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. . 9-28-94 Plan Commission Meeting Minutes Page 2 restaurant's proposed operation. He stated that the attorney for Washington University saw no problem with changing the deed restriction for the building to increase the parking allotment to fifty spaces. The Chairperson called on Al Goldman, Director of Planning to provide the staff report. Mr. Goldman stated that Gail and Keith Kitsis have filed an application in behalf of Bonzai Express of St. Louis, Inc. for a conditional use permit to authorize the use of the premises at 7353 Forsyth as a carry-out restaurant. The applicant proposes a restaurant with carry-out service in the space marked on the floor plan as "Tenant Space #3". The application contains no information on proposed signing, thus it is assumed that signing will conform in all respects to the requirements of the University City Sign Code. The raised planters with light standards and the raised sidewalk platform with stairs shown in the public-right-of-way are not included in this review. The proposed hours of operation start at 10:00 a.m. every day and close at 12:00 midnight. Based on code requirements, an additional 14 parking spaces are required for the uses now proposed for this building. Before approval can be given for this use, the property owner should amend the deed restriction on this property to increase from 35 to 50 the number of parking spaces available to the tenants, employees and patrons of 7351-59 Forsyth. The application provides no information on outdoor trash containers for patrons, litter control, or control of food cooking or baking odors. The application states that the operation will comply with all applicable University City ordinances and rules. Based on the application, Mr. Goldman finds that the proposed conditional use will meet the standards for approval as set out in Zoning Code Section 34-65.4 if the conditional use is limited by the conditions recommended below. Accordingly, Mr. Goldman recommends approval subject to the following conditions: 1) Signs on the premises shall conform in all respects with the provisions of the University City Sign Code. 2) This permit does not authorize the raised platform, stairs, planters or lighting on the public sidewalk as shown on the application drawings. 3) The hours of business operation shall be limited to starting business no earlier than 10:00 a.m. on any day of the week, closing by midnight on Sunday through Thursday nights and closing by 1:00 a.m. the following morning on Friday and Saturday nights. 4) All delivery vehicles shall park at the rear of the building and use the rear doors only. 5) The operator of the restaurant shall be responsible to insure daily collection from the refuse container if not otherwise provided by the building owner. Refuse collection shall occur no earlier than 7:00 a.m. 6) The operator of the restaurant shall regularly police the site and the area adjacent to the restaurant to remove litter and debris. 7) Trash containers for patron use shall be available on the premises at all times. 8) An exhaust system shall be installed andlor other means shall be taken to prevent any food preparation odors or cooking odors from being perceptible beyond the lot lines of the property on which the restaurant is located. 9) An amended deed restriction shall be recorded which provides that the tenants of 7351 through 7359 Forsyth and their respective employees and patrons shall have access to and the use of a minimum of fifty (50) parking spaces. Mr. Goldman stated that the following sentence should be deleted from proposed condition 5 in his memo to the Plan Commission, "The building permit for tenant finish shall not be issued m-9-28.p1c