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• non-confor,-nance with zoning requirements , and asked Mr . Soth about the impact of this type of situation on the city . -Mr . Soth- replied that six months ' deferral is the maximum uermissible amount of time , although even that length of time might be questionable. Council Member ilakowske asked whether warehouse use fell in the light. industrial category, and Sot.h replied that that assuinntion was cc-rrect . He added that for-ter City Manager Dave Childs ' s letter to Mid-Amy*_ ica Dairyn;en indicated that , if the warehouse use was incidental to the retail use , that it could be considered to be primarily retail use . In Soth ' s understanding, however , the ratan use no lc)r,ger exists and it is , therefore , a non-conforming use . In that case- , nothing can Le done to allow Mid-America to stay other than rezoning the property to industrial use , because a variance cannot be granted. I-ir . Sot`i harrowed the issue down to the Question of how long the amity can defer Enforcement before it becomes inproper to do so . He recommended that 'Enforc,7ment not Ise deferred any longer than six months . He added that i ` the-re is one separate retail use and a different warehouse use , then It can no longrr be sail- that the retail use is part of the warehouse use . In that ccse, to a different retail use while coI;tinui.ng to T.,aiie use of the warEho-usi`ig area would be improper . • Mayor Pro Tern Ranallo asked Commissioner Hansen if the Planning Commission had had the benefit of the information and legal opin_on just presented by Messrs . Diessner and Soth they would have considered the issue differently. Hansen replied .that they wo»ld have , and said that such concerns were reflected in the May lo , 150.9 Planning Commission minutes . Those .concerns had to do with the amount , ' t pe, and frequency of deliveries taking place at .the location . Their information was that the truck traffic was limited and took place in the rear of the space rather than the front . The fact that the activity was limited, subdued , and was not an ongoing freight operation influenced the Planning Commission to recommend a six-month delay of enforcement . I•Iayor Pro Tem Ranallo asked Mr . Gammill to describe the nature of Mid-America ' s business operation when they first mover.; into tl;e Centel, , and if an3 when it had ever changed . i-ir . replied that their original business operation. was retail , and that in their estimation they have never changed from a retail to a wholesale- operation . He described the business operation as a distribution ce,;ter for their other retail stores , and stated that. the use has not changed over their term of occupancy of the space . Ile described the typical truck traffic and its purpose at the St . Anthony location as being three to five stops per week to deliver and/or load merchandise to be delivered to their other retail stores . Council Me_nber Makowske as;tied Co:T,Tnissioner Hansen to define the difference between motio;;s ,Wade on page 6 and page o of the Hay 1.6 , 1953 Planning Commission minutes by Commissioners Wagner and FriLin/.ese , respectively .