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Planning Commission Minutes March 26, 2002 Page 6 e Commissioner Franz asked why Mr. Smith felt the 3:00 a.m. closing was necessary on Friday and Saturday nights. Mr. Smith stated that this facility will be the only one if its type within 18 miles. He stated that hours of operation of other billiard halls in large population areas average 10:00 a.m. - 4 a.m. or 6:00 a.m. and that Fridays and Saturday are their busiest days of the week. Discussion following regarding staffing of the billiard hall. Some of the Commissioners expressed concern that staffing needs to be adequate in order to check identification of juveniles and to provide surveillance inside and outside of the facility. Mr. Smith noted that the curfew time will be announced and underage smoking by teens will not be allowed. Commissioner Mesich asked if other facilities employed a police officer or security person. Mr. Smith stated that he has not heard of this being done any where in this state. Commissioner Baker stated that he is a pool player and that he has not seen a police officer in any of the billiard halls he has visited. He did not feel it was realistic for a billiard hall to be maintained as non-smoking. Commissioner Baker stated that he felt it would be difficult to require the employees to police the grounds. Commissioner Mesich felt that including this condition would enforceable if drinking and loitering were to become an ongoing problem. e Ms. McPherson stated that the employees could be asked to walk through the areas every hour or every-other-hour and if issues arose, the police would be contacted. She felt that by policing the parking lot, undesirable activities would be eliminated. Commissioner Baker asked City Attorney Peter Beck if he felt the condition would be enforceable. Mr. Beck stated that he felt that it would be enforceable but additional conditions could be included if the Commission they were necessary. Commissioner Pederson was concerned that the lighting on the rear of the building may impact the adjacent neighbors, if the facility were open till 3:00 a.m. Commissioner Franz explained that there is a large privacy wall along the property line from Coborns to Menards so that the lighting should not affect the residential homes. Commissioner Ropp stated that he has some concern that patrons would come from the bars when they closed and then come to play pool. He questioned whether or not this would be introducing a risk factor to the residential neighborhood. Commissioner Mesich stated that it may be a good idea for bar patrons to go play pool for a while before going home and that he felt the late hours of operation were necessary for the business to survive. Chair Pederson, Commissioner Baker, and Commissioner Anderson concurred that they did not have a problem with the hours of operation. Commissioner Jenson stated he did have some concern that the residential area may be impacted. Discussion followed regarding the City's ability to review the conditional use permit. Mr. Beck stated that he felt it would be difficult to go back and change the hours of operation, once they were established in the conditional use permit. Ms. McPherson noted that a billiard license will be reviewed annually by the City. e