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or <br />Residential Goals, should remain. Mr. Dubelko questioned how goal number 2 could <br />be administered under the Zoning Codes, and also questioned if this goal was part <br />of the Charter's mandate which i:s zoning oriented. The more broadly the goals are <br />spread out, the less likely they will be able to achieve what the charter wants <br />them to achieve. These goals must be looked at as they pertain to the Zoninb <br />Codes. Based on that, Mr. Gorris concluded that goal number 2 should not be in <br />the plan. Mr. Thomas believed that this could be listed elsewhere as a suggested <br />improvement. Goal number 3, could be accomplished by the Zoning Code. Under <br />Commercial Development Goals, goal number 1, recommended a limited retail use for <br />the western end of Lorain Road. It was pointed out that Mixed Use "D" was written <br />for that area and included a local retail use which would serve the residents of <br />the area, such as a senior citizen complex; there is no separate local retail <br />zoning in the zoning code. Mr. Thomas objected to the term "downzoning" since it <br />is an economic term, he suggested that this should be stated as rezoning to a <br />more appropriate use. It was then agreed to discuss only the goals, not the <br />explanationso Goal number 2, could be regulated within the zoning code by cor.iing <br />up with a new classification for older areas sir.Lilar to tahat Lakewood has done <br />and could be combined with goal number 3. 1-1r. Thomas disagreed with goal number 4 <br />since converting homes to businesses has little value, he would prefer to combine <br />these parcels into a larger commercial use to eliminate multiple curb cuts. P2r. <br />Tallon observed that if this was going to be done, this goal would insure that <br />the businesses rneets the requirements of the Ohio Basic Building Codes. Building <br />Commissioner Conway advised that such conversion must meet these codes at <br />present. He further advised that the city cannot enforce the Americans w-ith <br />Disabilities Act of 1990 since that is a civil service act and is under the <br />Departr.ient of Justice. Mr. Lind believed that this was a realistic approach to <br />what may happen, since a home in a comnercial area cannot be sold as a house, and <br />it is less expensive to use the liouse as a business, this would establish some <br />guidelines. Mr. Tallon noted that this implies that such a development must <br />maintain a residen'tial appearance. The members discussed incorporating goal 4 <br />even though it was not one of the original ones. Mr. Skoulis pointed out that the <br />recormendation to have a spacific sign ordinances for these conversions taas <br />specified anly for the west end of Lorain Road, he believed any conversion should <br />have the sam,e sign code regardless of the location. A1r. Conway noted that he had <br />advised the members that the O.B.B.C. was being enforced in this situation and <br />believed tha.t this statement should be deleted since it is being done. He stated <br />that these conversions would make sense in an area where there were mainly single <br />family homes, but would not be appropriate where a property is surrounded by <br />retail buildings. Mr. Dubelko agreed that sone of the sub-topics should be <br />deleted since they do not apply to land use classifications in the city. After <br />some discussion it was suggested that this should not bee a.;najor goal, it should <br />be a sub-topic. N'?r. Dubelko ad.vised that creating this as an overlay zoning would <br />be the only way that he could envision this as a zoning responsibility. In <br />reference to the Goa1s For Economic Development, Mr. Tallon believed goal shoUld <br />remain, but Mr. Thomas questioned if this should be in a master plan since sone <br />of the sub-topics would be administrative functions. He believed that this goal <br />should be re-defined so as to comply with the charter mandate. Again, goal number <br />2 does not agree with zoning. Mr. Tallon believed that this plan is standard and <br />probably contains suggestions to deal with the full development oi the entire <br />community, nat strictly with Planning Cor.miission's function. ivLr. Dubelko <br />reiterated that the plan should stick to zoning, but thought chapters one through <br />six had a lot of supporting data and suggested that chapter nine should be at the <br />beginning of the plan, and that the general categories covered what the <br />Cor,unission set up originally, it is soi-iie of sub-topics which are outside of the <br />