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-7- He had participated. in the Planning Commission .discussions but, Mr. Zinner said, had not been aware of the previous hearings . He never- the less had concluded.. that the City "is expanding its ordinance restrictions -to other areas of business than those which had pre- cipitated the initial concerns , because. the July 27th minutes would seem to indicate the majority of concern was related to the Fun Center which is not in .Apache The Apache position is that, .although they are places where people congregate , there is- no basis in fact for applying .the findings of the hours of. operation ordinance to the operation of restaurants , cafeterias or delicatessens and .these facilities should be left .as Permitted Uses where the owners could continue to scrutinize their economic viability and make -decisions as to whether they would .fit into their commercial area. Although the attorney- believes the new hours of operation restrictions were also unwarranted for the other. types of businesses named in the ordinance -if they: were to become Conditional Uses , - he perceives the Apache management .could live with those restrictions as long as restaurants , delicatessens and cafeterias were deleted from that ordinance _and .not changed to Conditional Uses in the second ordinance. Mr. Zinner sees no problem with the beer license ordinance , as proposed. Ardrienne Johnson, 3109 Stinson Boulevard, thanked the City officials for "accurately interpreting -the..wishes of the residents" , but objected to the reference to whether those desires were "fair or unfair" . Mayor Sundland speculated that- the fact .that .the City ordinance was written a long time ago; and that St. Anthony has always been a "bedroom community" where_ everything closed down at -midnight, probably accounted for the existing ordinance having no provisions for regulating places where people congregate."late at night. He is also convinced the, ordinance ..- changes would reflect the wishes of the community since the largest number of complaints logged by the police department over the years have been related to late night disturbances such as loud parties or .screeching tires . The Playor also reminded those present .that it doesn ' t take long- to. get from .the commercial areas in St. Anthony right into the middle of the -residential neighborhoods . /Kay Stowell, 2314 Wilson Street .N.E. , asked whether an existing beer license would .be reissued to someone else if. the . facility which had the. license went- out of business .. The Mayor said the proposed ordinance dictates such ' a license .could be reissued only for a restaurant which seated 50 customers and where the serving of food is the overriding activity. Fie perceives the ultimate goal of the Council is to..hold the .number. of beer licenses to- the number which are out in the City at present. Mr. Soth said he had followed the recom- mendation of the Planning Commission to model the beer ordinance after the City 's-.wine ordinance. Mrs . MAkowske .perceived Por. Gehan's. reference to "emotionally wrought residents" might have been directed to. comments made by women partici- pants in the discussions who, "based our opposition to a business like • Chick 's coming- into -the community on what we have learned from _ experience over the years" .. She also believes there was a basis for