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but that can be shortened to 6 months. Mr. Gorris questioned item number 11, Lack of Cohesiveness of Commercial Areas, and what that meant. Ms. Kulokowski gave an example on the west side of town where a modern white building (Stylin Concepts) is located in an area of homes used as residential or converted to a business use. Mro Gorris responded that was because Lorain Road had been zoned commercial since 1960's and one purpose of the master plan is to stop this commercial growth to the west. Mr. Tallon stated that with a legitimate master plan rezoning thi.s property to an alternate and comparable use would be possible. Mr. Tressler explained the Existing Land Use Inventory. Prior to doing the field survey, they updated the City's base map, which did show the new subdivisions and the industrial park, but did not include the more recent lot consolidations and splits. Using the County Auditor's books they noted all these changes, and also re-labeled other areas such as the public schools, Great Northern's various properties, the Metro Parks, etc. with their current titles; and also designated paper subdivisions and streets with slashed lines. Duplicate mylars will be provided to the Engineering Department. The aerial photograph which was presented was taken in 1986, but is still somewhat helpful. Most of this survey was taken in the field. He explained that since there are many "bowling alley" lots in the . City and where it could not be determined what the rear portion was being Use for, they left the first 300 feet of a residential lot as a residential use, and rt designated the rear portion as undeveloped. In the case of sever engineering '0- constraints (steep slopes, a water course runr,;ng through the property, etc.) on - a residential lot, they considered the whole lot as residential. At the beginning ? of the meeting, he had presented an updated land use survey, and he explained North Olmsted has had two master plans done in the past, ane in 1973 and the ? other in 1967 and his comparisons will be to these studies. In the last 25 years, North Olmsted has gone from being 65% developed to 85% developed, the amount development between 1967 and 1973 exceeded that which has taken place since 1973, , the majority of the growth between 1967 and 1973 was in single family homes, and between 1973 and the present, half of the growth has been comercial. In 1973, 3% ?J of the total land area was a commercial use, now it is 7%. He clarified that for the purpose of this study, condominitmms are considered multifamily, and any ? condominium that ha.s 1 imit attached to another is considered multifamily, not.2 family. Between 1973 and the present there has been very little change in the amount of land devoted to outdoor recreation and comrmun-i ty facilities, such as churches, public buildings, and schools; little change in industrial use (there has been a change in the locations); and no change in multifamily high rises. He presented a copy of a Comercial and Industrial Vacant-Land Inventory, completed in 1982 and somewhat updated in 1985; by the Regional (now.County) P1arLning Commission and the Department of Gommunity Development. They are trying to get funding for a new study which will also show a listing as to whether a site is in an I.T.A., an enterprise zone, or a community reinvestment area. He left this so that copies could be madeo In response to Mr. Thomas' question, Mr. Tressler advised that very few cities have updated base maps showing all changes and unless they have hired C.P.C. for some type of study, most maps are out of date. It would appear that the last time North Olmsted's map had been updated was in 1973, except for new subdivisions. The colored coded land use map which had been placed on the Bulletin board will be photographed and reduced for this report, and will be left for a while so it can be seen by City officials and he also suggested that the residents be made aware of it. Since there are 32 vacant land areas listed in the survey, Mr. Schultz suggested that the Commission givesome input as to which areas would be the most important to look into, and also the focus areas that are to be studied do not necessarily have to be vacant land areas, they could be developed areas for which a change might be indicated or 4