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s building. The members agreed that they did diagonal stripes. A1r. Conway is going to refer the inspectors to attend A.R.B. meetings for a the board wants. not like the Corso`s sign with the more signs to the board ancl may ask t&ile to get a better ideal of what II. REVIEW AND CORRECTION OF MINUTES: (Heard at this point.) Y. Sohn moved to approve the minutes of Mareh 17, 1993, as presented, seconded by B. Zergott. Roll call on motion: Sohn, Zergott, and Ferencik, yes. Mr. Gallagher abstained. III. OLD BUSINESS: No items. IV. NEW BLTSINESS : 1) Kahn's Cuisine, 23135 Lorain Road. Proposal to renovate entrance area of restaurant. Heard by Planning Commission April 13, 1993. Ms. Hua.ng, owner, presented photographs of the building and plans which included pictures of the logo to be used on the architectural feature which will be installed at the entrance continued partially down the wall facing Lorain Road. The Chinese architectural feature will cover most of .the brick but some will rema.in at the radius. Mr. Sohn stated that this is a piecemeal approach to the renovation and not balanced beeause they are addressing only one portion of the building, which is basically Spanish. He suggested that a shallower version of the tile roof treatment be extended further along Lorain Road wall with a smaller matching projection at the end. Also the columm treatment that is on the Chinese portion could be merely painted on the rest of the wall to caxry through that design and that the stucco wall should be painted a beige- to match the decorative logo design with landscaping installed in front. On the east side the shallower roof treatment could be continued on the roof with the decorative overhang on the side and some kind of ma.tching treatment on the peak. The existing brick on the east will remain. Ms. Huang advised since the changes she presented will cost about $30,000, she cannot afford to do more at this time, if she cannot get approval, she will do nothing. She believed that she might be able to do more next year. The members explained to her that they could not give her permission to do this work on a phase basis, but possibly the Planning Commission or Council might agree to it. Mr. Conway.suggested that she find out exactly how much extra this would cost her in order to estimate how long it would take to complete the work, and present this information to PlarLn-ing Commission and Council who might then give her a time frame in which to complete the work. Ms. Huang stated that she could still achieve a reputation for her restaurant without this change, since the Lakewood restaurant is doing so well, but she believed that this decoration would 1et people lmow that this was a Chinese restaurant. Mr. Sohn stated that he did not want to discourage her, and he hoped that the city would allow her some additional time to complete the work. Mr. Conway explained that if she got approval at this time to do the entire building she could wait a year to pick up the building permit and start the work without coming back for approvals. Again she was advised to get the cost of the entire project and present that information to Planning Commission and Council. Y. Sohn moved to approve Kahn's Cuisine with some design changes to the roof element by repeating them on the north and east elevations and also by painting the stucco the sarie color as the loge which is a beige or neutral color and also painting on the columns or posts on the stucco to repeat the treatment possibly with a small groove on both sides of the columns. The additional roof treatment does not have to be as deep, it could be shallower !. 2