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MINUTES FEBRUARY 13, 1991 PAGE 2 _~ Baldwin thanked SuperCycle for their excellent service and i stressed the difficulty in making a decision to go with a new vendor. Council suggested collection of waste oil and batteries be delayed until proper instructions have been provided to residents. CONTINUATION OF PUBLIC HEARING ON PROPOSED REVOCATION OF CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT AT 1544 W. LARPENTEUR AND SUBSEQUENT REVOCATION Baldwin opened the continuation of the Public Hearing on the proposed revocation of the conditional use permit for 1544 W. Larpenteur. City Planner Susan Hoyt presented background information on the conditional use permit issued for operation of the game arcade on February 8, 1989 and amended on August 9, 1989. She explained that at the December 17, 1990 Planning Commission Meeting a routine review of the conditional use permit indicated that conditions three, six, nine and ten were not being met as evidenced by police records. Following that determination the Commission recommended that City staff meet with Joe and Jim Sacco, owners of establishment, and present some suggestions to assist the owners in meeting the conditions. At that meeting the business owners indicated that the suggested solutions were financially impossible. After these discussions, City staff determined that the business owner's failure to meet conditions three, six, nine and ten at J.J.'s Pool and Game Arcade created a serious disruption in the safety, peace and quiet in the community. The inability of the owners to financially implement any of the proposed solutions made it reasonable to pursue termination of the conditional use permit. Hoyt also explained that the business owners appeared before the Planning Commission on January 28, 1991 and reaffirmed that complying with the suggested solutions would make it financially unfeasible to remain in business and stated they realized they are not meeting the conditions of the permit and were unable to do so. Based on this information the Planning Commission unanimously recommended that the City Council consider terminating the conditional use permit with the understanding that no game establishment could open at Northome Center without a new conditional use permit. Following that meeting the public hearing notice was published on January 30, 1991 and the business owners given written notice of the hearing on January 31, 1991. Jim Sacco then addressed Council explaining that they had tried to operate the business properly however, there were some patrons of the business who were making it unpleasant for everyone else. Joe Sacco explained that the suggestions made by staff were good ones but it was financially impossible for a small business such as theirs to implement the suggestions. Baldwin asked if the conditional use was being revoked from the Northome Center property or simply from J.J.'s Pool and Arcade, to which Gedde replied it was being revoked from the property. Gedde asked the business owners if they acknowledged violation of the conditional use permit as stated in the Planner's report