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