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City Council Regular Meeting Minutes March 23, 2004 05 Page 5 1 Discussion followed regarding the need to protect homes located close to a business that worked 2 on vehicles. 3 4 Councilmember Faust stated he disagreed with Councilmember Horst and noted Tires Plus 5 would be closer to housing than it was before. He agreed adjustment would be needed if a 6 business competing with Tires Plus was located nearby and was allowed to stay open. He 7 indicated this issue needed to be handled with consistency and added he did not foresee the City 8 "shutting them down"if they stayed open late to take care of one of the City's residents. He 9 noted this type of business could be noisy in the summer and thought it would be nice to have 10 "peace and quiet"during some parts of the day. 11 12 Councilmember Horst stated he thought Rapid Oil Change was open until 10:00 p.m. or 11:00 13 p.m. He added he knew they were open late on weekends. He agreed the City needed to treat 14 businesses equally. 15 16 Councilmember Horst stated he did not want the first condition, which restricted hours of 17 operation, included in the resolution. He noted it would be hard to enforce all conditions if it 18 was decided one of them could be ignored and he wanted to make the conditional uses realistic. 19 20, Councilmember Faust stated he felt it would be easier to hold the business to a higher standard 21 that could be relaxed rather than a lesser standard that needed tightening. Councilmember Horst 22 responded he felt Tires Plus' track record showed they did not need"tightening up." 23 24 Councilmember Thuesen asked if legal issues would surface if the City granted longer hours for 25 Tires Plus, and Exhaust Pros, for example, did not have the same hours. He questioned if this 26 was something Council needed to consider or was each situation with conditional use permits 27 different. 28 29 City Manager Morrison responded every situation was different and one of the issues considered 30 was the location of the business. He explained the Chair of the Planning Commission would ask 31 the business what its current hours of operation were, which was done in this case. He noted 32 flexibility was already shown, as the Planning Commission expanded the hours a small amount 33 beyond the cited current hours. 34 35 Mr. Momson noted Councilmember Horst had asked what would happen if Wal-Mart offered 36 tire repair service, which Mr. Morrison felt was probable. He explained that was a separate 37 issue, as Wal-Mart was zoned PUD; therefore, the hours could be more or less restrictive, 38 depending on the PUD Agreement. He added, in the Tires Plus situation,the condition involving 39 hours of operation was to stop any possible disturbances in the neighborhood. 40 41 Councilmember Stille stated he was concerned about outside storage of vehicles. He indicated 42 he understood the condition was trying to provide some flexibility so Tires Plus would not be in 43 violation if they did have to leave a vehicle outside at night; however, it was his understanding 44 the outside storage of vehicles was"avoided at all costs." 45