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Regular City Council Meeting Monday,March 11,2013 Page 8 cide at some point to move that area as another outrigger of Rosedale, then all those properties with Light Industrial Conditional Uses would be able to retain that classification. Councilmember McGehee expressed her hope that staff could come up with another option, without limiting people's options, but avoiding a Conditional Use that may not preclude another business that could prove less de- sirable for the City. Mr. Paschke cautioned that the City's Zoning Codes must be transparent across the board, and not specific to a particular business owner. Mr. Trudgeon noted that an Interim Permit was too short in term with business owners hesitant to make significant improvements based on that short term, and a Conditional Use too long term and opening the door for a less desirable business- es allowed. However, Mr. Trudgeon advised that staff would give the issue more thought for other options. Councilmember Laliberte expressed appreciation to staff and the Planning Com- mission for the amount of work they'd already invested in this issue. Being new to the City Council, Councilmember Laliberte advised that she had reviewed pre- vious conversations, and was comforted to know that no Regional Business Dis- tricts were adjacent to residential neighborhoods. However, Councilmember Laliberte expressed concern that, with light production, more truck traffic would be evident, and questioned how that would be addressed. Mr. Paschke advised that, typically with light industrial uses, there was not a sig- nificant amount of truck traffic, and that was usually less than retail uses. How- ever, Mr. Paschke advised that staff would review that concern as well. Acting Mayor Etten noted that a business would currently be operating already, and there would typically not be an increase in truck traffic now or in the foresee- able future. Councilmember Laliberte offered her recognition in the need for consistency and getting language to be in concert with the rest of the plans. Councilmember McGehee suggested expanding the definition to include some- thing about truck traffic. Councilmember Laliberte noted that this definition already existed; and saw no rationale in changing the definition for that specific area only. Mr. Paschke concurred, noting that the only intended amendment was in changing the table for limited production and processing to be a permitted use.