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-6- believed the fact the proponents were not present to- answer questions • "should. be weighed heavily in a-decision as should the question of whether the owner of the store. is at all interested in the community" . Mr. Berg told .her he had spoken to the owner and advised him the normal- procedure.-would be to .have- him file a petition for a Condi- tional Use permit for the operation as soon as the amendment is passed. Chairman Bjorklund saw too many unanswered questions for a recom- mendation. of approval.: of the amendment but. Mr. Sopcinski believed the only basic question involved "whether to permit *the, sale and rental of video tapes as a Conditional. Use under the ordinance" . He was concerned denying the amendment would prevent the distribution of many beneficial types of video tapes to the community- and cited instances such as school and business use of this media. He favored modifica- tion of the ordinance with restrictions -as to the type of materials to be distributed to be addressed by the Council and. the business community. Mr. Enrooth believed denial .would be "unfair restriction of trade" and wanted reasons for not recommending approval to be included with any motion. Motion by Mr. Jones and seconded by Mr. Peterson to recommend the Council. take no action on modification of the City Zoning Ordinance as presented, finding- that, there was significant public opposition to the "video tape sales and rental stores" . No proponent appeared in support of this proposal, and, for the Commission to act on this • proposal would require significant additional information. Motion carried unanimously. Motion by Chairman Bjorklund and seconded by Mr. Sopcinski to commend Helen Crowe for the job she did on condensing and assembling the twelve pages -of minutes generated. by the October 21st Commission meeting. Motion carried unanimously. Mr. Sopcinski expressed his concern that the Council had not followed the Commission's recommendation .of denial of the Allguire variance request since by the applicant's own admission the need for a variance had resulted from her own errors in remodeling an already habitable residence. He believed the. Commission had tried to be consistent in their deliberations and decisions regarding such variances and their effect on the neighborhood and was only follow- ing. staff' s concern over the "number of front yard variances being granted" . He felt the Commission' s "efforts to be- part of the-team with the Council and staff might been eroded" . Mr. Peterson agreed with these assumptions. ----- -- - Mr. Berg advised the Commission that, as in the past, there would be a special .Commission hearing called soon, to decide on the Community __- _ _- Dev_elopment Block Grant funds designations. • He then distributed- copies of the proposed Sign Ordinance which he .said were complete with the exception of .two or three pages address- ing a comprehensive sign policy for the commercial district and a small. portion dealing with signs in a "C" district. The missing material will be sent to the Commission members this week. It was