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The next witness, Douglas Junquist was called. He went over his professional background and went into detail of his use of Kratom. He specifically stated he uses it every day and always drives afterwards and he uses it for chronic pain. In cross, questions were asked about his clinical license expiring, which he opted to let happen. There was a question of his use of alcohol and if he uses Kratom in lieu of alcohol., which was denied. It was also determined he had no knowledge of zoning laws and administration and land use laws or certificate of occupancy. Maroon Mondalak was called as the next witness. He shared he owned a business next to the Kava Bar and has eaten there and consumed Kava. In cross, it was determined that Mr. Mondalak witnessed the change from The Best Damn Tacos to the Kava Bar. He also described his experience going through the zoning administration process to obtain a certificate of occupancy. Mr. Papotto opened the floor for public comment from North Olmsted residents first; Chaz Sheets, 30406 Lorain Road; Sandy Lewis, 6759 Warrington Drive; Peter McGinty, 6114 Gareau Drive; Tom Bindernagel, 23044 Macbeth Avenue; then five non-residents: Kristen Junquist, 15324 Clifton Blvd.; Mary Boehnlein, 25743 Rose Road; Herb Dillahunt, 31790 Tucker Drive; Kevin Sheard, 31960 Krebs Road; Alicia Dish, 315 Eastern Avenue; all spoke in support of the Kava Bar. Board members began their questions, Mr. Mackey started with a question about the moratorium directed to Dir. Upton. He asked Dir. Upton to briefly review how he decided there was a need to examine the effects of on-site consumption of Kava. He explained that when something is not understood or believed something should have been studied, the easiest way to do that was to pause it, which was what the intention was with the moratorium. It allowed the city to pause so they would have been able to consider the facts and circumstances and the issue and then proceed in the form of legislation. The legislation process had been initiated and introduced to Council. Ms. Patton asked about the time -frame of the moratorium, Dir. Upton replied it was originally set for 180 days, and subsequently extended by an additional 90 days. Mr. Kovach asked if Kava was allowed to be served while the moratorium was in place. Dir. Upton replied that it was with respect to the ability of any applicant that wished to have an establishment that served Kratom, Kava, Delta 8 and the like. It was to restrict the ability for the city to issue any planning, zoning, occupancy, building permits or anything related. If there was a violation, it would be contemplated within the particular legislation. Mr. Papotto directed a question at Mr. O' Shae regarding what exactly it was the board was to contemplate then vote on. The board was instructed to focus on whether the proposed use of the establishment aligns with the listed or similar uses specified in the zoning code. They were advised to seek testimony and evidence to determine if it met the criteria for a permitted or conditional use, and if not, to understand the reasons for deeming it dissimilar to other listed uses. Mr. Papotto asked city staff to provide insight of the process and the criteria to determine the change of use and the categorization as not permitted. Dir. Upton referenced exhibit Id, that section of code 1117C3 laid out how to determine the proposed use was not consistent with B2 zoning district and also not listed within the code. So the determination was, not a similar use, not permitted, conditional. Ms. Patton asked if changing a DBA, keeping the same LLC would require an application for certificate of occupancy. Dir. Upton replied that he believed so. Mr. Dorenkott added that a change in name would trigger the need for that application. Mr. Papotto then asked about what had happened with the sign permit. Mr. O'Malley answered this that they