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MINUTES CITY COUNCIL OCTOBER 10, 2012 the property owner can take out a CUP that can be utilized by a tenant. However, a business license is specific to the business and is not transferrable. Rossow asked if the City could suspend any enforcement action until the moratorium is lifted. He indicated he did not want Balta's Towing to move out of the property. The Attorney indicated that the purpose of the moratorium is to maintain the status quo while the City studies auto - related uses. The Attorney noted, however, that the Council can modify the moratorium ordinance to create exceptions to it. Blesener felt the moratorium should stay in place for auto repair - salvage and auto sales, either lifting the moratorium or creating a temporary grace period for auto repair -minor and auto repair- major. The Administrator suggested that a temporary grace period could be created for the auto repair -minor and auto repair - major. The downside is that if tenants leave and the grace period is no longer in place, the building owners will again be unable to lease to these uses. There was discussion about the appropriate length of a grace period with the building owners indicating that 60 days would not be enough. Keis suggested that it may be possible to complete the study in less than a year. So if the thought is to grant a grace period on the front end and shorten the length of time for the study lifting the moratorium before 12 months has lapsed, Keis suggested an exemption for auto repair -minor and auto repair -major from the moratorium. The property owners indicated that even a grace period to the end of the year would not work for them. Therefore, expressed their support for exempting auto repair -minor and auto repair -major from the moratorium. Rossow asked if the Council would consider exempting auto repair - salvage as well as this is a license that Balta's Towing would like. The City Administrator noted some of the issues relative to the Balta's Towing operation at the Russ Fischer building. Keis indicated that it was his position that auto repair- salvage and the auto sales uses should remain under moratorium. He noted that lifting the moratorium on auto repair -minor and major did not mean that these uses would not be studied and changes made. Keis suggested that businesses existing before zoning regulation changes are made, but would be grandfathered in and not subject to the new regulations. The City Administrator replied that that was correct. 9