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s -5- perceives the testimony offered was an accurate measuring stick of the ,entire community. Although the. perceived problems with Chick 's and the complaints regarding the Fun Center might have forced the • Council to reevaluate the existing ordinance, the Mayor believes the consensus of the community and Council was that- the ordinances should be tightened up for all uses which, involve large concentrations of people where problems with noise, traffic and neighborhood disturbances could be expected. Judy Makowske, a .Commission member, asked for, rea.f.firmation that the restriction of hours of operation .would .apply to Chick's , which she said is now .open in St: Anthony. Por. Soth indicated the proposed ordinance was written to .apply to all businesses which are defined in the ordinance, including billiard halls and -other businesses presently- _in_existence. Mark Gehan, an attorney representing ,the" owners of Chick 's indicated he had .been present at the Council meetings and his associate had presented the Chick 's owners opposition to the ordinance changes at the last hearing. 11r:. Gehan indicated he had no doubts as to how the Council was going to vote on the questions but thanked them and staff for treating him and his clients "fairly procedurely" . . He stated that he understood .the pressures which had been brought to bear against opening Chick '.s in St: Anthony, but he did not believe the charges against the establishment had been substantiated in fact or that any of the reasons written into the ordinance for curtailing the hours of operation, which he read aloud, could be applied to Chick ' s because "what you know of Chick ' s is what has been reported to you. by your City Planager and- Police .Chief who thoroughly checked out Chick 's in . Coon Rapids and, apparently , could find no adverse information on which to deny the applications for licenses" . Mr. Gehan recounted the process of those applications through the sys- tem, saying Roger Springfield, the owner of Chick ' s , had originally submitted applications for both amusement devices and beer for the store he was remodeling in the St. Anthony Shopping Center, but had withdrawn the latter when it was suggested to him that doing so might lessen the opposition .to his operation. as a whole from the neighbors . "However" , Mr. Gehan said, "the opposition stayed" and, although Pyr. Springfield "had been up front" in indicating he intended to operate- the billiards hall "continuously" , i .e. , "24 hours a day" , "the public. opposition now because .vehement about that aspect of the business and a .special hearing was called for September 7th" . The attorney for Chick 's then asked the Council to reflect on what had really happened by saying "originally there had been no .stir, . then the opposition to the beer developed, and finally , the uproar over the hours of oper- ation, and now, you ' re changing your ordinances because of Chick 's" . When the Commission Chairman indicated he did not .believe the ordinances were directed at a particular. style- of business , but at all businesses where noise and traffic disturbances can be expected to be generated by large concentrations of .people , Por. - Gehan responded that he per- , ceives an absence of evidence substantiating the ordinance changes and he perceives no other business would be affected, but, rather , the • City decision is being made on unsubstantiated claims about "that type