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t? .. still have.the mound and fence, and because there are spaces for over 800 cars, the spaces next to them would not be used constantly and the lights could be directed down. The residents did agree at their meetings that they prefer to ha.ve the store near the Corporate Center. They do no want the truck dock right next to them with trucks"there at 2 or 3:00 a.m. Mr. McKay stated that the city does have an ordinance.regulating that, however he frequently gets calls from residents at 2 and 3 in the morning about trucks tmloading in Great Northern. The police come and 15 minutes later it is back to business as usual, and they also use loud speakers to ca.ll employees. This is a building code violation, but the Building Department is not open to enforce it. He plans to make regulations to have these people cited for the second violation. Mr. Schuler was sworn in at this time. He believed that the 75 foot of parking that was mentioned was a threat and questioned how much parking could be put in 75 feet. Mr. Gomersall stated that this was not a threat. Mr. Purper stated that he had questioned if the people were awaxe that what could happen if the setback stayed at 100 feet. Mr. Schuler asked if the mound and trees would remain. Mr. Gomersall stated that this would be up to the Planning Conunission, however if they grant a variance they could require it. The trees would be up to the Planning Commission and the forester has advised him tha.t he would like as many trees saved as possible. Mrs. McKay was sworn in at this time. She advised that Mr. Bingham had stated at another meeting that there were no restrictions against having the store opened 24 hours a day, the Elyria store is open until 11:00 p.m. She agreed that the building should be next to the Corporate Center since it is closed at night and this would take the noise away.from the residents. Mr. Newberry put an overlay of the building on the west side of the property and noted that it would not fit. He also disputed that all Wal-Mart stores faced the street since the Mentor store is the same setup as this and for the same reason, it •is a long, na.rrow site as opposed to a squaxe site. He tried other configurations, if the building faced Brookpark Road, there could be no parking in front of it. The members suggested it,be move over toward the Westbury with the entrance on the east side. Mr. Newberry stated this would not work because o£ Wal-N1art's highly sophisticated merchandising plan for maximurn exposure of inerchandise to the people walking in, ease of people coming into the store, and for the financial security of Wal Maxt so that merchandise cannot be removed. In response to Mr. Koberna's questions, Mr. Bingham advised that there are about 2,300 stores, there are various prototypes for different market areas and this is a fairly new prototype which they have attempted to adapt to this property and still consider the concerns of the residents with the use of buffering mounding, etc. and stated that this is the best they can do to accommodate this plan and still afford to do these things that they are proposing. They have looked at all the alternatives before they proposed it. Mr. Newberry placed the bui:lding at the 100 foot setback and noted that it would interfere with the traffic circulation for the T.B.O. - and would be a real hardship because customers could not get into the parking area for the T.B.O. and garden center and would make that parking area inaccessible. Mr. Gomersall asked where they could move the trash compaetor since it was closer to the residents than anything else and the members are still concerned about noise. Mr. Bingham asked if they would still be concerned if there were no noise. Mr. Maloney is sti11 concerned about the truck dock, he lives 300 feet from Lorain Road and he can hear noise from the truck docks. He wanted both the truck docks and the compactor moved. Mr. Skoulis had cut outs of the store. The members suggested he take this up with Planning Commission. Again, Mr. Skoulis maintained that they could put the store somewhere else on the property and there is no hardship. Mr. Bingham maintained that there is no practical alternative location for the compactor or truck docks, but if noise is a problem, after,it is installed they 9