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believed that if he wished to bring his child in when they felt comfortable there and then went to get coffee, that should also be his decision. He believed that if he wanted his child to ride his bike to and from the facility, that should be his decision. He was particularly interested in Commissioner Blank’s encouragement of people to walk and ride bikes in town and did not believe it made sense to be required to drive children when they could ride their bikes. He inquired whether it was necessary to sign in and out every 10-year-old who wanted to play soccer, or to escort every fourth grader in and out of class. He did not know where this practice would stop and believed it was particularly inappropriate for a Planning Commission to make this requirement of local businesses. He supported streamlining and noted that this issue of escorting was a recent decision by the Planning Commission. THE PUBLIC HEARING WAS CLOSED. Commissioner Blank expressed concern that every other noise measurement seen by the Commission ha been expressed in dBA, and he did not know what the measurements presented means. Ms. Decker suggested that staff revise that language and state that the noise levels need to comply with the current zoning code noise levels. The Commission concurred with that suggestion. Commissioner Pearce inquired whether staff felt the need to call out the noise issue and agreed with Mr. O’Callaghan’s suggestion that businesses simply need to comply with all Federal, State, and local regulations. Ms. Decker agreed with Commissioner Pearce’s suggestion and believed that it was sensible. Commissioner Blank believed that streamlining this process was a great idea and recalled a situation where the conditional use permit was written so poorly that it created a difficult situation for the owner of the Union Jack. He noted that conditional use permits allowed the use to be brought back to the Planning Commission for a public hearing. He also wanted to ensure that there was a mechanism in place to handle complaints. It would allow for a hearing if a business were out of compliance. Ms. Decker noted that the City often responded to complaints from neighboring businesses or homes. She noted that the over-the-counter process was meant to handle relatively benign issues and was a different category from the conditional use permit process. In response to an inquiry by Commissioner Blank regarding whether the City had the authority to tell a business it was out of compliance and to stop operations, Ms. Decker confirmed that it did have that right and was part of the Code Enforcement process. Commissioner O’Connor noted that significant problems with enforcement were not the norm and he did not want to hold up progress in the City based on the few businesses that cause problems. PLANNING COMMISSION MINUTES March 14, 2007 Page 16 of 21