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? instituting an ordinance wluch would put a time limit for parking ou their si:reet. The members discussed tlie motion. R. Tallon moved to forward the proposal to the Board of Zoning Appeals but before it is heard by the B.Z.A. we would like to refer it to the Safety Department to submit their recommendations, forward it also to the Engineering Department so they can review the proposals for the storm and sanitary plans and ask that the City Traffic Engineer review it from a traffic standpoint. Also we will refer this to the B.Z.A. for the 25 foot variance on the side yard; 10 foot variance on the landscape buffer (in the rear); the 25 foot variance for the front setback; a 10 foot variance on the east side and the variance for the westernmost driveway on Lorain Road which is within 100 feet of an intersection with the recommendation that the Board of Zoniug Appeals deny the front setback of 25 foot, the west setback of 25 foot, and the rear landscape 10 foot landscape setback variance. There is no problem with the 10 foot variance on the east side. We also recoinmend that the variance for the curb cut on the far west side of the property on Lorain Road. The motion was seconded by P. Miller, and unanimously approved. The neighbors were advised that this proposal will be heard by the Boaid of Zoning Appeals on February 1, 1995 and that only the neighbors who were notified for this meeting would be notified for the B.Z.A. Mr. Pfaffrequested that all the people on the street be notified, but were advised that the city must abide by the ordinance. The neighbors will notify the other residents. 3) Bridgeport Village (Whitlatch & Co.), Property bounded by the rear property flines of lots on West 231st Street on the east; by back land on the north, and by properties located on Clague Road, Tree Lane, and Woodview and Sharon Drives on the west. Access will be from the north side of Lorain Road between Clague Road and West 231 5treet, with a gate on to Woodview Drive. Proposal is to coustruct a Single Family, Cluster development of attached or detached residences. Rezoning will be required. Mr. Basalla, project manager, Mr. Mitchell, landscape architect, Mr. Whitlatch, president, and Mr. 1Vlartin, attomey, represented the proposal. Their engineer had been unable to attend. Ivlt. Basalla gave a brief history of the company explaining that they have built aUout 1,400 houses, about 1,000 of those are similar to what is depicted here. He presented photographs of the Cape Cod style condominium units which they intend to construct at Bridgeport. He explained that their residents are usually looking for a reduced life style with less floor space than they currently have, near where they have lived, and at a price they can afford. He believed that the surrounding neighborhood is ideally suited for this plan and presented the site plan showing the exact location. They are proposing to build 89 units in 34 buildings, both 2 and 3 uuuts per building as permitted by code; the proposed density is 5.26 units per acre, the zoning -Would allow 6 units per acre. He clainaed that the density of the surrounding single family area is 4.58 units per acre, their proposal is about 1/2 of an acre higher, and the maximum units allowed would be 101 units. According to the records of the County Engineer, the average house size of all of the lots that abut this property works out to 1,403 square feet, and their basic house starts at about 1,400 square feet with various options that could increase a unit to 2,000 square feet with the average always being over 1,600 which would be at or above the surrounding properties. Each unit has a 2 car garage with a driveway with ample room to park 2 cars, and there will Ue approximately 3 additional off site parking spaces per unit around the site. They have mail box gazebos, a street lighting system, a full landscaping package using a combination of the existing landscaping materials and new materials. 'I'hey will have a 50 foot buffer around the site and they intend to save about 20 to 25 feet of the existing woods around the perimeter. The storm water retention is in four retention ponds which are an aesthetically pleasing. part of the developinent. There will be a fence around the site woven through the trees to prevent access onto the property and, as 4