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2) Wal-Ma.rt Store, 27254 Lorain Road (former Sherwin Williams site including part of <br />Cross Roads Dealership and property at 27423 Mill Road.) <br />Proposal to construct building. <br />Mr. Newberry, engineer, and Mr. Bingham, representing Wal-Mart, presented plans <br />for the 121,000 square foot building including the storage area, a garden center, <br />and an auto service center; there will be parking for 790 cars which conforms to <br />code; 4 access points are planned, the existing Sherwin Williams drives on <br />Lorain, Dover Center, and Mill Roads, and a new western most drive on Mill Road <br />for truck traffic exiting the property. He clarified that most of the property <br />was the old Sherwin Williams property, but the site will include a portion of the <br />Cross Road dealership and a residential lot on Mill Road. They will present a lot <br />split and an assembly plat for all the property involved. The Cross Roads <br />subd.ivision was presented to the Commission previously as the Cooper 0'Leary lot <br />split and was deferred by the Commission tmtil a future project was presented. At <br />that time it was brought out that the storm wate1 detention system was on the <br />land intended for Wal-Mart and they will provide a detention tank on the Wal-Mart <br />property for Cross Road and are worlring with the Engineering Department to plan a <br />separate detention system for Wal-Mart. The E.P.A. has approved the Sherwin <br />Williams closure plan which will be completed by mid-November, he claxified that <br />there were two small areas that ha.d some toxic emissions, the ground beneath a <br />concrete pad which has been entirely cleaned and a small, 60 by 20 foot long pad <br />near the northeast corner where some traces still remain and are to be monitored <br />under the closure plan. Mr. Thomas pointed out that there is an influx of a <br />quarter of a million cars per day through North Olmsted. During the master plan <br />study, the County Planning Commission stated tha,t a Wal-Mart this size will <br />increase the traffic flow by about 10 to 11,000 cars a day into an already <br />extremely congested area. Mr. Newberry responded that they have not done a <br />traffic study for this facility as yet, but they will if the city requires one. <br />Mr. Thomas questioned if there were not other types of Wal-Mart buildings which <br />could have been presented, and if it were usual to have such a small amount of <br />green area and buffering compared to the rnunber of parking spaces. Mr. Newberry <br />responded that most of the prototypes were essentially this design, merely <br />different sizes, and this size fits what they need for this area. The only other <br />type store going into Ohio is smaller and located in less populated areas. The <br />green space is in direct proportion to the amount of space available for the <br />nro;ect. Mr. Thomas stated that for such a first rate operation, he viewed this <br />as a third rate development considering the amount of black top, the lack of <br />buffering and negative impact it will have on an area that is mostly residential, <br />and where there are mainly, except for Lorain Road, two lane streets. He believed <br />that the total impact of this must be reviewed and hoped that they would be <br />willing to work with the city. Mr. Newberry stated that they would work with the <br />city, but questioned the rnimber of 10,000 to 11,000 cars per day, since Wal-Mart <br />estimates 35700 cars per day into the other facilities, and pointed out that <br />their peak hours (2:00 to 4:00 p.m.) differs from those of the rush hour. Mr. <br />Thomas advised that the Commission would probably request a traffic study by an <br />objective traffic organization. He also assumed that, since so few cars will be <br />brought in, they should not need as much black top. Building Commissioner Conway <br />advised that 751 parking spaces are requireda Chairman Gorris noted that the <br />westernmost Mill Road exit was to be used primBrily for truck traffic on a <br />substandard road. Mr. Bingham clarified that the Mill Road drive would be used as <br />an exit for empty trucks after unloading. The developers explained that all <br />deliveries will be by Wal-Mart trucks during a 24 hour period, usua.lly between <br />7:00 a.m. and 2:00 p.m. but sometimes after working hours especially during the <br />start up period when they could be late at night; all deliveries will be coming <br />fron a distribution center being constructed at Grove City. The proposed driveway <br />2