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? • _..: and agreed to fill those in and also agreed to a 5 feet area between the parking lot curb and the fence which would allow room to maintain the grass. The city forester will be asked to specify where the additional trees are needed. Mr. Stoyanov stated that they had filled in with additiorial trees during the construetion of the Lexu.s building. Mr. StephinA the neighbor to the rear, believed the additional evergr.eens would-not only improve the aesthetics of his property, but would add to the appearanee of the Lexus property. Mr. Stoyanov asked that the commission reconsider eliminating the parking space at the south east corner in view of the fact that the construction would be done Under the supervision of a registered landscape architect, who would use every means available to preserve the two treeso Mr.. Gorris questioned the need for this space and since it is not marked customer parking, it could become another display pod. The forester did not indicate landscaping in place of the space, but grass could be planted. L. Orlowski moved to approve the Metro Lexus Infinity proposal, 28450 Lorain Road, to construct an Infinity dealership adjacent to the PX;sting Metro Lexus dealership incorporating all of the previous discussion of the Architectural Review Board to have no mounding, but a 6 foot high, board on board fence which should be 5 feet from the curbing with the 20 foot high light poles with 400 watt bulbs on the east side of the building and the 1,000 watt bulbs in the front with shielded fixtures. The commission has required the removal of the two parking spaces at the south east area near the display pods as Mr. Wendell, the forester, has stated in his correspondence, and the commission would also like to see additional spruce and pine trees that would mesh with the plantings behind the Nissan dealer to fill in some of the bare spots behind the Infinity and Lexus dealer in the na.tural vegetation area and that gates be installed on the board on board fence so that this area can be maintained. The commission further requests that the forester be involved in the additi:onal planting of the buffer area and ask-- that he clarify if he wants additional landscaping in the parking spaces that are being eliriinated. All previous recommendations of the Planning Commission must be included, specifically that the handicapped spaces must be moved closer to the entrance from where they are shown on the plan, seconded by A. Skoulis, and unanimously approved. During the motion, it was decided that since the Nissan agency was owned separately, the commission could not request any upgrading of the landscaping west of the Nissan building at this time. Since that landscaping needs some upgrading perhaps that coul.d be addressed through the Building Department. 2) National City Banlc, 4608 Great Northern Blvd. Proposal to install Automatic Teller Ma.chine in parking lot and review of site plan. Proposal heard by the Planning Commission of April 13, 1993. Heard by the Board of Zoning Appeals on May 6, 1993. Heard by Architectural Reviesa Board on P1ay 19, 1993. Mr. Mongello, architect, and Mr. McKee, manager of the shopping center, presented revised plans reflecting the ehanges recommended by the Architectural Review Boarda They noNa have added 7 shrubs per island with 1 tree instead of 2, and have also added some taxus browneye and juniper spreaders in the landscaping around the kiosk. Mr. Mongello stated that the A.R.B. did not want grass except in the ma,in entry way. A landscape compahy will :naintain the plantings. The trees along Brookpark are getting larger and the mulched areas and islands will be enlarged and some pines will be added to screen the rear of the center from Brookpark. The A.R.B. also recommended that the kiosk be painted to match the dryvit on the main building. A. Skoulis moved to approve the proposal by National City Bank, Olmsted Plaza, 4608 Great Northern Boulevard, to install an automatic teller machine incorporating the changes in the landscaping presented this evening and the color of the kiosk to a beige rather than the original color, seconded by J. Thomas, and unanimously approved. 2