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send a copy to the administration. As requested previously Mr. Schultz ha.d looked into some senior housing facilities and presented slides of the Deaconess Family House, a retirement center affiliated with Deaconess Hospital. He pointed out that the density was about 20 units per acre including all the open area and the parking. The building itself is on about 1/2 acre. North 0]msted's density is higher and is geared toward a high rise building. This is similar to an assisted living facility. Mr. Skoulis pointed out that there are many types of housing suitable for the elderly, cluster homes, etc. but there are none in North Olmsted and there is a need. Mr. Tressler explained that high rise apartments were intended for publicly funded facilities, this would be what the Nor,th O7.msted codes were intended for, but the cluster senior housing was more for the private sector. About the only way for developers to make a profit on a publicly funded project is to build a high rise. Mr. Tressler believed that some senior citizens do prefer high rise buildings. At the request of the Comni.ssion, CPC had reviewed the site plan of the proposed North Olmsted Wal-Mart store an the former Sherwin Williams site. Previously CPC had suggested this parcel be zoned for an office use considering the amount of traffic in the area and the amount of retail in the city. CPC had made several recommendations for the proposed development. Mr. Skoulis believed that if this development proved to be a safety ha.zard for the citizens, the Planning Coinmission could disapprove it. Chairman Gorris stated that this was not the case, if it is zoned for the proposed use the city ca.nnot disapprove it on those grounds. Assistant Law Director Dubelko agreed and also advised that the parcel could be rezoned to an office use in any event, because Wal-Mart's rights are vested under the retail zoning, but in the event this proposal does not go through an office use would make more sense. The members agreed that the master plan should recomnend the preferred use. Mr. Tressler gave an example where Fairview Park rezoned a property to single family, after a developer proposed a multi-family development on land originally zoned for multi-family. The Wal-Mart proposal does show four access points, however, the members questioned if they had to allow access onto Mill Road. In reference to the vacant parcels (talked about at the beginning of the meeting) it was clarified that Plann;ng Commission had recommended that parcel 45 remain as zoned, not be changed to senior citizen as mentioned in the CPC charts. In reference to finalizing the master plan it was decided that a copy of the plan would be sent to each member for independent study, and any questions or comments should be submitted to Chairman Gorris who will make up a master list for the final discussion with CPC. IX. ADJOURNNNIENNT : B. Gorris moved to excuse the absence of Mr. Tallon, seconded by R. Bowen, and unanimously approved. The rweting was adjourned at 10:25 p.m. / ` B. Gorris, Chairman B. Oring,