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Jessie Waldstein, 1270 East 22nd Avenue, questioned whether the people ~ who stood up lived in the neighborhood. At the SUNA meeting, she had ~ not seen them. She objected to legitimizing an illegal use. She questioned whether the store did have,lower prices. The store became clean and tidy after the non-conforming use was discovered. At the SUNA meeting, many people were opposed to the store. Richard Tyler, 1748 High Street, teacher at East Side School, said he had seen the co-op serve young people good, wholesome food. The co-op has given young people apprenticeship opportunities. Ben Occuz, 825 West 4th Avenue, said he bikes to the co-op and was a member of the co-op. It is the best place to buy natural foods. Terri Jones indicated that they would support any compromise. They have tried to minimize the impact of the store and if they knew they could stay at this location, would be inclined to fix the building up further. There being no further testimony, public hearing was closed. Ms. Briggs referred to the March 4, 1980, staff notes. She noted expansion was determined by square footage, not sales volume. She noted this was not in conformance with,the 1990 Plan for neighborhood commercial centers. There were five existing stores in the area between 19th and 25th, and Hilyard and Agate, which has a population of 4,000 to 5,000. Two of these stores are conforming and three are ~ non-conforming. The 1990 Plan Update leaves neighborhood commercial centers up to individual neighborhoods. Staff has not done a compre- hensive city-wide study to answer questions about the disperse- ment of neighborhood commercial centers and whether it should be done with conditional use or code amendment. Mr. Haws said he would not support a zone change to C-1 because it could be sold to another business. He would like the staff to come up with an alternative the council could adopt. Mr. Farah replied the only way to accommodate ma-and-pa groceries was by code amendment. The City would need to take a comprehensive look at the code. Mr. Delay noted this has been a concern since 1976 in regard to the Westside neighborhood. Mr. Porter had promised at that time to bring the council another option. The Planning Staff was to prepare some- thing in 18 months and they had missed that time frame. Mr. Farah explained there were short-term solutions available for the store. Westside had taken care of this problem in an adopted refinement plan. It is an item that has plagued the staff, the Planning Commission, and the council. He suggested that they deal with a code amendment in the next six to seven months. He suggested that council direct staff not to proceed with abatement. Stan Long, City Attorney, said the council could not request that an ordinance not be obeyed. Ms. Miller asked about a moratorium. Mr. Long said that was possible; however, he did not believe that codes were enforced when they were under study. If ~ something came up later, then a moratorium could be applied. ,.., 4/28/80--12