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REPORT OF PUBLIC Ili~ttING ON K1'tiRTMr~NT HOUSE ORDIN~I~TCE rdinance No. 780, by Mr. ivason, "An Ordinance to amen certain provisions of Ordinance 159, the Zoning Ordinance of the Village of Mayfield pertaining to Apartment Houses, by .F~mending and Revising Sections 7,8,9,11,13,14,15,16, 17, 18 and 20 thereof, and by adding sections 13 (a) and 16 (a) and to Declare an Emergency", - - and put upon its first reading at the October 15, 1962 meeting of Council, was advertised for a public hearing to be held at the Town Hall at 7:30 P.yI., on November 19, 1962. Mayor LYidress called this meeting to Order at '7:30 Y.M. November 19, 1962 with all members of Council present. There were only four or five persons in the audience at this meeting. Mr. Edelman reporting at this meeting that a legal notice had been inserted in the Shaker Heights Sun Press and that this ordinance had been referred to the Zoning and Planning Commission; that several amendments were made at that time; that Ordinance No 780 with amendments attached had been turned over to the Zoning and Planning Commission for recommendations and also to Council. i~Ir. Edelman then read the changes in this ordinance that were different from the old ordinance. i~iayor Endress then asked for comments on this ordinance; that the Zoning and Planning Commission had spent two and one half hours on this ordinance on tIonday and that most of the recommendations are the result of conferences with the Regional Planning Commision, and the Zoning and Planning Commission. Mr. VanCuran said that he was pleased to see that the lot area had been increased; that this was more in keeping with that of other municipalities, but that the minimum size --nder the new ordinance made it a rather sizeable project. He said that it was his experience that builders tried to put the maximum units under the law into the project; that this restricted it to a few builders; that tl~.ere was very little land in the village for this and this makes the projects for big builders only. Nlr. Belzer said that he did not care for 4'/z acres; it a,ould stop him from building. i~~iayor Endress then asked if Nir. Belzer wanted no limit, Ivir. Belzer said that we must have some limit but who is to set this. Nir. Belzer said he was thinking of the man who wanted to build 12 or 15 suits. i~•ir. Edelman then read the part of the ordinance covering area size to the public. liayor Ehdress then remarked that Mr. ~-~benroth of the Regional Planning Commission thought that putting apartments in commercial areas was not good; that he favored clusters instead. There being no further comments at this public hearing, Mayor Eridress then adjourned the meeting.