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customer, they will use one of the rear bays of the warehouse. The other two bays are needed for incoming and out going shipments. They ship and receive by United Parcel Service daily and receive shipments once every 14 to 20 days by tractor trailer. He clarified that these would be 40 to 45 foot trailerse Building Commissioner Conway advised that the parking area is sufficient, ' however they would either have to pave the gravel area or seek a variance to use it. Mr. Case stated that they intended to use the gravel area for employee parking. Mr. Conway mentioned several items that needed to be addressed: moving the sign back slightly, enlarging the landscape buffer to 7 feet, and enlarging the drive to 18 feet. Mr. Thomas suggested that if all the parking was not needed in front, those spaces could be eliminated and landscaped. It was clarified that the eastern most drive will be removed. In response to Mr. Skoulis' questions, Mr. Case advised that they would be upgrading the existing paving, but not totally repaving it. The dumpster will be in one of the rear parking spaces and fenced in. A 7 foot high fence is planned for a portion of the west property line to screen the adjacent residence, and a smaller portion of 6 foot high fence will be on the east side. He prefers not to fence in the entire area. The warehouse is a pole building which will be sided with Texture 111 or dryvit. Mr. Skoulis questioned if an 8 foot long ground sign would conform or if a variance would be required for the 7 foot high fence. Mr. Conway responded that a ground sign could be 40 square feet and that there were no regulations on commercial fences at this time, and height could be determined by the Commission. Mr. Hicknan, who owns the rental property to the west, was shown where the board on board fence would be located on the west property line. Mr. Stemmer, Stemmer Auto Body, was advised that there would be no painting or welding on the property. Mr. Benedict, a neighbor to the rear, is concerned about drainage, paving, lighting, and questioned what was planned for the rear of the lot. Mr. Case advised that there are no plans for • the rear property, it will be left as is, and explained his plans. Mr. Gorris advised that the drainage is an Engineering concern and they will be required to retain their water on their own land. Mr. Case has no definite plans for lighting as yet, but does not anticipate flooding the area with light. City Engineer McDermott advised this is all one parcel and is a11 zoned General Retail. J. Thomas moved to forward the proposal for Stylin' Concepts to the Architectural Review Board for their input on landscaping and the design that the developer has presented us and also to take into consideration the type and extent of the fencing, to determine along with the developer whether or not- it would be feasible to add landscaping to the front of the parking lot, particularly the easternmost parking space, to landbank that and add additional shrubbery and trees; to forward this to Safety and Engineering for their review; and that when this proposal comes back the dumpster enclosure be indicated on the plan, that the lighting be addressed, and would like the A.R.B. to pay particular attention to the aesthetic tying-in of all three buildings since they are taking one building and putting on two additions, and that the dumpster enclosure matches the fencing, seconded by B. Gorris, and unanimously approved. 3) Predota Flooring, 29369 Lorain Road Proposal to construct a garage. Mr. Predota, owner, explained that he would like to construct a 1,200 square foot pole building for the cutting and storage of his materials. Building Commissioner Conway explained that the front portion of the building had been reviewed for the retail business previously, and a rear addition had been ? 2