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k prohibitively expensive. Mr. Stein, an owner of a 30 foot motor home, advised that in order to comply, he would have to remove his trees and landscaping and and pour a concrete pad that would run from the front of his home to the back of his lot.- He questioned if it would not be better for his neighbor to look at his motor home parked in front of his garage, than to look at it in the middle of a ? yard «ith no landscaping. It was pointed out that under the existing ordinance he could not have his vehicle on his property at all. Since Council has the final vote on this ordinance which does not seem to answer the needs of the residents who own recreational vehicles, Mr. Thomas suggested that there should be further study by Council. J. Thomas moved to recommend that Council continue to review this ordinance and have some kind of a public forum wherein owners of recreational vehicles can appear and state their concerns and needs so that Council can come up with an ordinance that will have the least impact on the comnunity, seconded by K. 0'Rourke, and unanimously approved. Study of the Master Plan: Chairman Gorris advised that any member who had not submitted his list of recomnendations for the 32 parcels of vacant land should mail them directly to County Planning Commissiona Mr. Schultz, Ms. Kulikowski, and Mr. Tressler, all of C.P.C. made the presentation. Mr. Schultz advised that the information pertaining to pedestrian overpasses which was menti:oned in connection with Crocker Stearns Road, including the cost estimates, had been sent to the members. He presented copies of an Overview Of the American Disabilities Act Of 1990 (ADA) - Aspects On New Construction, Additions and Alterations and advised that this was passed in 1990, some portions jvent into effect in Janua.ry and other portions went into effect last weekend. He explained that tonight's discussion (item IX of the time line) would center on focus area C23 (STEARNS ROAD DEVELOPAM ANALYSIS FOCUS ARFA C-2. Ms. Kulikowski presented slides of the area involved which mainly showed how close the existing homes would be to the proposed road and poiiited out that since widening the road to four lanes would change the character of the area, the zoning should not remain Single Family. Because most of these lots are deep there is an option of moving the homes back or, more feasibly, developing the land for a different use. Table 1 of the DEVELOPMIIVT INIPACT ANALYSIS STEARNS ROAD (SOUTH OF LORAIN) SUMMARY TABLE compared various uses for this area and showed compatibility to surrounding di5tricts, traffic, sewage flow, rnnnber of new residents, rnimber of school children, revenues generated, and expenditures that would be needed to support each use. A new zoning classification, a Residential/ Professional (R.P.O.) District wherein a home could be converted to an office use with no substantial changes being made to the exterior and with a small amount of parking added, cotild contain a compatible mix of office and homes and might be suitable for this area. The major drawback being a larger amount of traffic generated especially with driveways so close together, and other negative factors such as lights, trucks, etc. would have to be regUlated by code. Other options, 3 or 5 story office buildings, 3 story garden apartments, Single Family Cluster units, and retail development were comparedo The R.P.O. District and Single Family Ciuster zoning were the most compatible uses with the surrounding residential areas and the retail use was the least compatible. There could be a mix of R.P.O. and Single Family Cluster projects. She was not sure when the widening of Stearns Road would be started. It was noted that an office building use woul.d be the most lucrative for the home owners; however, with today's market, the amount of office space available, the amount of land zoned for office at present, and the cost of buying the homes, rezoning to an office district might not be feasibleo It was further suggested that some kind of transitional use for the land should be considered until the cons.truction work is done; and that, since the lots are deep, a ring road might be constructed for access to 6