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MINUTES City Council (Cont'd.) January 31, 1980 Nielson stated that the way the ordinance reads the inaction of the Council or the Planning Commission within a certain time period would deem approval. Fahey suggested a sentence be added stating that failure by the Planning Commission to act would be deemed approval. Fahey stated that if the Planning Commission hasn't acted within 60 days, the person applying for a permit should be able to go to the Council. The Attorney stated that it would be better if the proposed Ordinance stated that failure to act within the required time limit would deem denial. The Attorney also stated that the words "staff" or "staff person" as used in the proposed Ordinance should be defined somewhere in the Ordinance. The Attorney suggested that under paragraph F on page 67 the phrase "and the City staff's report" should be changed to read "and any City staff's report ". Councilman Fahey suggested that in that same paragraph the words "at its next regular meeting" should be eliminated. Councilwoman Scalze questioned if the City wants to require that a variance or conditional use permit must be passed by 4 /5th's vote of the Council. Council discussed that the way paragraph J on page 67 and paragraph L. on page 63 are worded, the amount of votes required to pass a variance or a conditional use permit could be interpreted differently. Councilman Fahey suggested that both these paragraphs be changed to state that four affirmative votes of the City Council are required for passage. The Planner stated that on page 68 there will be a new paragraph E inserted to reflect the changes as previously discussed for conditional use permits. The Attorney questioned whether the Ordinance gave the Building Inspector the authority to issue citations. The Planner stated that page 82 of the proposed ordinance gives the Zoning Administrator the power to issue citations. The City can appoint whomever it wishes as the Zoning Administrator. Councilwoman questioned 2. under section M. which calls for a minimum unit lot frontage for townhouses of not less than twenty feet. The Planner stated the reason for a minimum of 20 feet was to provide for on- street parking. The Attorney suggested adding the words "not including side yard setbacks" to that area. Councilman Fahey stated that in the second paragraph under Section L the last word in the third line should be changed to "this ". Page -4-