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Regular City Council Meeting Monday, October 22,2012 Page 8 At the request of Mayor Roe for clarification regarding "retail mixes," Coun- cilmember Willmus advised that he wasn't sure that Regional Business centers, as they currently exited, should be open to light manufacturing uses. Councilmember Pust noted that, by not taking the requested action, it didn't preclude existing, non-conforming uses from continuing. Mr. Paschke clarified that this created a problem within the overall umbrella of non-conformities or uses. Councilmember McGehee concurred with the comments expressed by Coun- cilmembers Pust and Willmus; as well as stated a further personal issue with at- tempting to match the Comprehensive Plan to the Zoning Code versus the way it was supposed to occur, with the Zoning Code brought into alignment with the Comprehensive Plan. Councilmember McGehee opined that such an action would change underlying zoning from the current situation, and further opined that the City got into trouble every time they attempted to do something like that. Councilmember McGehee noted that the City Council had been told that this type of vague terminology created trouble; and when staff was drafting pro- posed changes, they needed to be mindful of that. Councilmember McGehee opined that she saw no reason to grant this request; noting the recent Wal-Mart development as an example of problems with wording. Councilmember McGe- hee further noted an ongoing issue with trailers and other items parked in resi- dential yards, yet never brought forward by staff for resolution. Mr. Paschke reiterated that this was an existing definition within the current zoning code; and clarified that staffs goal was to apply that definition to the Regional Business zoning district. Councilmember Johnson questioned if this situation was requested due to a po- tential business coming into this area, where the use would not be allowed as it hadn't been grandfathered in as an existing, non-conforming use; to which Mr. Paschke responded in the negative. Mayor Roe emphasized that existing businesses, that were non-conforming us- es, could continue; however, noted that they were limited as to the amount of change or growth they could achieve based on the footprint of their existing building. Mr. Paschke concurred that they were limited in how they could expand their building and/or uses within the building; noting that it became a huge issue for those current owners seeking to reinvest in existing buildings.