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r? CITY OF NORTH OLMSTED PLANNING CONIlVIISSION MIINUTES -JANUARY 24, 1995 CORRECTED I. ROLL CALL: Chairmau Tallon called the meeting to order at 7:40 p.m. Present: D. Cameron-Alston, R. Koeth, T. Mannuig, P. Miller, K. O'Rourke, and R. Tallon. Also Present: Assistant Law Director Dubelko, Building Commissioner Conway, Assistant City Engineer McDermott, and Clerk of Commissions Oring. II. REVIEW AND CORRECTION OF MIlNUTES: R. Ta11on moved to accept the minutes of January 10, 1995 as presented, seconded by P. Miller. Roll call on motion: Tallon, Miller, Koeth, Manning, and O'Rourke, yes. Mrs. Cameron-Alston abstained. Motion passed. III. BUII.DING DEPARTMENT REQUESTS: 1) La Z Boy Furniture Gallery, 25482 Lorain Road. Proposal to construct bu.ilding (Existing BP Car Wash will be demolished) and review of site plan. Assembly of a portion of the adjacent Long John Silver Restaurant will be required. Proposal to be referred to the Board of Zoning Appeals. Mr. Stitz, architect, presented plans, and introduced Mr. Sheppard, regional manager of La Z Boy, and Mr. Gru.ehl, Realtor. He believed that this 12,000 square foot brick bu.ilding with landscaping, would be an attractive addition to the area which at this time is basically all gas stations and pavement. He advised that their facilities clid not require a large number of- parking spaces and noted that this evening their existing store only had 5 cars parked in the lot. In order to have enough room for the building, they will have to acquire a portion of the Long John Silver's restaurant property. They will only be changing the parking by about 2 spaces and will maintain most ofthe trees and the green area in the back. He also noted that with this business there would be less traffic and less light than is there now. They will be removing one entrance to the site and adding landscaping. The existing Long John Silver exit onto Root Road will be moved about 15 feet to the north and he stated that they would be removing some pavement. The building will have an aluminum storefront and the sign trimmed with a soldier course of brick He did not believe that the larger store would attract more customers, but it would give their customers more products to choose from. The lower level will be for receiving and storage, and there is one loading dock, but at their other stores there are no loading docks and merchandise is received by small trucks. In response to the members' questions, the representatives explained that the current store has 10,000 square feet with 9 parking spaces and will revert back to the owner of the building; it.has about 8,000 square feet for display and the rest is a service area. They mainly need more space for display since their product line has expanded. They will have 17 parking spaces in the front of the biulding, with five spaces in the back and 8 spaces which will be shared with Long