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-4- At their August 24th meeting, the. .Council had directed the City Attorney to prepare ordinance amendments which would address the problems they • perceive for recreational- establishments where people congregate which are presently classified as Permitted. Uses in the City Zoning Ordinance and requested these changes be .presented for a public hearing before the Planning Commission, September 7th. Doug Jones , Chairman of .the Planning Commission, reported the minutes of that hearing -and gave the Commission recommendations related to an ordinance which would change the classification of recreational uses from Permitted to Conditional Uses ; another which would limit the hours of operation for certain businesses ; and a third, which would permit new on-sale beer licenses to be issued only to restaurants . The Chairman suggested several changes in wording of these minutes be made as clarification of the Commission 's 'intent. He requested his own statement . as. to whether a restaurant could remain open all night be changed - from- "he believed this might be permissible" to "he questioned whether. it would be allowable" , - and said Mr.. Bjorklund had requested the words "sell a product or service. to be consumed upon the premises , ,; and. only these may -- - reasonably-,' be expected" , be inserted after the word "which" in the third line of. paragraph 2 , Page 8 and "or con- sumption of product" inserted following "people" in the fifth line of the third paragraph on the same page. The Chairman then emphasized that Mr. Bowerman had dissented from recommending approval- of - the changes , believing to place restrictions on only six or seven, out of- 56 uses , which. are now classified as • Permitted Uses would be "too confining" and, "could be viewed as discriminatory" . However, the majority of the Commission members agreed with the Council- and the large number of residents who had attended Council meetings in July .and August, that the existing Zon- ing Ordinance did not effectively address the problems of -traffic and late hour disturbances which.-were anticipated by neighbors would occur in establishments where people are expected-.to,�cong,regate for recreation or .entertainment. - Mrs:. Soth was- present to answer questions and objections to the ord- inance changes from representatives -of the Apache Plaza management firm and from. Chick 's . . P4ark Kozlak , a St. Anthony resident with a restaurant operation background, was. again present to speak in- favor of the ordinance _changes . _ Councilman -narks responded to Mr. Bowerman's objections to including only certain business uses in the conditionally permitted classifica- tion by saying he believed the Council 's overriding concern was related to activities connected to certain - uses in establishments where people congregate late ' at night and drink beverages while playing games . He later indicated he did not believe restaurants , delicatessens or cafeterias should be included in the categories for which .the changes were sought. Mayor. Sundland reported he had sat in on a .portion of the Commission • hearing.- and perceived the Commission recommendations reflected the desires of the community expressed during the Council meetings . He said whether there were 70 or 100 persons in attendance at these meetings was really irrelevant, as far as he is concerned, because he