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Y CITY OF NORTH OLMSTED PLANNING COMMISSION MINUTES - JAPdUARY 24, 1989 I. ROLL CALL: Chairtnan P4organ called the meeting to order at 8:05 p.m. Present: R. Bierman, R. Bowen, B. Gorris, J. Thomas, and T. Morgan Absent: M. Betts and E. Traczyk Also Present: Assistant Law Director J. Dubelko, Building Commissioner D. Conway, Consulting City Engineer S. Cesen, and C1erk of Commissions B. Oring. II. REVIE14 AND CORRECTION OF MINUTES: B. Gorris moved to approve the minutes of January 10, 1989, seconded by R. Bierman, and unanimously approved. ? III. BUILDING DEPARTMENT REQUESTS: 1) Wendy's Old Fashioned Hamburgers, 26650 Lorain Road Proposal to construct restaurant (existing building will be demolished). Heard by Architectural Board of Review December 21, 1988. Mr. Dixon, architect, and Mr. Kikendahl, representing Wendy's, presented revised plans, explaining that 15 feet of additional landsca_ping has been added (some parking was removed) and as requested by the Architectural Board of Review the cooler on the rear will be enclosed in brick and dryvit instead of cedar sided. Safety Department report from Captain Krynak of the Police Department reads as follows: I- agree with Mr. Cesen on the southern drive being too close to Lorain. I feel entrances like this do cause accidents, or near misses. If the drive closest to Lorain is closed the traffic signal heads should be removed allowing south bound traffic to go to the Lorain stop bar. The existing,sign by the north drive could be replaced with a larger sign stating Do Not $lock Drive.' Closing the drive closest to Lorain and removing the signals will cause an inconvenience to the customers of Todd Cleaners, paint store and some of the bank customers. They would almost be forced to turn right when exiting because traffic would be solid up to the Lorain Road stop bar. I have no recommendation on which drive would be the safest on a traffic engineering standpoint. City Engineer Cesen advised that the center lane of this drive is less than the 60 feet from. an intersection as is required- by code and did not beleive that moving this drive to the north would cause a problem with traffic coming from the opposite drive. Building Commissioner Conway advised that the drive is about 37 feet from the center line (plan shows 77 feet), and stated that the plan should conform to code. Mr. Morgan does not believe that the stop bar would have to be moved if the driveway were to be relocated. Mr. Bierman questioned if the location of the existing stop bar conforms to the Ohio Revised Code, or if it was placed there for the convenience of the businesses. The developers have a problem with relocating the drive to the north: the driveway has existed at this location of many years; they are upgrading the property and are taking out paving to add landscaping; drivers do observe the stop bar; keeping the driveway at the present location will allow more stacking on their property, moving the driveway might result