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? CITY OF NORTH OLMSTID PLANNING COMMISSION MINUTES--APRIL 13, 1993 I. ROLL CALL: Chairman Gorris ca.lled the meeting to order at 7:35 p.m. Present: L. Orlowski, K. 0'Rourke, A. Skoulis, J. Thoma.s, and B. Gorris. Absent: R. Tallon. Also Present: Assistant Law Director Dubelko, City Engineer'Deichmann, Building Commissioner Conway, and Clerk of Comissi:ons Oring. II. REVIEW AND CORRECTION OF MINUTES: A. Skoulis moved to accept the minutes of March 23, 1993 as presented, seconded by K. 0'Rourke, and unanimously approvedo III. BUILDING DEPARTTENT REQUESTS: 1) Metro Lexus/Infinity, 28450 Lorain Road. Proposal to construct an Infinity Dealership adjacent to the existing Metro Lexus Dealership. Mr. Sto;-aLiov, contractor, presented plans and advised Mr. Thomas that he was authorized to agree to most changes to the plan unless it was something major. He explained that these two pa.rcels which now contain homes would be consolidated with the Lexus propertye The owners of the property are R. Greenfield and G. Schneider. Mere is a Lexus sign at the dealership now and a pylon sign for this dealership will be added. A 4 to 5 foot earth berm will be installed directly behind the parking area and the property to the rear of that is 130 feet deep an the west side and 180 feet deep on the east and will be left natural. Mr. Orlowski ha.d a concern about the natural area since these areas frequently collect junk and debris, he would prefer to see this section seeded with some trees planted, and would like the adjacent home owners' opinion on this. The developer would agree to clearing this area. There will be 30 foot high pole lights in the front and 2 pole lights on the east property line, but none are planned in the back of the lot. These are cut off fixtures and directs the light down. Building Commissioner Conway stated that there had been no formal complaints about the Lexus lighting, but he had heard that there were some problems. Neither has there been any serious problems with the Lexus Dealership, but their inspection did reveal some debris in the rear but this could be a seasonal problem which might be remedied when the weather permits. When Lexus was built the code required a five foot side yard buffer and the developers installed eight, but ten is required now. The developers had advised that there will be 30 new cars and 40 used cars on the Lexus lot and 30 new and.10 used on the Infinity lot. However, when the property was inspected there were at least 60 new cars an the Lexus site, but this is said to vary at different times. Mr. Stoyanov showed Mr. Skoulis a rendering of the signs and the proposal was then discussed individually by the members. Building Commissioner Conway noted that a variance will be required to display cars on the 8 pods in the front setback shown on the plan. Mr. Thomas objected to any display in the setback. Mr. Orlowski questioned the driveway between the Nissan dealership (on the other side of Lexus) and this lot, and suggested that one curb cut on Lorain be closed. It was clarified that there will be no new curb cuts on Lorain for Infinity only the two existing curb cuts for Lexus. After some discussion it was agreed that the driveway would keep traffic off Lorain and that the curb cuts for Nissan were necessary. Mr. Stoyanov