Planning Commission Minutes 2022 08 11

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Planning Commission Meeting Minutes August 11, 2022 Page 3 of 10 Ritchie says the owner is Stephen Tebo and the applicant is the operator of the restaurant. With every land use application the owner has to give consent, which he has done. Krantz asks if the LED string lights comply with the City's lighting requirements. Ritchie says string lights are typically very low voltage bulbs and our current code is pretty silent on this. Staff will get a more complete analysis with the PUD Amendment. Howe asks if staff can comment on the hours of operation and if there will be live music. Ritchie says there is no limitations on hours of operation but if the commission feels the need to add a condition stating what those hours should be, they can do so at time of approval. We do not have a condition on whether or not they can have live music. These are good questions for the applicant though. Applicant Presentation: Applicants: Paul Rossi, Paul Lichty None is heard. Commissioner Questions of Applicant: Howe asks what the hours of operation will be and if they will have live music. Rossi says they will be open Monday — Wednesday: 3-9pm, Thursday/Sunday: 11- 9pm, and Friday — Saturday: 11-10pm. We do plan to have live music. Moline asks if they can speak on how they see this use through the year. Rossi says he can see it being used through January or February, depending upon the weather. Brauneis asks if the applicant is working on obtaining a liquor license. Ritchie says they are working on getting this with the City Clerk's office. Rossi shows the commissioners where the gates will be on the property and the main entrance for the garden. Howe says he is concerned about safety when people are walking back and forth. Rossi says there is parking lot lighting when it is dark. We will be installing solar lighting though. Diehl asks if there will be normal amplified music when there is no live band. Rossi says there will not be music outside of a live band. Public Comment: Mark Cathcart, 1763 Sweet Clover Lane Cathcart says it is an interesting use for a parking lot. He recommends having shade. Closing Statement by Applicant: Rossi says the PUD Amendment will have shade sails on a 4x4 post and we will ensure that those are safe. We will have large umbrellas on each table as well. Discussion by Commissioners: Diehl says he is supportive of this going to nine months instead of 90 days. It is a good use of the parking lot and he looks forward to enjoying it someday. He mentions the idea of creating a condition that live music is not permissible after 9pm. Krantz is in support of this and would like to hear from the commissioners on possible conditions relating to the live music and crosswalk safety precautions. Moline is in support. He is in favor of making this parking lot more usable.