ARE MACHINES CAUSING BLIGHT? VENDING MACHINES TOO UGLY?Byline: Sylvia L. Oliande Staff Writer SIMI VALLEY Simi Valley (sē`mē, sĭm`ē), city (1990 pop. 100,217), Ventura co., SW Calif. in an oil, fruit, and farm region; laid out 1887, inc. 1969. - Vending machines vending machine, coin-operated, automatic device for selling goods. Many vending machines are capable of making change, and some of the more sophisticated ones accept paper money or credit cards. dispensing dispensing provision of drugs or medicines as set out properly on a lawful prescription. A prescription can only be filled, the drugs supplied, by a registered pharmacist, veterinarian, dentist or member of the medical profession. soda, water and snacks outside local storefronts may seem like part of the scenery for those passing by. But the Planning Commission Noun 1. planning commission - a commission delegated to propose plans for future activities and developments commission, committee - a special group delegated to consider some matter; "a committee is a group that keeps minutes and loses hours" - Milton Berle is taking a second look. Commissioners will talk tonight about regulating the machines for the first time, possibly requiring that they be shielded or moved inside the store. ``It's finally gotten to the point, in our new age of looking at the aesthetics of this, where I think it has become a concern to all of us,'' said Planning Commission Chairman Richard Kunz. ``I don't think we're looking at a prohibition, but screen them so that they don't show from the street.'' The panel will consider advising the Simi Valley City Council to amend the municipal code to control location of the machines. Now the only permits required for vending machines are those for the outlets and utilities necessary to run them. The issue arose last summer during a joint meeting of the commission and the council. Some participants said they dislike the look the machines give stores. They especially complained about a wall-length videotape videotape Magnetic tape used to record visual images and sound, or the recording itself. There are two types of videotape recorders, the transverse (or quad) and the helical. vending machine at the McDonald's restaurant at Yosemite Avenue off the Ronald Reagan Freeway. Neither owners of the fast-food restaurant nor the vending company, Gotta got·ta Informal Contraction of got to: I gotta go home. Go Video, returned phone calls for comment Tuesday. City officials said an informal survey found there are typically one to four vending machines outside a supermarket or commercial center. The size and shape varies, but the typical one is 6 feet tall, 3 1/2 feet wide and 2 1/2 feet deep, with graphics on three sides. The McDonald's machine is about 6 feet tall and 10 feet wide. Steve Parks There are several well-known men named Steve Park.
``They get more visibility that way,'' said Parks, whose store sells its private label sodas and rents vending space to others. If regulations change, ``I have no choice; I'd just go with the flow,'' he said. The commission meeting is scheduled to begin at 7 tonight at City Hall, 2929 Tapo Canyon Road. CAPTION(S): photo Photo: Some city officials object to the appearance of a wall-length videotape vending machine outside a McDonald's in Simi Valley. Charlotte Schmid-Maybach/Staff Photographer |
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