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. . August 25, 1993 Plan Commission Meeting Minutes Page 5 judgement in deciding to prohibit traffic from exiting on Delmar. On August 16, 1993 they enacted an ordinance prohibiting such traffic movements setting the effective date as October 16, 1993. The effective date was set to allow for the repeal of the ordinance if all of the zoning issues are satisfactorily resolved with traffic restrictions, if any are needed, made part of the conditional use permit. The Plan Commission should be aware that final action cannot be taken on the Conditional Use application until the zoning revisions are enacted to permit the conditional use. A timely recommendation from the Plan Commission will help expedite the process so that final action by the City Council can take place at their October 4th meeting if possible. Without a traffic study reviewed by the city's engineering staff, sufficient evidence has not been presented to support a conclusion that the Zoning Code conditional use standards will be met. Instead of recommending denial, Mr. Goldman would prefer to see the Plan Commission set up a special meeting on September 8th or 9th to allow enough time for a staff analysis of the traffic study before action is taken by the commission. He encourages Plan Commission members to inspect the site and consider the width of the roadway, lack of sidewalks for pedestrian use from the nearby senior citizen complex, and the sight lines and lane markings at Delmar. Mr. Marsh asked if any members of the public wished to comment on the application. Juliette Rosenblatt, 887 Alanson, stated that she has never seen a truck or car go into that access road all the years she has lived near the property. She stated that manufacturing at the Bristol Meyer plant stopped years ago and that only research was conducted there. She likes the access road but fears it is being used as a cut through to Ladue Road. People speed there, the road must be widened and a yellow line should be painted down the middle. Stanley Harris, 640 Vassar, stated that most people from University City live northeast of the entrance and would be more likely to take a right than a left. Max Beason, 7800 Delmar, stated that people will use the access road as a cut through to Ladue Road because there are less stop lights than going down other routes. He also stated that the road is too narrow. Laverne Fischer, 5 Delcrest Court, stated that there needs to a pedestrian walkway, a yellow line is needed and the road needs to be widened. Pete Winston, 8687 Barby, stated that he lives and works near the entrance to the access road. There were at least 4 to 5 trucks per day that used the road when Bristol Meyers occupied the property. He states that now the traffic is slight; he has never observed a backup of cars at the entrance. There needs to be a yellow line painted on the road, a sidewalk needs to be added and the throat needs to be widened. He feels that the one-way street is ridiculous because there is no safety reasons to back it up. m-8-25.plc