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MSP (Baumgartner Johnson) To recess the Regular Meeting at 8:30 P.M. 5 Aye! Mayor Neisen called the rezoning hearing to consider a proposed Anchor Inn Restaurant to order at 8:30 P.M. Clerk Zylia read the legal notice and attested to its publication in the New Brighton Bulletin on March 1 and 8. He stated that 17 persons were sent a copy of the notice. The rezoning request is from R -1 Residential to B -3 Commercial. Unplatted lands subject to Drive and Avenue the S 132 ft. of N 363 ft. of W 330 ft. of NE 1/4 of SW 1/4 of Section 8, Township 30, Range 23 and Unplatted lands subject to Drive and Avenue and Road the N 231 ft. of W 330 ft. of NE 1/4 of SW 1/4 of Section 8, Township 30, Range 23, generally located between Edgewood Drive and Greenfield Avenue South of County Road H2 a distance of 330 feet. Louis Gydesen, owner of the proposed Anchor Inn explained his proposal. He stated that the hours of operation were from 5 P.M. to 10 P.M. Monday through Thursday, 5 P.M. to 11 P.M. Friday and Saturday and Noon to 10 P.M. on Sunday. He said the establishment would provide all you can eat at a low cost, but it is not a buffet. The building proposed would be the first building built specifically for an Anchor Inn. All existing Anchor Inn Restaurants were begun in existing buildings. The building would seat approximately 314 persons, would have a small cocktail lounge and three separate dining rooms for banquets. He described the restaurant as open family dining. He stated he will fence and landscape the property as required by the zoning ordinance. The building itself would be a low profile building that would blend in with the residential district. Mayor Neisen called for questions or comments from the floor. Mr. Allen Zepper, 5255 Irondale Road inquired as to what kind of fences would be installed. Mr. Gydesen replied that the fence would be a minimum of four feet to a maximum of six feet in height and would probably be a four and one half foot redwood weave fence. Mr. Glen Dawson, 2201 Lambert Avenue asked about proposed access to the property. Mr. Gydesen stated that there would be two accesses to County Road H2 and two accesses to Greenfield Avenue. He added that the establishment would have no entertainment, that the bar was primarily to accommodate persons during peak hours, with less than 10 percent of the building area designated to the bar, and that the building cannot be modified or expanded because of the lack of land area to do so. Mr. Robert Larson, 5299 Greenfield Avenue stated that Greenfield Avenue is a through street and that the proposal would devalue his property and therefore he was opposed to it. Mr. Giancola, attorney representing Anthony Donatelle, stated that his client was one of the first eating establishments to locate in the Village and was a so called "happy taxpayer" in the community. He said the proposed Anchor Inn should not be approved because the establishment would be off the well traveled Highway #10, that the proposal would create a traffic hazard, and that the proposed area was in a z