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Regular City Council Meeting Monday, February 22, 2010 Page 19 compliance issue had resurfaced as staff was researching the property's history several years ago when a request for a deli use at this site was brought forward. Public Comment Patrick Schmidt, 1140 Autumn Street Mr. Schmidt, representing neighborhood property owners, collectively having 26 children living on Autumn Street, opined that the proposed request of Mr. Hussain did not come to the neighbors with any trust engendered of them from the proper- ty owner. Mr. Schmidt addressed numerous issues with outside storage of items on the property, lack of screening of the commercial property from adjacent resi- dential properties, as well as overall maintenance of the property during the sum- mer months. Mr. Schmidt addressed concerns with traffic volume onto Autumn Street as ve- hicles attempted to avoid congestion on Lexington, and increased safety issues; impacts of future uses and/or property owners of this site; and expressed concern that this property was out of character with residential properties on the south side; and opined that increased signage for employee only parking signs on Au- tumn Street would only increase impacts to Autumn Street. Mr. Schmidt re- quested that the City Council consider the long-term vision for this property as it related to other improvements along Roselawn and Lexington and the value of developing this remaining southwest corner of that intersection, and to consider long-term ramifications and deny this appeal of the enforcement action. City Attorney Bartholdi, in response to Mayor Klausing's clarification of the pro- posed actions. requested of the City Council, advised that the City Council had the right to deny or approve the CUP Amendment, similar to a new CUP. Regarding the staff request to order compliance with Resolution No. 9414, Mr. Bartholdi re- quested adelay in action on that matter until he had further researched the current use as it related to the original CUP for the veterinary clinic and whether the order of compliance was appropriate with sufficient findings for denial were in place. Pust moved, Johnson seconded, adoption of Resolution No. _ entitled, "A Res- olution DENYING an Amendment to a Conditional Use Permit intended to Allow Existing Parking Areas Adjacent to Autumn Street to Remain at 1901 Lexington Avenue (PF10-002)." Councilmember Pust provided rationale for this motion, stating discussions held and recorded from 1997 and 2007, with the same property owner agreeing to comply at that time; and opining that there was sufficient parking on the property for the current use. City Attorney Bartholdi noted that the 60-day review period ran until March 30, 2010, and suggested that additional time was available to defer action in order to consider additional findings to support denial beyond those stated.