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-6- Zoning Ordinance. . According to Mr. Grewe , it will take at least three or four weeks to get into operation and, if the City approval is de- layed, he will miss out on the peak season and suffer a loss of about $10 ,000 each month he is not in operation. Mr. Grewe was accompanied by Tom VanMeter, President of Tan Me , Inc. , who disagreed the services offered by Mr. Grewe . would substantially differ from the type of services already offered in the Mall in a barber shop, beauty salon, the health club ' and in the Weight Watchers salon, which with a dance studio, are allowed by the City ordinance. Mr. VanMeter questioned why there should be a prejudice against a service which is so similar to other permitted uses and told the Commission St. Louis Park permitted him to operate a salon while they were determining its classification under their ordinances . The franchise president then invited the Commission members to visit his salon near the Maplewood Mall to ascertain its legitimacy and to see for themselves the salon is not a front for immoral purposes . He added that the five tanning rooms are booked a week ahead , .at this time. Mr. Bjorklund told Mr. VanMeter that, if the proposal had been on the agenda that evening, he would probably have made such an inspection before the meeting, but he does - not believe he could make an educated decision regarding a recommendation without seeing a franchise brochure; a physical layout of the salon; and evidence that the operation meets all state and city health codes . He would also like to know the typical age and economic status of the clientelle as well as the cost of the services offered, and the signage and methods of Sadvertising the salons would be of interest to him as well . Mr. Jones commented that he believes Mr. Grewe ' s problems are a result of bad advice from Mr. Cavanaugh and suggested the best method he sees for moving the proposal along would be to have the legal dif- ferences resolved by the attorneys , as was originally intended. The Chairman then informed Mr. Grewe that the City Attorney will be present when this matter is reported back to the Council during their meeting April 27th. The fence ordinance proposed by the Public Works Director was con- sidered next and referred to the Commission for their recommendations by the Council. There was Commission agreement that Subdivision 1 of Requirements should be amended to indicate "the fence shall be set back at least six inches from the property line, unless the property has been surveyed to assure there will be no encroachment onto adjoining private or public property or public right-of-way , or there is a written agreement with the adjoining property owner if the fence is built on the property line" . Two Commission members disagreed with Mr. Bjorklund that there is a need for stipulating the size of fences for front yards , foreseeing an enforcement problem for staff. • Motion by Mr. Bjorklund and seconded by Mr. Jones that Subdivision 3 of Requirements of the proposed Ordinance 1982-003 be amended to read: