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residential neighborhood. The parking lot for the Marque is unbuffered except for the few spaces on the other side of the building. Staff does not believe the parking lot noise can be adequately resolved by implementing reasonable requirements if the existing business plan of the dance club/bar continues. Ms. Ayala asked staff to review what the requirements of a conditional use permit means. Mr. Swift responded that uses allowed as a conditional use are those that requires Planning Commission approval before the use is allowed to operate. The city has an opportunity to add reasonable conditions of approval which would minimize any potential impacts of the business on adjoining business or neighbors. The process also allows the city to suspend or revoke a permit when that use cannot be found to be compatible with the general health, safety and welfare of the surrounding neighborhood. Ms. Dennis compliment staff and the appellant for a complete staff report package and her questions were answered by the written material. Mayor Pico asked if the club facility would lend itself to an entrance near Chabot Drive rather than the entrance in the Hopyard parking lot. Would there be negative impacts to neighboring business on Chabot? Mr. Swift said the premises does have a corridor access to the Chabot side. That side does not have any residences, hut there are two hotels across the street. There have been no complaints from the hotels, primarily because hotels usually are designed with double-paned windows and individual air conditioning units, so the rooms are insulated from activities in commercial areas. The parking lot on the Chabot side of the Marque is much smaller than the one adjacent to Hopyard. The question is whether enough patrons could park on that side or would they spill over into the Hopyard and Inglewood Road sides. The number of allowed occupants (350) would easily spill out of the Chabot side parking lot. Mayor Pico felt that could potentially split the crowd and reduce the noise at early hours of the morning. Mr. Swirl said the key is the parking lot, but staff could not find a way to solve the problem. Some ofthematerial submitted with the packet indicates the owner would potentially modify the business plan so as to have a pizza parlor on the Hopyard side and the dance club on the Chabot side. That goes a long way to address the key concern because it reduces the occupant load of the dance club and moves the entrance to the other side. Staffrecommends that that kind of change should come back as a separate use permit. Mr. Campbell asked how willing the owners of the Marque were to accept strategies to alleviate the problems with the neighbors or did suggestions fall on deaf ears. Mr. Swift said it took the owner a long time to take the first steps to try to control the patrons in the parking lot. Even then, the actions were not successful because of the large number of patrons and the time they were leaving the club. The applicant was made aware of the Pleasanton City Council 7 09/03/02 Minutes