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sidewalks on Country Club according to the proposed sidewalk program of the city. The long sidewalk in front of the building is for internal pedestrian circulation and is broken up with two landscaped planters and benches. Pedestrian access from Brookpark to the front of the store is also provided along with a large pedestrian erosswalk area in front of the store from the parking lot. Regarding Mr. Newberry's presentation, Mr. Orlowski noted that there was a 10 foot difference an the previous plan, dated March 18, 1994, between the property line and building at the compactor site which would take up another 10 feet. He noted that they only put in 10 more feet of asphalt, and since he had attended the Board of Zoning Appeals meeting, he assured Mr. Newberry that Mr. Gomersall, in his motion, had intended that this should be an additional 10 foot of landscaping to insure an 8 foot high mound. Also he woiil.d like to see a detailed plan showing how they intend to build an 8 foot mound with a one foot flat top where they are supposed to put- the fence since the fence was not supposed to be off set. Mr. Newberry presented a sketch of the mound, but Mr. Orlowski objected because there were no d.imensions shown on it. He believed that these plans do not show the total distance from their property line to the western most side of the mound, so that he can -verify that the land that they are setting aside is, in fact, wide enough to incorporate an 8 foot high mound. Mr. Newberry responded that the minimt.un setback for parking and paving by code is 25 feet, and that line is shown. Near the compactor pad there is some distance between the 25 foot required setback and the curbing or edge of pavement. At the southern end of that area, where it is indicated to be heavy duty asphalt pavement, they fall exactly on the 25 foot line. He stated that the requirements at the B.Z.A. were to build a mound 8 feet high, referenced to the elevation at the property li.ne. Mr. Orlowski stated that the requirement of the B.Z.A. was an 8 foot mound that went from the northern most point of their building to within 25 feet of Country Club. He would like to see on paper their 2:1 or 5.5:1 ratio of mounding and how much land is being set aside to build an 8 foot mound. Mr. Newberry explained that the B.Z.A. asked that the referenced elevatian for the begimling of the 8 foot mound be the average elevation along the property line which is at 750, the imund would be at 758, and the building is at 752 so there is two foot vertical give there. They also show that the grade of the pavement between the truck dock area and the edge of the mound slopes up at about 3% to get to that corner, so the top of the curb at the edge of the pavement is about 6 inches above floor level. He explained that at the narrowest point they brought the pavement up and the curb would slope up to nnet the mound at, an elevation of 755.5. Mr. Orlowski noted that nothing on the plan showed that. 'He further stated that the B.Z.A. can only recomnend the green space, they had no authority to grant it, and he would like specific information showing the footage an the bottom of .that mound and he would like him to prove that the 8 foot mound will carry straight through, because he did not believe that in 25 feet, at a 2 to 2z foot fall, there would be enough distance. He believed that Mr. Gomersall had wanted the additional 10 feet to be green area, not asphalt, and he stated that he wanted to make sure that there was enough distance to maintain an 8 foot high mound. He also noted that the drawing showed the fence off set ard he wanted to make sure that it was on the top. Mr. Newberry stated that from an aesthetic and maintenance standpoint, he would prefer that the fence be off set so that they would have the responsibility for maintaining what happens at the top. Mr. Orlowski responded that it would always be their responsibilityo Mr. Newberry stated that they intended to plant a low maintenance type of growth or ground cover on the east side of the mound so they would not have to go on the other side of the fence to mow it, whereas on their side of the mound there would be grass with trees which could be maintained from their side. He also thought that, by off setting the fence about 2 feet frm the top of the mound, space would be provided for catching debris agains-',I? the fence, 3