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Mr. Johnson introduced to the Board the President of the bank, Don Farber and its Senior Vice President, Jim Philpott who he said is also an officer of the bank's holding company, they joined in the dicusssion. Mr. Johnson told the Board that unsucessful attempts to negotiate a long term lease with the ownership of the St. Anthony Shopping Center had necessitated a move to the new location. However, the bank is going to retain its existing drive-facility at 2955 Pentagon Drive until such time as customers indicate a preference for using the new facility in lieu of fighting the traffic congestion in the shopping centers He felt these conditions and the favorable traffic conditions on 'abutting streets at the new location warranted a Conditional Use Permit. Mr. Fornell in his September 15th assessment of the proposal said he did not foresee a problem "with respect to the location, access and stacking aspects of the proposal" . The Board examined the site plans for the new facility discussed with the applicants the need they projected for the next ten years for an eight-lane remote drive-in operation. Mr. Johnson also discussed the plans for landscaping, snow removal, traffic flow patterns and methods of screening the mobile park area to the north from any noise or headlight annoyance associated with the banking facility. Owners of the trailer court, Lowry Manor Courts , Mr. and Mrs. Hobie Swan, 2501 Lowry Avenue N.E. , both expressed wholehearted approval for the proposal which Mr. Swan said "would lend itself to the area more • homogeneously than the previous business" . Mr. Swan also said the red- wood fence around the court would protect its residents from any visual annoyance. The Public Hearing was closed at 8: 40 p.m. Board members expressed some concern with the capability of Stinson Boulevard to handle the additional traffic generated by this operation during the peak traffic hours but took the following action: Motion by Mr. Cowan and seconded by Mr. Klick to recommend to the City Council that a Conditional Use Permit be granted to the State Bank of St. Anthony for a drive-in remote teller facility to be a part of the proposed new bank building to be construction on Plat 63507, Parcel 7010 , (approximately 2401 Lowry Avenue N.E. ) because the proposal seems to be compatible to the area and the abutting streets appear adequate to handle the anticipated traffic patterns . " Motion carried unanimously. The second Public Hearing on the same facility was opened at 8: 57 p.m. This hearing was required to consider a petition for a variance to the City Zoning Ordinance which requires that "general commercial" uses have at least one on-site parking space for every 300 square feet of gross floor area. • (2)