my name is gary weiss. i am the president of upper -- of the corbett heights neighbors in upper market. i'm a member of the upper market alliance, the treasurer of the [speaker not understood] valley neighborhood association, and a merchant on market street practically across the street from cafe floor. i have owned the flower shop there for going on 30 years. cafe floor is a venable and much loved [speaker not understood]. none feel that cafe floor is given preferential treatment. we feel this is spot zoning in its purest form. one of the owner's arguments is had it not been for [speaker not understood] treatment it could possibly go out of business. the owner requested sub for the for getting a liquor license and again for extending the cafe's hours. the business had flourished for three decades before he purchased it and it did just fine preparing snacks in the small kitchen. this all started when mr. petra he wanted to offer a full menu. rather than going through the legal channels he converted the back