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y foot mound behind the building and a 3 foot mound as it runs closer to Country Club Boulevard. He wanted the grade of the mound established at the elevation of the grade of the building and/or at the highest elevation along that eastern boundary to insure that this is an 8 foot high mound. He contended.that if the mound is going up to 8 foot at the center at a 2 to 1 ratio the mound should have 16 foot on each side and with the one foot flat area on top so they would need 33 feet in total; and there is only 25 feet at the narrowest pointo He reiterated that the B.Z.A. required 10 adclitional feet from what they had requested, and if that 10 feet were carried through (in landscaping) all the way down to Country Club Boulevard, it would be possible to build an 8 foot mound. Mr. Newberry responded that the grade shown on the sections provided this evening illustrates that the mound created at 758 elevation which is 8 feet above the existing grade at the property line in most cases and the maximum contour that crosses the property is 751. Mr. Orlowski stated that the object is to'create an 8 foot mound from floor grade level. Mr. Newberry responded that the B.Z.A. advised them to use the elevatian at the property line as the beginning of the 8 foot mound. Mr. Orlowski responded that he did not see that in the minutes. Mr. Thomas advised that the Law Department had clarified that the B.Z.A.'s jurisdiction was to grant the vaxiance, but not to specify landscaping or mounding. Mr. Newberry clarified that the area that juts out by the truck dock is part of the building and there is 60 feet from tha.t corner to the property line. He clarified that they had asked only for a variance for the building line, not for the paving line, and the landscaping is required to be 25 feet back from the property line. Mr. Conway stated that the B.Z.A. had required that the compactor be enclosed, otherwise it would not be considered part of the structure. He clarified that no variance would be required. Mr. Newberry stated that he had brought drawings of the enclosure..to the A.ReB., but they may have taken all of them. (Mr. Conway presented the file copy of these plans to Mro Thomas). Mr. Newberry then presented drawings of the lighting plan and introduced Mr. McConnell, from compariy that does Wal-Mart's lighting analysis. The Gardco W.G.D.F. fixture is rectangular with the bulb recessed within it, almost identical to the ones at Chili's, the Radisson, and is an improved version of the ones at the Corporate Center. The pole heights will be 26 feet to the fixturea Regarding the signage, the B.Z.A. had granted significantly less than had been requested, so they are now allowed to have one "Wal-Mart" sign at the main entrance of the building; a "Tire and Lube Express" sign on the south end of the T.B.O. extension; and 4 monument signs, three at the entrances on Brookpark, Country Club, and Great Northern Boulevards, which are to be 5 foot high with sign panels which are to be no more than 8 feet long by 2 feet high, can only state "Wal-Mart", with no advertising. The fourth sign is to be located near the end of the ma,in drive and is 4 feet high by 1 foot wide and directs customers to the T.B.O. area. In reference to the drives, Mr. Newberry clarified that the main entrance had three lanes, one entrance lane and two exit lanes, one left and one right turn, the drive at the western most portion of the property was right turn in and right turn out only. There is also a de-acceleration lane added on Brookpark Road at the request of the city traffic engineer. The shared exit on Country club for both Wal-Mart and the Corporate Center will be 2 lane entrance and exit and has been moved north fran the southwest corner of the property in order to give some space for the existing trees and at the suggestion of Mr. Griffith and their traffic consultant, so if a signal is ever warranted on Country Club Boulevard, it should be opposite the Corporate Center driveway which provides adequate stacking area. Mr. Miller questioned the location of the "no truck" sign since once a truck is at that location there would be no place for it to go. Mr. Newberry responded that this is a highway type sign, 7 feet tall, and should be clearly visible from the de-acceleration lane; this is the location that is 3