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1 said.. he .personally- felt these-amusement- arcades were <br /> 2 .nuisances because they made it difficult for :.parents • <br /> 3 - to control their children; <br /> 4 thought, that since the City can'.t prevent 'them from <br /> 5 operating in the -City, everything possible should be <br /> 6 done. to make them as inoffensive as possible. <br /> 7 Madden commented that . he must have had a -"misspent" youth <br /> 8 : because he had always . enjoyed playing pool and per- <br /> 9 ceived if he were to take his grandson somewhere to <br /> 10 play pool, this establishment, where there would be <br /> 11 no liquor, would be' a better place to play than a <br /> 12 bar; <br /> 13 said he couldn' t see the harm in having pool games <br /> 14 in a game room and wondered if kids didn' t wager on <br /> 15 video games as well; <br /> 16 perceived pool had been denigrated and said he had <br /> 17 a lot more respect for pool than for- video games <br /> 18 which he couldn' t stand at all. <br /> 19 Commission Action <br /> 20 Motion by Madden, seconded by Wingard to recommend the City Council • <br /> 21 grant a conditional use permit to American Amusement Arcades dba <br /> 22 Picadilly Circus to allow the operation of an Amusement Arcade at . <br /> 23 - Apache Plaza in the space formerly occupied by the -St. Anthony <br /> 24 off-sale liquor store and to utilize the 34 amusement devices for <br /> 25 which there are licenses available at that location. <br /> . 26 The Commission further recommends the following conditions be <br /> 27 imposed on the permit: <br /> 28 *no food or beverages are to be served in the arcade; ' <br /> 29 *the. number of amusement devices would be limited to 34 for <br /> 30 this establishment ; <br /> 31 *the permit for this operation would have to be reviewed <br /> 32 annually with input from the Police .Chief based on statistics <br /> 33 on the number and, nature of calls his department has to make <br /> 34 to this establishment. <br /> 35 In recommending this permit be granted, the Planning Commission <br /> .-. 3.6 - finds - staff had reported receiving no calls against the permit <br /> 37 prior to the Commission hearing and no one spoke-:against - it during <br /> 38 the hearing. <br /> 39 Before the .Note was taken. on the ..motion;- the following amendments ' <br /> 40 were offered: <br /> 20 <br />