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Planning & Zoning Board February 11, 2009 Page 4 APPROVED MINUTES but one resident was in attendance. (The documents are filed as part of the city’s public record.) Maple Street residents were concerned that they wer e uninformed about a previous business change on the property. Staff explained t hat certain applications require a public notice, but a change of ownership does not warrant a notice to the neighborhood. Terry Johnson, 987 Maple Street, stated that althou gh vehicles are kept behind the fence, they are in the road during the day and sometimes b lock the road. Richard VanCleave, 907 Maple Street, stated that he didn’t want to speak. However, he was upset that they were not informed of the busine ss change in 1991. He said that he likes Ivan (of K.I. Auto) and he goes over there to talk to them when there are issues. He was not so concerned about the lighting. He stated that his driveway has cracks from trucks turning around in his driveway. He added th at people sometimes knock on his door as late as 11:00 p.m. asking about the busines s next door. He spoke with Ivan who informed him that he is not a sales person, all he does is fix insurance company cars but he does not sell them. He doesn’t like any of this that is going on. If he had known what was going on in 1991, he would have opposed it. Th is is the first time he has come to the city to make a complaint. He said that he was ther e with the others to voice his concerns. He doesn’t need people working next door late at ni ght. He has resolved issues with Ivan in the past. Mr. Hedgers added concern about the water and reque sted that it be posted that any hazardous fluids are dealt with in the correct mann er. Board members asked the applicant to address reside nt concerns. Mr. Halversen stated that business hours would be f rom 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. and they are not able sell cars on Sundays. He said he coul d display a sign posting the hours and asking people to please leave quietly. He said the “bus” on his property was used to haul recycle materials offsite, but the vehicle went up for sale following a resident complaint. The recycling material will now be kept inside. He said that he will follow rules as stated in the conditions of approval. He stated that if t he neighbors didn’t like the use of the property, they could have bought it. He said they want to be productive and get along with people. He has no particular plans to expand the site. He acknowledged that situations have occurred with turnarounds and parki ng. Mr. Halversen explained that 15 different insurance companies contact them with cars that need repair, they in turn purchase the vehicle s and resell them, and now they would like to sell the cars on the lot rather than going to an alternate location to transact the sale. Board Members commented that although they encourag e local business, they must consider the effect to residents as well. They poi nted out that the proposed change in business would increase the amount of traffic to th e site. The current business is repair and not sales, therefore adding sales would increas e the volume of customer traffic to the site. The Board asked Mr. Halversen if he plans to see a net change in the number of people accessing the site. Mr. Halversen replied y es, he hopes there is a big change and