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V Planning Commission Meeting Minutes July 19, 2005 Page 2 1 2 VI. COMMUNICATION WITH CITY COUNCIL 3 6.1 Desimnate a Planning Commission member to the July 26 2005 City Council Meeting_ 4 5 Chair Stromgren stated that Planning Commission representative would not be required to attend 6 the July 26, 2005 City Council Meeting because there are no public hearings scheduled for this 7 evening. 8 9 VII. PUBLIC HEARING. 10 11 NONE 12 13 VIII. CONCEPT REVIEW 14 8.1 Text Amendment Conditional Use Permit—49ers Building 15 16 Ms. Moore-Sykes stated that Eric Reiners, architect with Welman Sperides Architects, 17 representatives for The RUO Local 49, has requested a Concept Review of their proposal for a 18 text change to the City's Zoning Code that would include catering activities as a permitted 19 conditional use in the Industrial Zoning District. She stated that the RUO Local 49 recently 20 opened their newly constructed catering kitchen and related facilities and is also proposing to 21 open them to the public. She stated that in reviewing the City's Zoning Ordinance,there is no 22 allowance given for this use either as a permitted use or a permitted conditional use. She stated 23 that the Commercial Zoning District does allow this use as a permitted conditional use, per 24 Section 1635.03 © and(p). She explained that the concerns raised regarding traffic and parking 25 associated with this proposal created a need to discuss them at a Concept Review. She noted that 26 because the uses already allowed in this district create high volumes of traffic, accommodating 27 parking needs and the supposed increased noise levels have already been addressed, including the 28 catering activities, as a permitted conditional use for the Industrial Zoning District. She stated 29 that Staff does not believe that opening the catering facilities to the public would significantly 30 increase parking, traffic or noise. She stated that allowing catering activities, as a permitted 31 conditional use, would give the City the ability to place controls on this use to protect the 32 community and the public while using the proposed catering facilities. 33 34 Eric Reiners, Architect, Welman Sperides Architects,representing the IUO Local 49 explained 35 that they decided to undertake the addition to primarily expand their offices, which occupied the 36 upper level of the existing structure. He stated that the meeting hall was located in the lower 37 level of the building noting that this is where the monthly meetings and annual Christmas Parties 38 were held. He stated that the proposal includes replacing the existing serving kitchen with a 39 slightly upgraded catering space so that food could be brought in for meetings and special events. 40 He stated that as the plan began to evolve they communicated with the City and verified that 41 they could expand the kitchen to full catering noting that they were told that this would be fine if 42 it is only for union use. He stated that this is the only location like this in the area adding that it 43 provides them with the opportunity to be able to utilize the facility for other events. He stated 44 that there is approximately 4000 square feet in the lower level of the union hall that they would 45 like to open up for intermittent use when not using the facilities for their monthly meetings. He