Expand an Arnold Business or Protect a Neighborhood?

During a planning commission meeting earlier this month, at at 2101 Jeffco Blvd., commissioners faced a difficult decision. 

Help an Arnold business expand, relocate and succeed in a difficult economy or protect a neighborhood filled with young children. 

The owners of  want to move from 2960 Arnold Tenbrook Rd., to the intersection that is near a Flamm City neighborhood and the bridge to South St. Louis County. They also want to move parking lot business for semi-truck drivers.

The problem is that trucks parking on the gravel lot would disrupt the families in the nearby neighborhood. About 16 residents said, to commissioners, that noise from the trucks would wake them during the night. And dust from the gravel lot would cover the neighborhood.

As Ward 2 Councilman Michelle Hohmeier said during the meeting, who's rights prevail in this matter. 

Hohmeier also has a vote on the Planning Commission. 

who sits and votes on the Planning Commission, said she faced a very difficult decision.

Does the council and commission deny business owners' property rights to expand and develop or should it deny friends' property rights who want a quiet, safe and scenic neighborhood.

If you were on the planning commission or on the city council, which means you must vote on the issue, how would you vote and how would you explain your decision . . . to yourself.