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May 4, 1981 Page Tl)ree express his need and desire for the specific property and requested the Council to support the zone change. Mr. Don Norris and Mr. Jerry Smith also expressed their support of the zone change, indicating that the City was in need of this type of commercial area adjoining the presently commercial zoned area. Mrs. Evelyn Donais expre$sed her concerns as to what the area would and could be used for and expresf:ed her opposition to the zone change request. Mrs. Donais questioned how the tax base would affect her residential property and what aS$urance she had that the use proposed would remain. Dr. Sommer. indicated that if the zone change request was granted, all of the adjoining residental properties would be forced to realize that additional zone changes could happen. Mr. Dave Sellergren, attorney for the City, indicated that the Council would be hard-pressed to deny other zone changes requested for other properties in the area and further indicated that this zone change would set a precident for the area. Councilman Schuldt expressed his opposition to the zone change request and fur- ther indicated that he could not support the rezoning in a piece meal fashion. Councilman Toth indicated that he felt the downtown development area needed room for growth and the pattern for growth would be the expansion of the area adjoin- ing the commercial area. Councilman Duitsman indicated his support of Council- man Toth and further expressed his opinion that the growth of the downtown should be in an orderly manner. Dr. Sommer, questioned the possibility of streets providing boundaries to zoning districts. Mr. Dave Sellergren indicated that streets can be and are generally considered natural boundaries in zoning districts. COUNCILMAN SCHULDT MOVED TO DENY THE ZONE CHANGE REQUEST BY MR. LLOYD ANDERSON FOR A PARCEL OF PROPERTY LOCATED AT 907 MAIN STREET FROM AN R1-C ZONING TO A C-2 ZONING. COUNCILMAN TOTH SECONDED THE MOTION. THE MOTION FAILED 1-3. MAYOR HINKLE, COUNCILMAN DUITSMAN AND COUNCILMAN TOTH OPPOSED. COUNCILMAN DUITS- MAN MOVED TO GRANT THE REZONE REQUEST BY MR. LLOYD ANDERSON FOR A PARCEL OF PROPERTY AT 907 MAIN STREET FROM AN R1-C ZONING TO A C-2 ZONING. COUNCILMAN MAN TOTH SECONDED THE MOTION. THE MOTION FAILED 3-1. COUNCILMAN SCHULDT OPPOSED. 8. Richard Wagner's.Request for a 3.2 Malt Liquor License-Women's Softball Tournament The Deputy City Clerk indicated that the application for a 3.2 malt liquor license was requested for May 30th and 31st at the location of the softball field for a softball tournament. Councilman Schuldt questioned the issuance of the license for both softball fields. The City Attorney, Mr. Dave Sellergren, indicated that one temporary license could be issued to one operator and that the issue of two locations need not be considered.