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9 1 when he mentioned that to the City Manager, Mr. Childs never told him �2 "the lights have to be removed completely and he just led me to believe 3 that all I had to do was to stop the flashing, which the ordinance 4 forbids because they could be a traffic hazard and that sort of thing. " 5 The store owner said Mr. Childs was aware that he was attempting to stop 6 the flashing lights, "but not removing them, and didn't say 'No, Craig, 7 I want you to remove them completely from the store, and that's the 8 bottom line. " He said he had not been told that any time during the 9 couple of times he had talked to Mr. Childs. He reiterated that he had 10 not turned off the lights several years ago because he was waiting for 11 the City's response to the Video Update attorney's letter. 12 No one present provided any further input to the discussion and the 13 Chair closed the hearing at 8 :46 P.M. for the following Commission 14 response: 15 Commissioner Hansen indicated he would be leery of granting a permit 16 extension without assurance that the building was safe after its 17 expansion. He was told the extension could be granted subject to the 18 approval of the Building Inspector. Mr. Soth advised that what the 19 Planning Commission was really doing that evening was recommending that 20 the Council add this condition to the conditional use permit to which 21 the City can add any condition it wants to. 22 Commissioner Brownell was told they would only be extending the 23 conditional use permit to the expanded space and that the same �4 conditions which applied to the original February 28, 1984 permit would 5 apply along with any other new conditions the Commissioners chose to 26 recommend the Council impose on that permit. When Commissioner Brownell 27 indicated he perceived the Commissioners didn't really know the intent 28 of staff, Chair Wagner told him he would recommend the Commission 29 include the removal of the lights as a condition for approving the 30 extension in their motion, with the understanding that the Council could 31 modify that condition based on further information of staff. 32 Commissioner Werenicz agreed, indicating he didn't think there was a 33 reason for allowing this store to have the flashing lights when compared 34 to other Twin Cities video stores who don't have them. He said he found 35 that "application to be actually quite unusual when compared to the 36 norm. " 37 Commission Recommendation 38 Motion by Werenicz, seconded by Hansen to recommend to the City Council 39 that they grant an amendment to the conditional use permit granted 40 originally on February 28, 1984, to Video Update, 2510 Kenzie Terrace 41 N.E. to include the expansion of the video store's retail space into the 42 adjoining space, which had recently been vacated by Popco Cleaners. 43 The Planning Commission further recommends that the original conditions 44 the Council imposed on the permit be again made conditions for the 45 extension along with two more which the Commission perceives necessary ofat this time, as follows: