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December 19, 1977 Page 5 <br />elevation as he. <br />Mayor Pickar questioned the storage in the back and stated that he would like to <br />see it eleminated before renewing the license. <br />Councilmember Rowley pointed out that when the special use permit was first issued <br />in 1974, the operators had agreed to meet the requirements of the Planning Commi- <br />ssion and City Council, which included no outside storage of parts. Councilmember <br />Rowley presented the operators with a copy of the minutes and motion from 1974, <br />showing them what they had agreed to. <br />Mr. Getz stated that he had interpreted it that anything that was inside the fence <br />was okay. <br />Mayor Pickar suggested that perhaps the junk vehicles could be stored next to the <br />fence. <br />Councilmember Rowley also pointed out from the 1974 minutes that Mr. Getz had stated <br />that there would be no more than 15 to 20 cars at one time, but that a definite <br />limit had not been set so that he wouldn't have to worry about having 21 cars and <br />being in violation. <br />Administrator Achen stated that the customers had been required to park in the lot, <br />rather than in the street. Mr. Getz replied that it was hard to get the customers <br />to park in the lot. <br />Administrator Achen pointed out that only 17 cars were shown in the original plan, <br />which is what the Planning Commission and City Council had been planning on. Mr. <br />Getz replied that his interpretation had been that they were not to have more cars <br />on the lot than they could accomodate, and that if they really pushed them in to <br />capacity, they could have approximately 75 cars on the lot. <br />Attorney Meyers joined the meeting. <br />Official Rose drew a sketch of the business as it is presently situated and <br />explained that Staff had viewed the lot twice since the complaints were received <br />and that there were 43 cars on the lot the first time and 45 the second time, <br />with some parked on the grassy area. He pointed out that the traffic corridors <br />are minimal so if they were used for parking, it would make it diffcult to drive <br />through, and expressed concern that emergency vehicles might have a difficult <br />time getting through. He also stated that with the way the cars are situated, <br />there really is no customer parking available in the lot. <br />Mayor Pickar stated that the parts should be stored inside somewhere and asked <br />what Mr. Getz would recommend to be the maximum number of cars allowed on the <br />lot <br />Mr. Getz replied that he would rather guarantee adequate customer parking rather <br />than limit himself to a certain number of cars. <br />Councilmember Rowley asked if there was a certain number of customer parking spaces <br />required. Official Rose replied that Mid - American Auto did not fall into a cer- <br />tain classification but that Staff had estimated the required spaces by computing <br />the office space and so forth, and found the minimum number of customer parking <br />spaces for Mid - American Auto should be 10. Councilmember Rowley stated that she <br />