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• Page 2 He estimated the two buildings would bring in close to $24,000 in taxes. Mrs. Maureen Iverson; who said her livingroom and bedroom would be directly across 37th Avenue from the proposed restaurant, challenged Mr. Ernst's contention that the restaurant was only 20% of the proposal , saying it was the first of the buildings proposed to be built with no actual timetable set for the erection of the office building. Other residents who reiterated their opposition to the proposal were Art Thompson, Duane Duerre and Roger Martin. Mr. Edward J. Fiore, General Manager for American Monarch, told the group that "the development of that particular property was inevitable" and he felt a "C-1" zoning was inappropriate for the parcel since he didn' t believe professional occupants could be found for an office building situated between a factory and a gas station. He doubted his company would be interested in expanding their business to the east since the topography of the land was especially rough and would req- uire an amount of leveling which would be too expensive. Besides, he said, there was an unidentified easement running across the property. Mr. Kenneth Lee, 2322 Wilson St. H.E. , former owner of the property, then said he had drawn in the easement when it was anticipated that a sewer line was to be built from Mpls. to service the electronics company which had at one time proposed building on the property. • When Councilman Stauffer polled the residents on whether any of the permitted uses under the existing Light Industrial zoning would prove offensive to them, no one could give a use they opposed as much as the restaurant and several of them said they felt the lack of space on that parcel was a factor which would preclude the use of the land for any major industrial enterprise. Motion by Councilman Stauffer, seconded by Councilman Sauer to table action on the proposal until the new zoning ordinance is approved. Voting on the motion: Aye: Stauffer, Sauer Nay: Sundland, Haik Motion to table not carried. Motion by Councilman Sundland, seconded by Councilman Haik to deny the request for rezoning the easterly 322 feet of Apache Terrace, Block 1 , Lot 1 , from Light Industrial to C-2 for the same reasons the Planning Board had recommended denial : i .e. ; 1 . 37th Avenue N.F. should serve as a transitional area from the heavy commercial use of Apache Plaza to the residential area south of 37th Avenue H.F. • 2. The proposed would generate significant traffic on neighboring streets, making those streets more noisy and hazardous. 3. The detrimental impact on property values in the area more than outweighs the potential property tax receipts from such a proposal . ' 4. There is concern about the generation of trash in the neighborhood and the emission of odors from the restaurant.