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MINUTES PLANNING COMMISSION NOVEMBER 8, 2007 function. Knudsen stated that he did not want to grant a complete blank check to allow firearms retailing as a home occupation. Barraclough recommended approval of a Special Use Permit for a Home Occupation that consists of firearms engraving to be located at 3040 LaBore Road as requested by Ryan Buck subject to compliance with the recommendations of the City Planner as outlined in his report dated November 2, 2007, and limiting the buying and selling of firearms and firearm components as an accessory use to the engraving portion of the home occupation. Motion seconded by Knudsen. Motion carried 6 - 1. Duray voted against. Duray felt that the SUP as stated was too open-ended. Duray felt that firearms sales was not an appropriate home occupation, and was concerned about the potential for robbery and putting more guns on the street. DEVELOPMENT Bob Wagner, broker representing Jess Graba of Midwest Gymnastics, STAGE PUD appeared before the Commission requesting a Development Stage Planned PERMIT - Unit Development Permit to allow the remodeling and occupancy of a 3203 portion of the former Knox building into a gymnastics center. Wagner COUNTRY reported that Graba has been operating Midwest Gymnastics for the past DRIVE - 13 years and it is one of the elite gymnastics centers in the country. MIDWEST Midwest would occupy about 25,000 square feet of the former Knox GYMNASTICS building and would lease or sell the remaining 21,000 square feet to other tenants or owners. Wagner reported that Midwest Gymnastics will develop a state-of--the-art gymnastics facility and is the type of business that Little Canada would want. The proposal includes a $1.5 million rehab of the former Knox building, and presented a diagram showing the building exterior. Wagner expressed concern with some of the recommendations of the City Planner outlined in his November 2, 2007 report. The first concern was with removal of the 8 parallel parking spaces along the east side of the property and the replacement of this parking with a green space and tree planning. Wagner stated that they did not want to rip up perfectly good curbing to widen this green area. He was agreeable to eliminating the parallel parking, and would add shrubs and bushes to the existing green area. Wagner stated that they did not want to add trees that would limit the visibility from the freeway. Knudsen asked if there was concern with visibility of the building from the freeway, or just the signage. Wagner replied both. He indicated that -10-