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Regular City Council Meeting Monday,June 9, 2014 Page 28 erties, Councilmember Etten opined that it may be preferred and influence the City Council decision to determine that impact through a conditional use versus permitted use. At the request of Mayor Roe, Mr. Trudgeon clarified that the apartments on the east side of Snelling Avenue used for student housing were classified as multi- family at this time since there is no current category of"student housing." Mayor Roe noted that student housing standards would then apply to new uses, with pre- existing uses legal, non-conforming at that time, and not under conditional use status either, with that change being prospective. Councilmember Etten opined that it would influence conditional uses in the future if more proposals came forward. Councilmember McGehee expressed her agreement with Councilmember Etten, opining that conditional use versus permitted use was preferred. City Manager Trudgeon clarified that the requested action is that a Conditional Use would be required for a student housing use, no matter what district in which it was located. Mr. Trudgeon suggested another option to create a distinction of "C/P" in the Table of Uses, for a conditional use adjacent to LDR or MDR zon- ing,but a permitted use when adjacent to commercial zoning. Councilmember McGehee spoke in support of conditional use across the board to address sprinklers and handicapped accessibility. Councilmember Laliberte expressed interest in hearing from Northwestern on parking, opining that student housing was becoming so limited on campus that students were spilling over onto city streets, causing more issues in neighbor- hoods than this may actually relieve. Mayor Roe asked to focus on the conditional use aspect first, then parking. Councilmember Willmus expressed interest in pursuing the conditional use across all districts, which he would be open to at this time. At the request of Mayor Roe, Councilmembers McGehee, Willmus and Etten spoke in support of"conditional use' across the board versus permitted uses in some instances and conditional uses in others. While not feeling strongly about it, Councilmember Laliberte expressed her un- derstanding for the thought process of the Council majority. Therefore, Mayor Roe advised that there appeared to be majority preference for "Conditional Use" status for all zoning districts.