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business and professional involvement as a private piano teacher, as well as about filing business license forms and paying City business taxes when it was not mandatory to do so. Ms. Lew stated she generally agrees with the staff report, however, she requested some modifications to the conditions of approval. She would like to eliminate Condition lc, which restricts her to a maximum of six students per day. Ms. Lew presented her traffic analysis of her students' car trips indicating only 34 individual trips are generated (not 72 as suggested by staff). Ms. Lew would like to delete the first sentence of Condition 3, which restricts student parking to her private driveway. She would rather restrict parking to in front of her house. Ms. Lew spoke about the cultural and traditional roles in-home music teaching has had. She stated she feels she provides an important service to the neighborhood and community. Ms. Lew confirmed for Commissioner Hovingh that she teaches for three hours without a break. Chairman Wright clarified with Ms. Lew that she concurs with the restriction of teaching one student at a time. Commissioner McGuirk questioned why Ms. Lew's traffic analysis differed by day, and Ms. Lew explained some students are dropped off and picked up, while some have parents stay for the lesson, which generates fewer trips. Commissioner Barker inquired if Ms. Lew has more than six students coming on any particular day at the present time. Ms. Lew stated she does. Commissioner Barker also inquired when she allowed non-residents to teach out of her home. Ms. Lew stated that was for a seven month period, ending in Apri11994. Kelly Rand, 45 Kitoosh Court, Alamo, spoke in favor of Ms. Lew's application. He described piano playing as an art form and in-home teaching as a traditional method of teaching. He noted that he took violin and voice lessons in the homes of his professional teachers, and he also stated he has had students come to his home for instruction. Crystal ... spoke in support of this application. Her son has been a student of Ms. Lew, and she related an incident where she was questioned by neighbors while waiting for her son to finish his lesson. She did not feel her appearance would pose as a threat to the neighborhood. Sue McKinley, 1608 Martin Avenue, spoke in support of this application. Her daughter takes piano lessons from Ms. Lew, and stated that she has been informed several times about the potential problems of traffic and parking. The speaker stated the limitation of Ms. Lew's business hours would directly impact her students. Dave Pitcher, 2190 Camino Brazos, stated he is familiar with the business of Ms. Lew as his daughter took lessons for six years. He feels it is unfair of the City to restrict Ms. Lew's Planning Commission Minutes Page 3 September 14, 1994 -