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e Answering a question from Ms. Ehrman, Vic Mann of the Police Department said the City now checks the criminal record of applicants for a photographer's license. Ms. Ehrman said that check does not address Mr. Ellis' concern. She thought used clothing should be treated differently than other used merchan- dise. Mr. Hansen suggested the staff reconsider the definition of used merchan- dise. He does not think it is appropriate to require an armed guard to show certification to anyone who requests it. Ms. Bascom was not sure that private detectives should be included in the license for private security agencies. Mr. Miller hoped the testimony of Mr. Jones about fines for false alarms would be answered. Mr. Miller noted that several people had left the hearing because they were told the council would defer action. Mayor Obie said there seemed to be a consensus among the councilors that action should be postponed. Therefore, final council action on the business license revisions will be scheduled for June 26, 1985. Ms. Wooten suggested that people should not be unduly penalized if applica- tions for licenses are late because of the changed regulations. Mayor Obie recessed the meeting briefly at 9:15 p.m. and reconvened it about five minutes later. e B. Miscellaneous Land Division and Zoning Ordinance Revisions (CA 85-1) (memo, background information distributed) City Manager Micheal Gleason introduced the item. Gary Chenkin of the Plan- ning Department gave the staff report. He said the proposed changes in the land division and zoning ordinance are part of the comprehensive zoning ordinance revisions. He said annexation and zone change procedures were amended several months ago, but the separation into two separate processes created problems because annexation and zone change requests are usually very closely related. The former procedure of considering them together was more successful and is recommended in the proposed changes. The proposed changes include a recommendation that the council conduct a hearing on an annexation/ rezoning appeal within 40 days of Planning Commission action and take action within 15 days of the hearing. Discussing the elimination of required amortization of non-conforming uses in residential districts, Mr. Chenkin said most uses become conforming. The five remaining non-conforming uses in residential districts do not create prob- 1 ems. e MINUTES--Eugene City Council June 10, 1985 Page 9