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<br />that action was taken, someone could come in with a different <br />use and we would have no knowledge of it - perhaps establish an <br />office or something - and we would have no knowledge of it, <br />then we'd have to go through this allover again. <br /> <br />MR. HOLMES: What is the present zoning on this? <br /> <br />MR. HONCHELL: I believe the zoning is R-l and it has some <br />special use reviews. It's a fairly old structure. To my know- <br />ledge it's R-l - single family home. <br /> <br />MAYOR DEMOS: So it would be a nonconforming use then? <br />Who built the warehouse? <br /> <br />MR. HOLMES: I believe GTA built the warehouse. <br /> <br />COUNCILMAN FRANKE: They wanted it on the railroad tracks, <br />is that it? <br /> <br />MR. HOLMES: Evidently, at that time, it was convenient, <br />for the purposes the building was being used for, to be on the <br />railroad line. <br /> <br />COUNCILMAN FRANKE: If you knew how long your lease was <br />(inaudible) . <br /> <br />MAYOR DEMOS: By the same token, if you looked at a house <br />(inaudible) in excess of $5,000, I guess for a business purpose, <br />$l7,000 isn't all that much. <br /> <br />COUNCILMAN JOHNSON: I'm sympathetic to the problem that <br />the lessee was somehow unexpectedly - because this would be <br />rather unexpectedly - hit with a $l7,000 four inch sewer line <br />(inaudible) and it went back to the owner, the owner might have <br />a problem sometime in the future in developing that whole strip. <br />If I knew your lease was end~ng next year or something, we <br />could put you on notice now that once we do it, whoever owns <br />it after that time period is going to be stuck with something <br />like this. I guess I don't think there's any urgency to do <br />this. It's been sitting there for a long time now. I would <br />like to know when the lease ends so that we could deal with that <br />situation and perhaps put the assessment where it belongs - on <br />the owner. <br /> <br />MR. HOLMES: I could get that information to the Council <br />members. <br /> <br />COUNCILMAN KEHR: Aren't most of the railroad property <br />leases for 99 years? <br /> <br />MR. HOLMES: That could very well be. We have several <br />throughout the midwest here that range anywhere from one year <br />on up. They are variable. I'm sorry. As I mentioned, this <br />came on me very suddenly and I wasn't able to get all the in- <br />formation I would have liked to. <br /> <br />6 <br />