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.20 7 Howard Lester, 1331 Norman, questioned Mr. Berlin regarding the number of seats at the Hofbrau, about weddings and banquets con- ducted there, and on expansion plans Mr. Berlin advised that there are 198 restaurant chairs and 10 bar stools, noting those figures are confirmed by staff, that the Hofbrau caters events on other premises; and that Mr. Kramer has no expansion plans. Mr. Lester then commented on the availability of parking on the street and urged the variance be granted Lengthy discussion followed concerning parking space requirements for restaurants, whether it is desirable to permit any business to rely on on-street parking for its patrons; alternatives available to The Wine Company with regard to providing the same number of spaces required of other similar businesses in the City, whether any development is possible on the State right-of-way property; difficulties which can be anticipated if some businesses are to be allowed to consider the availability of on-street parking in attempting to provide adequate patron parking, and the impossibility of counting the number of on-street parking spaces likely to be available City Attorney Schricker asked that the color-coded traffic-parking survey prepared by staff be made a part of the official record of the proceedings Mr Price stated for the record that he has no personal or financial interest in The Wine Company In response to question from Mr Cass, Mr Schricker advised that findings have been made by the Planning Commission and that findings must now be made by the City Council who will render their own de- cision, noting that the burden of persuasion is essentially the same and remains on the applicant for the variance. City Attorney Schricker requested that the following documents be made a part of the official record of the proceedings. 1 . All documents transmitted by the Planning Commission re- lating to the variance application of The Wine Company 2 The Appeal from Variance Granted to The Wine Company by the Planning Commission filed October 28, 1975 by Berlin and Goodman for Harry's Hofbrau and the Supplemental Declaration in Support of Appeal from a Variance Granted to The Wine Company by the Planning Commission filed November 7, 1975 by Berlin and Goodman 3. Letters of November 7 and November 14, 1975 from Sidney L Berlin requesting the public hearing on the subject appeal be continued from November 17, 1975 until Novembr 24 4 Letter of November 20, 1975 from The Wine Company con- cerning the subject appeal and letter of November 21 (hand delivered November 24) relating further to the subject appeal Mayor Weymouth asked if anyone else in the audience wished to speak No one else present wished to do so. -4- Reg Mtg. 11/24/75