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, require two drives. Any General Retail use would be limited by the number of parking spaces. R. Tallon moved to forward the World of Sleep Plaza, 24260 Lorain Road, proposal to construct building, to the Architectural Review Board with the following recommendations: that the lights on the north elevation (rear of building) be wall washers; that the HVAC units be screened on the roof; that the parapet be lowered to be in line` with the mansard roof; that the mansard be carried around the sides to the rear of the building; that the materials for the building be a split face block; that there be continuous concrete curbing installed around the parking lot; that the trash area be fenced; that additional landscaping should be added on both the sides and rear; that safety light be installed in the rear parking lot; that the drawing should include the driveways to adjacent properties, those across the street, and to the centerline of Coe Avenue along with the distance shown between the centerline of Coe and this driveway; that the entrance point where the utilities go into the buildiug be noted on the plans and proposed screening be shown to both the A.R.B. and the Planuing Commission; also'that the color schemes and samples of products be submitted to the A.R.B. including the materials to be used on the sign board and also that the loading docks should have some kind of removable safety rail or chain that would go from one handrail to the other so the docks are not left open when not in use. This proposal is also to be forwarded to the Engineering and Safety Departments aud to the forester. It is also recommended that the requirement of have two 21ane driveways be waved, so that there is only one point of ingress/egress. The motion was seconded by P. Miller, and unauimously approved. During the motion, Mr. Orlowski explained that there was an open space between the handrails of the two loading areas and he believed that this could pose a problem if children tried to skate board in the axea. Mr. Bailey was advised that the proposal would be forwarded to the Architectural Review Board on December 21st who would review the proposal including the revisions requested this evening; and will return to the Planning Commission on January lOth. IV. NEW DEVELOPMENTS AND SUBDIVISIONS: No items. V. COMMUNICATIONS: No items. VI. COMMITTEE REPORTS: No items. VII. MINOR CHANGES: Building Commissioner Conway advised that, Mr. Thomas, the owner of the property on either side of the Ice Cream Parlor, has requested permission to install a 4 foot chain link fence. He believed that this was necessary because Mr. Benik, the owner of the Ice Cream Parlor, made changes to the cedat fencing by leaving some gaps in the fence in order to install trees. Mr. Thomas is concerned about safety since children might use these areas to cut across his lot. Since the way Mr. Benik has installed the fence is not the way it was approved by the Planning Commission, he has been advised that if he is not going to install the fence as approved, the revision must be returned to the Commission as a minor change. Mr: Thomas advised that if they end up installing solid fencing as originally planned, he would like to install some kind of a wooden guard rail in lieu of the chain link fence, in order to protect the fence from cars in lus 3