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-6- Council elects to not continue the permit, the .burden of responsibility should be on the Council to produce sufficient reason for not continu- ,, . ing the permit and not on the proprietor for justifying the continuance . Motion carried unanimously. The meeting was recessed from 9 : 25 P.M. until 9 :30 P .M. when the public hearing to consider the .request for the necessary rezoning, conditionaluse permit and variances..to allow. the expansion from 765 square feet to 2 ,700 square feet of the Good Luck Cafe at 2700 Coolidge Street N.E. Chair Makowske read .the notice of hearing which had gone out to all property owners within 350 feet of the subject property and had been published in the Bulletin, July 7th. No one present reported failure to receive the notice or objected to its content. Mr. Childs explained that because the existing restaurant is currently a non-conforming use because it is .sited on two lots , one commercially and the other R-1 (single family dwelling) zoned, it would be necessary for the City to (,1) rezone the single family lot to com- mercial to permit the expansion; (2) grant a conditional use permit to allow the expansion in a location which is less than 250 feet from a residentially zoned district; and, (3) to grant a variance which would permit -22 parking spaces where 85 are required by Ordinance. He noted the original application had been in error because the 34 parking spaces proposed had included part of the City right- of-way. The Manager reiterated his recommendation in his July 12th cover memorandum. in the agenda packet that he perceives only a minor expansion might be acceptable .on that ,particular lot, and that only if the applicant is able to provide adequate parking and buffering of his property from the adjoining residential neighborhood. Itis staff's recommendation that if the applicant is not willing to adjust his plans in this manner, the Commission should recommend Council denial. of the request. There was a general concurrence that the drawings which had been submitted with the application were inadequate and Commissioner Bjorklund attempted to draw with chalk a rough sketch of what. he perceived the proposal would be. Commissioner Bowerman protested this effort saying he believed the Commission could not make an educated decision on the proposal unless they had acceptable site plans including parking and landscaping drawn to scale. However, since there were about a dozen persons present to discuss the pro- posal, the Commissioner conceded the hearing should proceed so they could provide input to the consideration. The points of opposition to the proposal expressed in the July 13th letter from Dr. Preston and Sharon Williams were echoed -by residents who live near .the restaurant, including Jerry Kelly, John J. Jadinak, 2805 - 27th Avenue N.E. , who lives across the alley; . Donald Drusch and Bernadette Loahr who live at 2804 and 2800 Pahl Avenue N.E. , who agreed the expansion would have an adverse effect on their neighborhood.