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that her number one concern being a Planning Commissioner is that if the zoning is changed from the Neighborhood Commercial District to something that allows alcohol especially and other potential things that could come around that, she needs the support of the neighbors, and she does not have that. She noted that the applicant has a petition, but the applicants petition does not address alcohol, and the vast majority of the people signing the petition are not from the neighborhood. She continued that in contrast, she has a number of letters, a number of one-on-one conversations, the folks who came out today, and petitions from the neighborhood that clearly weigh to having concerns. Commissioner Allen stated that in order for her to get comfortable in approving the application, she would like to see the following three modifications in the proposal: 1. Limit the hours for alcohol sales to 6:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. She noted that originally, she was not even going to open up considering alcohol, but she would be open to alcohol because she does realize that to make this a go financially for the applicant, the applicant needs to have alcohol as that is the key driver. She noted that four of his eleven refrigerator cases are alcohol. She continued that she would then like to have staff do an evaluation of the project in six months and come back to the Planning Commission, making sure the neighbors are aware so they can also come back, and if the Commission finds that there is no issue, she would be very willing to entertain extending those hours to what the applicant wanted. She indicated that she realizes that the downside to the applicant is that he will need to wait a little longer, but the benefit to her is that she can honestly say that she is listening to the community and being a little cautious about this one item that was not disclosed and that they are concerned about. Chair O'Connor asked staff is the current zoning would allow alcohol even though the applicant does not have alcohol today. Ms. Soo said no. 2. Supporting Chair O'Connor's earlier proposal and which the applicant agreed to of bringing the car wash hours down to a 9:00 p.m. end time during standard time. 3. Keeping the existing hours of operation which are 5:00 a.m. to 12:00 midnight and not going to 1:00 a.m. She indicated that she is also willing to evaluate this in six months and if everything looks good, she is also open to going to 1:00 a.m. She stated that her reason for this is, again, being a little cautious and secondly, looking at the last application that came through and reading through the Council Minutes that we got from the gas station convenience store on First and Ray Streets, where there was a discussion about 5:00 a.m. to 11:00 p.m., and another gas station with a similar situation that also has 5:00 a.m. to 11:00 p.m. She noted that keeping the current hours is consistent with what is going on today and certainly even more than the last application that came through. She PLANNING COMMISSION MINUTES, August 27, 2014 Page 27 of 44