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I 1 CITY OF ST. 'ANTHONY PLANNING._COMMISSION MINUTES • December 11 , 1984 1 The meeting was called to order by Chair Zawislak at 7:35 P.M. 2 3 Present for roll call : -Zawislak, Wagner, Bowerman, and Hansen. 4 5 Absent: Jones (.arrived at .7:48 P.M. ) , Bjorklund and Franzese. 6 7 Also present: David Childs, City Manager. 8 9 Motion- by Commissioner Wagner and seconded by Commissioner Hansen to approve as 10 submitted the minutes of the Planning Commission meeting held November 20, 1984. 11 12 Motion carried unanimously. 13 14 Commissioner Bowerman will report the meeting at the December 18th Council meeting. 15 16 At 7:37 P.M. , the Chair opened the hearing to consider a request from Howard 17 Applebaum, 1583 Saunders, St. Paul , for a conditional use permit to operate a video 18 cassette equipment sales and rental operation in the Apache Plaza Shopping Center. • 19- Chai r _Zawi sl ak read._the,notice which=had._.been:.,publ i shed i n--•the,November, 27th_ 20 Bulletin and which had been mailed to all property owners of record within 350 21 feet of the subject property. No one present reported failure to receive'tfiat -` 22 notice or objected to its content. s 23 24 The Manager reported receiving no calls about the request and reiterated much of 25 his explanation of the proposal which had been stated in his December 7th memorandum 26 to the Commission. He read aloud the three conditions which would have to be 27 required of the applicant for conditional use permit approval . According to 28 Mr. Childs, Mr. Applebaum had already indicated to him that he would have no 29 problem meeting all three requirements. Mr. Applebaum told the Commissioners his 30 store would take up 1 ,900 square feet of space in the area west of the garage 31 doors on the south side of the mall where the Wards pickup and catalog departments 32 had been located. The existing door in that area would be closed off, the appli- 33 cant said, and only the side door retained, along with a three or four foot wide 34 window. 35 -36 A major portion-of his business would -come-from-the-rental--of- video--cassettes9 37, Mr. Applebaum said, but he would also be selling VCR's and television sets. 38 The store owner said he hopes to convey to the community the impression of a 39 '.family oriented establishment. The store would have. no interior mall access, and 40 Mr. Applebaum indicated he would anticipate closing .no later than 11 :00 P.M. on 41 weekends and -earlier on weekdays, although he had not made a firm decision in that 42 regard. The applicant also indicated signage and lighting of the sign would be 4 3 in conformance..wit h the requirement of the shopping center management- and City 44 codes." :.' • 45 46 - When the Chair asked Mr_. Applebaum what effect he perceived -Cable T.V. might have f� 47 on his business, the store owner.told him that there are eight other Video World i