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review, with the additional parking agreement the Variance would no longer be needed, and the real issue was the Use Permit and whether this kind of use, a health club for the public in an industrial area, was a compatible use? In response to why the issue of the Use Permit is before the Council, Director Patterson advised that within the Zoning Ordinance there are permitted uses. In the "IR" Industrial Restricted area a warehouse is a permitted use. There are also conditional uses which are those uses that could be allowed within certain districts, but certain conditions are established to make sure the proposed use is compatible, taking into consideration location or existing uses in the area. This particular use is not listed as a conditional use with a Use Permit, but there is a catchall phrase that states any other use that is deemed compatible by the Zoning Administrator can be permitted as an accessory use. As a free standing separately owned health club, Gold's Gym does require a Use Permit, and the approvals for the permits are that they are not detrimental to the health, safety, peace, morals and welfare of the area and community. In response to Council questions, Director Patterson stated that the City has little experience with enforcing the suggested condition, valet parking could be provided but requiring it would cause additional problems, and that once a Use Permit is issued, the owner of the property would improve the property, including drainage and the railroad tracks behind the building which is on private property. Director Patterson described the concept of shared parking after 5:00 P.M., the gym's peak hours, and the computer logs that verify these statistics. Mayor Gasparini invited anyone in the audience who wished to address this issue to please come forward. Robert Lasher, 909 Broadway, President of Western Power Company, appellant, advised he was speaking for several businesses whose representatives were in the audience who were asking the Council to uphold the appeal. Mr. Lasher read a lengthy, prepared statement and stated that if the Council applied the language appropriate for the Use Permit to the facts in this case, the Council would uphold the appeal and deny the Use Permit. Mr. Lasher emphasized his proposition that the proposed parking was inadequate and even if Raychem provided 41 additional parking spaces, the impact of additional parking in this small, already congested, light industrial neighborhood would have an adverse economic impact on the small businesses in the area. Mr. Lasher referred to the video he supplied to the Council stating that off-street parking was virtually impossible, the proposed 5,000 patrons Gold's Gym was hoping to attract would be detrimental to their small businesses and to the general welfare of the businesses trying to survive in hard economic times. Mr. Lasher advised that their patrons would not be able to park anywhere close to their busÏnesses, and trucks of all sizes would not be able to make deliveries and pÏck-ups in a safe manner. MINUTE BOOK NO. 53 Regular Meeting Minutes Page No. 373 October 9, 1995 Page 12 -...-.----. .-.. ..._.._-. ...-.c_.........--.-........-........-.........-