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. BOARD OF ZONING APPEALS FEBRAURY l, 1989 , PAGE 3 cited. R. Gomersall moved to grant the request for a 125 square foot variance for the area of a house in a"C" residential district and•,also to grant a variance to delay construction of the garage until one year after occupancy for Mr. Richard Exner for property located between 23098 and 23059 MacBeth, seconded by T. Restifo, and unanimously approved. Variances granted. 3. Risman-Bundas Shopping Center, 26114-20 Lorain Rd. (heard at this point) Request for variance (1123.12). Request 65 square foot variance for total sign area to install one conforming pole sign. (note: 2 existing pole signs will be removed). Violation of Ord. 87-93, Section 1163.06(d'). Chairman Bugala called all interested parties before the Board. The oath was administered to Mr. Leech, sign contractor, and Ms. Hagan, Consolidated Manage- ment Company. P4r. Leech explained that they will be removing the two pole signs that are on the property and installing one sign for all four businesses in the center. He clarified that the pole sign conforms to code and advised that one of the tenants who has an oversized building sign will be moving out in June and another business will be changing names and will be requesting a new sign. Ms: Hagan stated that when the signs are changed, they will all conform to the code. Law Director Gareau advised that they would have to conform because the Board would not have to gran:t them variances. J. Helon moved to grant to the Risman-Bundas Shopping Center, 26114-20 Lorain Road, a 65 square foot variance for total sign area to install one conforming pole sign, seconded by R. Bugala, and unanimously approved. Variance granted. 5. Toys "R" Us, located on Lorain Road west of Crestmont. Request for variance (1123.12). Request variance to have one less loading zone than required. Violation of Ord. 87-93, Section 1161.12. Also request 186.5 square foot varaince for total sign area. Violation of Ord. 87-93, Section._1163.06(d). Chairman Bugala called all interested parties before the Board. The oath was administered to Mr. Saverino, Mr. Roppo, and Mr. Drenkham, adjacent property owners, and to Mr. Nichols, Mr. Olear, and Mr, Ricci, representing Toys "R" Us. Mr. Nichols explained that their actual request differs somewhat from what was originally requested. The parking spaces shown on the revised plans are 9 feet by 19 feet, instead of 9 by 20 feet as required by code, and they are now requesting one of two variances, either a variance for one foot for all spaces shown, or else a variance for one or two.rows of smaller parking spaces (approximately 8 by 18 feet) for compact cars. They are providing 303 parking spaces, and the code requires 225 for their building. They further explained that they are required to have three loading zones with a building of this size, however since al1 their deliveries are by their own trucks and are scheduled so.that a truck leaves a trailer at the loading dock and takes away the trailer that has been unloaded, they only require two loading zones. In reference to the signage, there will.be a conforming pole sign on Lorain Road and a 35 square foot ground sign on Dover Center Road, (less than the maximum allowed), but they do need a variance for total sign area for their building?signs including the giraffe which is their logo. They have reduced the sign over the entrance from 7 by 12 feet to 2 by 12 feet thus reducing their variance request to 125 square feet of sign area. They explained that most of their other locations have 6 foot high letters and they are using 5 foot letters at this store, but since the building is set so far back they cannot reduce the size of the letters any more than that. Mr. Go.mersall agreed that, at this location, a variance might be necessary especially since