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-2- health club past that time . He also foresaw the possibility that an all night restaurant might want to open on Apache property. When • Mr. Jones indicated he believed this might be permissible , Mr. Soth indicated that under the ordinance limiting hours of operation this would not be possible. .12r. Zinner said Apache had relied on the City Ordinance since 1973 to attract tenants to the shopping center and Mr. Soth told him the proposed .ordinance changing certain types of businesses from "per- mitted" to "conditionally permitted .uses" should have no effect on existing businesses which are "grandfathered in"' but is written rather to give the City greater control over new businesses . Mr. Zinner reiterated_ that the shopping center management has rented retail space based on the existing ordinance and now would be restricted somewhat in their operation-. Mr. Zinner felt the Apache management had demonstrated good .business judgement in the past and such decisions should continue to be left to the owners . Mr. Bjorklund doubted whether . there .had been many businesses in Apache which had wanted tostay open past 1:00 A.M. Mr.. Zinner said the Italian restaurant had stayed open past 1:00 A.M. occasionally and though he conceded .that at this time there were .no businesses. which stay open past one o' clock, he said that in. other parts of the country, retail areas do stay open all night and Apache wants to be able to go along with any change -in retailing trends .which might come to this area in the future. • Dennis Hagstrom, Attorney , W. 1100 First National Bank, St. Paul , identified himself as the attorney representing Chick 's Billiards which would open in the St. Anthony Shopping Center .within the next week or so. , fie said - he could not understand why the City anticipated problems with the billiard parlor since the owner,. Mr. Springfield, had brought in witnesses to testify that such concerns were unfounded because of the way in which he operates his business in Coon Rapids , and the attorney .indicated he is certain "with all the questions raised by the Council and the residents, any problems with the operation would have been found by now" . Mr. Hagstrom said he believes these fears are based instead on preconceived ideas about pool halls and insisted that limiting the hours of -operation would directly affect his client'.s .business , .a majority of which is done in the hours between 9 : 30 P.M. and 12 :00 A.M. and again between 1 :00 A.M. and 3 :00 or 4 :OO .A.M. With. the self-imposed .curfews for minors of 9 : 30 P.M. during the school year and midnight during the summer, the legal representative believes the City "has no basis in fact for imposing time restrictions" . The Chairman told Mr.. Hagstrom .the neighbors were concerned because Chick 's in St. Anthony would be only 150 feet from residential dwell- ings . Bob Rhoades , an employee of Chick 's , 10266 Hanson Boulevard, disputed the statement that there is a great difference between the two locations , saying "Chick 's at 85th and University is one block from homes in front of the establishment" . Mr. Zawislak told Mr. Rhoades he has visited the Coon Rapids site and found the establishment is on • a commercial street with completely different traffic patterns that would be found in St. Anthony. The billiards proprietor responded that most of Chick' s customers use East River Road, which passes a heavily inhabited residential area.