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Regular City Council Meeting Monday, October 21, 2019 Page 5 Mayor Roe offered an opportunity for public comment, with no one coming for- ward. Laliberte moved, Etten seconded, to direct Community Development staff to abate the nuisance conditions at 2799 Merrill St as outlined in the staff report. Roll Call Ayes: Willmus, Groff, Etten, Laliberte and Roe. Nays: None. d. Consider Adopting a Resolution Approving an Amusement Area as a Condi- tional Use Senior Planner Bryan Lloyd briefly highlighted this item as detailed in the Re- quest for Council Action and related attachments dated October 21, 2019. Councilmember Willmus asked if the Conditional Use is granted, could it be granted in such a manner that it is limited to the suite that is occupied by this business or is it something that could potentially be considered Conditional Use as applying to the entirety of the property at 1955 County Road B2. Mr. Lloyd indicated the Planning Commission asked that same question and staff recommendation in the draft resolution discussed the proposed use, which is in a prescribed space within that building. In concept it could apply to that whole property but because the proposal is for that one space, the approval, if granted, would apply to that one space as diagramed. Mayor Roe asked from a land use perspective, if there was not a requirement in the business regulations for the Conditional Use approval would this use be an approved use under the city zoning analysis. Mr. Lloyd explained there were some discussions about that and there are two dif- ferent ways that it could be looked at and discussed. One of those ways is that the Zoning Code does not say anything about using virtual reality as an entertainment use and when the Zoning Code does not say something, then it is not permitted. The other way to approach it is the activity is not materially different from other things that are done on a commercial property, which is the way staff used to de- termine the use. Mr. Anton Torres, Strange Stars Entertainment, explained DreamTrace, Inc. is one of the businesses that is being launched and is a family run venture capital firm. He explained the process and endeavor about virtual reality and how the business will be run. He indicated he was at the meeting to answer questions. Mayor Roe offered an opportunity for public comment, with no one coming for- ward.