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-2- Mr. Jones arrived at 7 : 50 p.m. David Guckenberg and Paul Gray of North Central Food Systems, 3001 Metro Drive, appeared to discuss their request for a preliminary concept review of the proposal to build a Hardee ' s Restaurant on the vacant lot between the auto body shop and the Legion Club on Kenzie Terrace. Mr. Berg had advised in his July 12 memorandum that the proposal would require a rezoning from R-1 to C as well as a conditional use permit for the drive through facility . Mr. Guckenberg showed the preliminary site , landscaping and parking plans for the proposal and disputed there would be any problems with either parking or traffic congestion if the traffic flow were directed as proposed . The screening of the site from the adjoining residential should be a vast improvement over the exis- ting conditions on that lot now and he answered questions about the economic viability of the Kenzie area by telling the Board his firm would never plan a restaurant there unless market studies indicated it would be a success . He and Mr. Gray were certain signage could be modified to conform to the City ordinance and concluded the project would be abandoned if they didn 't get the go-ahead from the Board or strong neighborhood resistance were demonstrated. Because it appeared a restaurant might not fit into the comprehen- sive planning for the area being developed, the Board expressed their reluctance to encourage the proposal . Mr. Gray then said • he doubted his company would pursue the matter further. An application (later withdrawn) for a sit down restaurant further south on Kenzie Terrace had prompted the July 11 memorandum from the Administrative Assistant recommending an ordinance amendment which would close the loop hole in the parking requirements of the existing ordinance which "would have allowed a grossly inadequate parking area" if the request had been continued. Since sit down restaurants are not specifically addressed in the ordinance, the facility could have been built with only one parking space per 300 squar,a feet of building area as any other commercial building. He felt this type of facility should have the same parking restric- tions; as are specified for fast food and take-out restaurants . Motion by Mr . Jones and seconded by Mr. Rymarchick to make the additions suggested by Mr. Berg to the existing provisions of Section 12 , Subdivision 9 , Number 12 C (13) , parking regulations , as well as the definition of a sit down restaurant which is to be inserted in Section 2 , Rules and Definitions . Before voting on the motion, Mr. Bjorklund gave the example of underuse of parking provided for the Poppin Fresh Restaurant, which is an exceptionally successful restaurant, as the basis for his belief the proposed parking requirements would not be real- istic. Mr. Bowerman agreed, suggesting the question be researched further through the restaurant associations .