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,.. Chau-inan Gomersall called all interested parties before the board. The oath was ad.ministered to Dennis and Brian Carlton who advised that the one address was 29494, not 2959 as stated on the agenda. They clarified that they actually want an 8 foot fence placed on a mound in order to obscure the trailers next door which are up fairly high. Three prospective buyers have refused to buy because of the mobile home park which is in Olmsted Township. Brian Carlton explained that the mound would vary in height from 1 foot to 18 inches, depending on the elevation. Law Director Gareau stated that there have been ma.ny problems with this trailer park, and also with the new one, but since they are in the township, there was nothing the city could do. He e}cplained that the Mayor has asked the owner to build fences to shield the abutting North Olmsted residents, but he refused. Mr. Carlton stated that the owner had no objection to lus doing this as long as he did not have to pay for it. Building Commissioner Conway advised that elevations and changes in grade would have to be approved by the Engineering Department. He stated that if there were a fence on a hill on an existing property, he would measure the fence from the top of the hill because that is the existing grade. So if Engineering approves the mound, he would approve the fence from the top of the mound. Mr. Tennant, a building inspector, had made recommendations that the support posts be 6 by 6 inches instead of 4 by 4 in order to support the height. of the fence and that the posts should be set in the ground to a depth equal to 1/2 of the height of the fiuished fence. Mr. Conway etcplained that the 6 by 6 inch posts would be border line, but the'distance in the ground would dependent on the height. Mr. Gareau advised that this would be up to the Building Department, not this board. J. Maloney moved to grant the request of Dennis Carlton, 29435, 29465, and 29454 Vita Lane for a 2 foot height variance for a fence on the grade approved by the Engineering Department. Violation of Ord. 90-125, Section 1135.02(fl). The motion was seconded by W. Purper, and unanimously approved. Variance granted. 6. Ice Cream Parlor, 27045 Lorain Road. Request for variance (1123.12). Request 10 foot rear yard variance to relocate trash receptacle. Request variance to allow outdoor seating in front setback. Request variance for the 10 parking spaces needed to accommodate 20 additional seats. Violation of Ord. 90-125, Sections 1139.07 (table and note to table); and 1161.05(c). Chairman Gomersall called all interested parties before the board. The oath was administered to Mrs. J. Benik and her son, Mr. W. Benik, who explained that the locarion of the trash receptacle had been approved at 10 feet away from the property line, now he is asking to locate it 3 feet from the property line (this request initially was for a 10 foot variance which would have placed it right on the property line)..He clarified that there will be a three foot landscape buffer behind the trash receptacle, the rest of the area will have a 10 foot landscape buffer. The adjacent resident, Mr. Urban, was present and was sworn in at this time. He was concerned that the trash receptacle would be moved closer to his house, but he now understands that it will be closer to the parking area. Mr. Gomersall was concerned about adding 20 more seats and granting a variance for 10 parking spaces since customers would have a problem parking. Mr. Benik contended that because of the adjacent schools, the church and the pedestrian traffic in the area there would be many walk up customers. He believed that if a customer drove in and there were no parking spaces, they would merely pull out. The members did not believe that there would be that number of walk in customers. Mr. Maloney 3