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-12- denied .th.at" . ., However, the Attorney, added, whether or not the Council realized that "continuous operation" meant "24 hours a day" would not provide sufficient reason for revoking the video game .licenses , since • . the hours of operation don 't have a direct relationship to the video games themselves . If pool hall licenses had been previously granted in the City with the understanding that they would be only 10 hour operations , Mr. Soth said, that might be a different matter, but as the ordinancestands , pool halls can .operate 24 hours a day. Mr. Soth. told the residents there are many video games licenses in St. Anthony now, including those in the same shopping--center as Chick 's , and the only basis for revoking . Chick 's licenses would .have to be that the City finds something about them that makes them different from-.the existing licenses . If a violation of the City 's ordinances or a sub- stantial record of police problems could be proved, that might be a good reason for revocation of.. .the .licenses which have been granted, but, since the business is not even in operation, no such:' claims are probable at this time. • Mr. Soth said the Council might be able to. make an ordinance change .related. .to the video games which. would be permitted in the future but he doubted an amendment to limit pool halls would be valid. He told a resident the .existing City ordinances do not limit the hours for ' any business at the present. Mrs . Kuharski commended both Councilmen Ranallo and Marks for working with the residents on this matter and- then inquired what actions they intended to take .to limit the number of video games licenses to those already granted in .the City. The Mayor -Pro Tem told. her he intended to ask staff .and the Planning Commission to see what can be done to regulate the hours of operation for all entertainment/amusement, but . not commercial , businesses in. the City and to limit all video games and beer licenses to those already granted with the stipulation the existing licenses could not be transferred if an establishment went out of business . He is going to ask the -Planning Commission to -hold a special public hearing on these changes the first week in September so the Council can act on them at its first September meeting. Mr. Jones reported Mayor Sundland had called him and asked him to tell the residents that he would be unable- to be present for the meeting because he and his wife would be away on vacation they had planned for a long time but the Mayor believed he had done everything he could to be effective before he left. The .Mayor Pro .Tem said he had .been waiting to make the same. announcement until after the discussion was closed. The Planning Commission Chairman said the Commission tries to keep ahead of these issues before they become. problems but needs constant com- munication with the residents and Council to do so. He said he is "very upset that a .business could come into the community without talking to the City Manager first to find out what the City 's plans are for the area he is planning .to move to" , and Mr. Jones repeated his suspicions that Por. Springfield "has his eyes on the golden egg" . • When Mr. Cassidy asked what the Council could -do to see to it that there would never be beer served in this establishment, and wanted a. vote taken on the question, he was told by the Mayor Pro Tem that the vote had already been taken and all had said "NO" , however he was also convinced that the Council would have to abide by the legal advice from the City Attorney on the matter and "wouldn ' t want to put the City