott said he supports "the need for Star Soccer's indoor football change of location without a need for a massive cost to swap from an industrial use to commercial. It is a necessity for this region's young footballers to have access to a facility like that which Duncan provides."
Speaking on behalf of Hamilton North Football, Nicole Mills said that if Star Soccer was to close, the club's players would suffer.
"We have some incredibly talented kids coming through the grades and most of these kids attend Star Soccer sessions. It will be a real loss to Waikato football if it were to close. With the 2015 U20 World Cup in Hamilton next year we should be encouraging kids into football. I hope council have a good think about what they are doing in a year they should be bending over backwards to promote the game."
Mr Wright said in a meeting with council, he was told the rules are the rules.
"I went to a meeting with the council on Friday, trying to get them to explain it, and [was told] the rules are the rules. Inside I am burning up, it just causes so many problems."
City planning manager Luke O'Dwyer said to reduce the cost for businesses such as Mr Wright's, they would need to comply with the the activities permitted in that zone.
"If it can't afford a consent process, they really need to be thinking about can they be in business. If you are looking to start up a business the capital cost and the operational costs of something like that are so large that if you can't afford the $500 to $1000 for a consent then your business is marginal at best.
"If they are wanting to reduce the costs they can comply with all of the permitted activity standards, then you do not need a consent. They need to make a call around their own due diligence, their own analysis, and ask does their use fit in in that zone?"
FROM HAMILTON CITY COUNCIL:
Comments made by Luke O'Dwyer in the article titled 'Foul call over plan' were not in relation to Star Soccer's development contribution fees. In an interview between Luke O'Dwyer and Hamilton News, the conversation was predominately based around rezoning as a result of the District Plan decisions which were released last week. Star Soccer's situation was not discussed with Mr O'Dwyer despite the article implying his comments were in relation to that. Information on the District Plan decisions, Resource Consent fees or Development Contributions can be found online at www.hamilton.govt.nz