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Mayor Tarver explained everything on the consent calendar had been approved in one motion, except for Item 4h, which was continued. Todd Fujinaga, 37317 Termor Blvd, Fremont, and Don Kaplan, 634 Blue Spruce Drive, Danville, 94506, asked for Council's decision on the Bonfare Market to be reconsidered. That decision stated no hard liquor would be sold. The Zoning Ordinance for the City of Pleasanton specifically states that grocery stores/convenience markets require a conditional use permit, but a liquor store does not. He said they applied to put in a Bonfare Market, because the consensus of the community was not to put in a liquor store. He said he would like Council to revisit the issue. Mr. Swift commented the original 1978 approval for a supermarket covered 18,000 square foot site within the shopping center. A supermarket conditional use permit was approved on January 10, 1979. Staffs position was the proposed use in this recent instance was for a convenience market and that is different from a supermarket, which was the original use permit. Also the site which is being proposed is not within the same portion of the shopping center as the original market. Staff recognizes use permits run with the land, however staff has always treated use permits that are within an overall center as discreet as to the location within the center that it occupies. Based on these two reasons, staff asked for a new application to be submitted. Ms. Ayala asked if the application was for a liquor store, could it be done without a conditional use permit. Mr. Swift said yes. If the application were for a liquor store than only a zoning certificate would be required. Mayor Tarver asked if Council could initiate a zoning ordinance modification to address that anomaly. Mr. Swift said the location and the type of permit for liquor stores were being looked at by staff. The idea was to modify the list of uses for all liquor stores, primarily within the neighborhood/commercial centers. Council could initiate a code change to that effect. It could be either site specific for this particular location or concerning neighborhood shopping centers. No motion was made to reconsider the prior decision. Stan Erickson, 3684 Chillingham Court, said while serving on the General Plan Steering Committee and Housing Subcommittee, he spent considerable time considering the economic impact of housing developments. There was a motion made to have an economic impact report be required for each significant housing development application in Pleasanton. He said he could not find this policy in the General Plan. He asked Council to correct this omission from the General Plan and hereafter require economic reports on each major housing development. Pleasanton City Council 05/20/97 Minutes 5