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Regular City Council Meeting Monday,August 27, 2018 Page 10 they should try to find something that works well in all of the drive-through situa- tions because they have such a mix of types of zoning districts that are adjacent to single family. Councilmember McGehee declared she was not a fan of drive-throughs in the first place but happens to support this one in this particular location. She stated one thing the Council could do is simply follow their own rules, do a five-year interim now, and then it is very clear in all of the interim use language that if a problem is solved during that time then it goes in. That gives them at least some guarantee of going forward and gives the City adequate time to have the meetings, if they want to, with all of the neighborhood businesses and get a much better grasp of what goes on in these other neighborhood business districts. That is another proposal she would like to see them do as it gives them time to do a fair and reasonable job. Mayor Roe indicated the council cannot approve an interim use tonight because there was not one applied for. The only thing that was applied for is a conditional use approval, so Mudslingers would have to submit an application for an interim use, go through the hearing process, and bring it back. Councilmember Etten affirmed he did not dismiss that thought because it is some- thing that could work for them, but it is a lot of extra steps. He stated he was go- ing to agree to what Mayor Roe suggested. One of the reasons he struggles with this is there is going to be maximum control by the City for any property. In Community Business Districts, they already have drive-throughs abutting single family and residentially zoned properties. This is not a new thing and does not change the issues they might have in any one of the Community Business District properties. He did not think this was such a revolutionary idea and he would be happy to ask for sixty days more to work through a suggestion such as offered by Ms. Collins. He did not think there was concern about this throughout the City. He thought the impacts on the neighborhood are the same as in other districts and he felt the conditions they have in place address that. The council could add an- other condition regarding changes to intensification and safety. He did not be- lieve this was a huge change to what is going on now. Councilmember Willmus did not think the residents who live next to Har Mar and the residents that live in proximity to Mudslingers are going to feel the same about businesses next to residential. There is a difference between the two and if there isn't, then why do they have the designation and separation in the first place. He stated one of the things he wants to come away with is to make sure they are not impeding Mudslingers and that they can continue their operations as they have been. He would like to keep things relatively clean, which is why he was going to continue to advocate for looking at a Neighborhood Business 2 zoning district designation with some very clear parameters spelled out for those areas.