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2004. He believed it seemed incongruous that the applicant was willing to work with the City but that it seemed his experience in Dublin was not as successful, based on the City of Dublin's perspective. Mr. Pfund noted that the items mentioned in the letters, such as pistols, were used for martial arts. He noted that he kept personal products and clothing on hand because he spent most of the day and evening in the studio so he could change into clean clothes after the business day. He noted that the shower was installed with permits by his landlord. He noted that with respect to flammable materials and exposed wires, he had had an incident the week before the City planner came out; he had turned his furnace on, which resulted in a loud gunshot-like "pop" noise. He subsequently had the Fire Department come out to inspect it and used the paint buckets to climb into the roof area to fix the problem; the Fire Chief subsequently told him that everything was fine. Later on, the Building Inspector examined the building and found that the paint and exposed wires on the roof, which were out of his sight, needed to be fixed. He noted that he worked with the Building Inspector on that issue. With respect to the suspended ceiling and the rope, he indicated he had a rope hanging down from his ceiling. He noted that he was informed by the Code Enforcement Officer that he was not able to leave the rope in that area; he work expediently to correct that matter as well. He noted that he was issued a follow-up letter, clearing him from each of the violations. He added that his facility had been closed due to the fire hazards and that he worked with the Building Inspector to promptly resolve the issues. Chair Blank asked if the City of Dublin closed Mr. Pfund's studio. Mr. Pfund responded that it did and that he had to work with the Building Inspector to resolve the issues to re-open it promptly. In response to an inquiry by Commissioner Fox regarding the February 13th and February 25th follow-up City of Dublin letter and other zoning violations noted regarding hours of operations of youth programs on weekends, not in accordance with the conditions of approval, Mr. Pfund replied that he and his landlord were still working with the City of Dublin at that time to correct the wiring issues. Commissioner Fox referenced a letter sent by Dean R. Baxley, Dublin Code Enforcement Officer, regarding maintenance issues. With respect to the trash issues as well as the hours of operations and youth programs occurring on weekends, Mr. Pfund replied that while his facility was closed, the garbage accumulated. He noted that he had taken care of those issues. Mr. Pfund indicated that with respect to the youth programs on the weekends, that did not apply to him but to his co-tenant. He noted that while the Fire Chief was working with him, he did not make any mention of the items later cited by the Building Inspector. He emphasized that he worked with the Building Inspector to correct the conditions as quickly as he could. With respect to the conditional use permit, the City of Dublin had lost his conditional use permit paperwork; he was required to reapply after being open for five years for a new conditional use permit, which he was granted. Commissioner Fox noted that according to her conversations with the City of Dublin, they indicate that the business had moved physical locations. They indicated that starting PLANNING COMMISSION MINUTES, February 13, 2008 Page 25 of 42