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iJ 1'. however-j) he- said because there - had always been someone • 2 -' living in this unit and because this was a neighborhood 3 which 'had residential as well as light industrial uses, 4 - he would certainly- have- no objections to having someone 5 live on the second floor of this building; 6 reported he stores his parents ' belongings in one of the 7 units and has experienced problems with getting the care- 8 takers..on the phone himself because "it is impossible 9 for them to be on duty 24 hours a day. " ; 10 thought having another person or two around the premises 11 might make it easier for the tenants to contact the 12 operators of the facility. 13 Mr. Childs said Mr. Blanske spent a good deal of time in Arizona 14 and he certainly hadn' t known anything about his living in that 15 unit. The Manager said he couldn' t see where this could be 16 considered a "grandfathered" situation because the unit had been 17 designed for use as an office and not a dwelling. 18 Mr. Solie agreed that the unit. had been so designed, but his firm 19 had assumed it could be continued to be used as a living space 20 because that was what Mr. Blanske was using the unit for when they 21 bought the property. He said he thought Mr. Hamer had found out • 22 Village Properties was renting the space when he had come to 23 inspect the property when Mr. Cowan was there. ' 24 Chair Franzese said she perceived there had been no problems with 25 having someone live in the unit, but she perceived there was a 26 conflict in land use and she wondered if the City would be es- 27 tablishing a precedent for such a conflict in other areas if they 28 allowed this particular use to remain in a light industrial zoned 29 property. She was concerned that the City would be getting 30 requests from property owners. in the industrial park to rent out 31 unused portions of their buildings to persons who worked there. 32 She perceived the City might be getting into an area it might not 33 wish to get into at this time. 34 The following response was made to her statements: 35 Madden perceived this to be a different situation altogether 36 because the uses are already mixed in this particular 37 neighborhood. 38 Childs said he didn ' t want to confuse the issue but wanted to 39 point out that in many small towns and even along Central 40 Avenue, it was regular practice to have living quarters 41 over stores and. businesses ; 6