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CITY OF NORTH OLMSTED PLANNING COMNNU SSION MINUTES-MARCH 22, 1994 I. ROLL CALL: Chairman Gorris called the meeting to order at 7:30 p.ma Present: D. Alston, P. Mi.ller, L. Orlowski, K. 0'Rourke, R. Tallon and - B. Gorris. Absent: J. Thomas. Also Present: Assistant Law Director Dubelko, City Engineer Deichmann, 'Building Commissioner Conway, and Clerk of Commissions Oring. II. REVIEW AND CORRECTION OF MINUTES: K. 0'Rourke moved to accept the minutes of March 8, 1994 as presented, seconded by L. Orlowski, and unanimously approved. III < BUILDING DEPAR'I'MIIVT REQLTESTS : 1) Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. Property Located on Brookpark Roacl, east of the Westbury Apartments and west of Colebrook and Clareshire Condominiums. Proposal to construct building. Heard by Board of Zoning Appeals on March 9, 1994. Mr. Newberry, engineer for Wal-Ma,rt, explained that the Board of Zoning Appeals had approved a setback variance on Brookpark which would be similar to the 33.57 foot setback from the Brookpark right of way now existing at Colebrook CondominiUms. The second variance was from the east property line where a 100 foot setback is required, they asked for a 50 foot encroachment and the board granted a 40 foot encroachment, thus placing the building 60 feet at the closest point to the property line. The conditions of that approval had been that they build an 8 foot high mound practically from border to border along the east line with a six foot fence on the top of the mound and a double row of evergreen trees, one row an either side of the fence. As a result of these variances they will be moving their building 6 feet south and 10 feet west from where it was originally shown. The revised landscape plans shows the double row of trees and a representation of the mounding along with a typical cross section through the mound. He presented a cross section of the building showing the sight lines of a , 6 foot tall.person standing near the property line, from the top of the window of the first floor in the Colebrook Condominiums, as well as from the top of a second floor window in the condominiun. It also shows that the parapet wall that will be built on the back side of the building, extends almost 5 feet above the roof line, and will effectively screen the closest roof top units from the view of any of those vantage points and it further illustrates that a 42 foot high light pole, located some 472 feet from the buildings, will also be screened from view by the parapet wall and the mounding. Essentially, any view from the Colebrook Condominium building toward Wal-Mart will show about a 4 to 6 foot piece of wall in between the trees and above the fence along the rear line. He noted that the Commission had asked for an elevation of this wall, but he believed that the cross section showed more of what would be visible from the east side. Based on their analysis, they believe that noise levels from either the truck dock or the activities at the south end will be effectively screened to an acceptable level. He advised that the compactor would not cr.ly be sound -- Yioofed,- but would be enclosed within walls with a roof over it so that any noise will be minimized. Mr. Newberry responded to several items mentioned at the last Planning Commission meeting. Alternate building locations, one showing the 1