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, . ,, also maintained that this complex will generate far less traffic than the Christ The King proposal. He presented renderings of the development sign, site plan, and elevations of the buildings and explained that the site itself was irregularly shaped and has two existing roads, the 30 foot wide street comin.g off Barton and Matthew Drive,. the "U" shaped street, neither of which will be changed. He maintained that with the interstate and the high tension lines this area creates a good transition to the single family homes along Barton Road. The densi.ty of the project will be less than 5 units per acre. He presented renderings of 3 attached models; a ca.pe cod, a ranch, and a 2 story, all of them will be 22 feet wide, and explained that these units will be interchangeable thus giving a variety to the streetscape. The minimtun distance between the buildings will be 20 feet, many buildings will have more. The ranch will have 980 square feet (60 feet deep), with a cathedral ceiling and a 10 by 20 foot ?arage; the 12 story model has a cathedral eeiling over the stairs, 3 bedrooms, 22 baths, and a 10 by 20 foot garage in the front; and the two story unit will ha.ve 1550 square feet, 3 bedrooms, and 2 2 baths. He advised that they have designed a similar project recently, and the first phase of 75 units was opened this last Saturday and 58 units have been sold; it is expected that the balance will be sold by the end of the week. The single family detached tmi.t is a ranch style (57 feet deep and 37 feet wide), with 1,224 square feet, a garage in front, a cathedral ceiling, and 2 bedrooms and 2 baths. This tmit can also be interchanged with the some of the attached unitso Mr. Grendell called attention to a report submitted by Mr. Robert Hill, a City Planner, which concluded, ...it is my opinion that two-unit attached and detached residential use represents a reasonable and appropriate arrangement for the subject property. Such use is also consistent with the current mixed use zoninu of the property. With the Planning Gonunission's approval, the Hennie Homes proposal could proceed tmder the applicable current Mixed Use provisions of the Zoning Code." Mr. Grendell pointed out that Mr. Hill ha,d been involved in the development of the City's Zoning Code. He also stated that Mr. Hill's traffic analysis estimated that this proposal would generate 1,795 trips per day in contrast with the Christ The King proposal which would have generated 4,550 trips. Mr. Grendell estimated that this proposal.would add 35 million dollars to the ta.x rolls of North Olmsted since the tmits would be in the $100,000.00 to $125,000.00 range and compared that to the previously mentioned Pebblebrook Farms in which the units were originally marketed in that same range and are now averaging in excess of $135,000.00 and some are in the $175,000.00 to $185,000.00 range. A further benefit would be that these young families and empty nesters would not necessarily place as much of a burden on the school systems. He advised that this submittal of preliminary plans is the first of a two step process as required in Section 1149.07; next, the detailed development plans will be presented as prescribed in Section 1149.08e Some of the information presented tonight is actualTy required in the detailed development plans. He quoted the Section 1149.03 (c) which stated the Planning Commission's authority to approve various uses, and the gvidelines for those approvalse He maintained that this use is far less injurious than other u.ses allowed in this district and less than what was previously approved for Christ The King. It was clarified that this property is Mi.xed Use "C" by virtue of the new Zoning Code, but was formerly Mixed Use "B". Chairman Gorris questioned if Building Commissioner Conway would foresee any problems with the intermingling of attached and detached housing. Mro Conway responded that there would be no problem with the use, both would be allowed. Mr. Grendell stated that the developers thought that the City might prefer some detached units, especially to the east. In reference to the screening from I-480, he stated that they preferred to to use mounding and trees, not a long wall as a noise barrier. Mr. Grendell clarified 2