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