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Jolui Silver's, but he does not believe that the restaurant needs that many spaces. He also believed that the peak times for these two facilities are different. Building Commissioner Conway advised that for this type facility, 88 parking spaces would be required and they show 80 (including the landbanked spaces). However the 6 paved landbanked spaces, east of the structure, would limit the drive to one way (in the event they had to be used) and the first three landscaped landbanked spaces would not allow for a 55 foot loading area as required by code, even though it would accommodate the small truck which is their normal delivery vehicle. The east drive would be about 10 feet wide if the land banked parking were used. Mr. Stitz thought that the truck dock could be moved to the east. Mr. Conway advised that that two load.ing zones are required by code; and by taking away the Long John Silver's property, they are creating a more non-conforming lot since a-restaurant is required to have roughly 65,000 square feet, they now have approximately 40,000 and will be going down to about 28,000. In response to questions, Mr. Conway advised that if they reduced the building to 10,000 square feet, they would only need 1 loading zone and would reduce the' parking requirements by 7 spaces. Mr. Stitz stated that company has ma.ny facilities and are aware of what their parking needs are. Mr. Mauuiug questioned what else could go into Long John Silver building if it went out of business. He was concemed that this would be creating 2 non-confii7niug lots. Mr. Conway responded, if they get the variauce, any retail business could go thexe. The removal of the gas tanks is the responsibility of BP and the State of Ohio will oversee that. The representatives have not done a study of how many cars are generated by BP, but believe this business will generate far less. Mr. Miller noted that there were other landscaped areas where they could add spaces. Mr. Conway advised that the restaurant is required to have 42 spaces, they had 33 paved, and 18 landbanked, currently they have 28, which makes them 14 spaces short, but there will be some shared parking. Some kind of cross easement would be required. Mr. Stitz clarified that the set back of the store was 91 feet and all utilities will be underground. He did not believe that the medical building parking behind this structure was usually fu1L He advised that they moved the curb cut to avoid splitting the Long John's parking, and also believes most of the cars will go out on Lorain Road. There is about 190 feet from the drive to the next residential drive. Assistant Law Director Dubelko advised that with the approval of the proposal the existing curb cut would be abandoned. Mr. Sheppard stated that they would take care of this and it was part of the cross easement agreement. Mr. Conway does not have the signage proposal and does not know if any variance are required for signs. Both properties will be required to go to the Board of Zoning Appeals. Mr. Stitz presented pictures of other facilities and advised that this build.ing would be similar. The members studied the proposal and discussed it among themselves. The residents were invited to speak at this time. It was clarified for Mr. Calmer, a resident, that there would only be two drives on Root Road. He asked who would be responsible for tlie gas well on the property. Assistant City Engineer McDermott advised that that well had been capped at the time that Long John Silver's was constructed and that the venting was required when a well is capped. Mr. Calmer also was concerned because the rain ground water re-charge area was being decreased with the new black top. Mr. Stitz believed that it would be a close balance, because they were eliminating some of the paving that had been there before. Mr. McDermott advised that a retention system would be required and would recharge the ground water. Mr. Johnson complained that he could not get out of Root Road now and questioned why they have to have a drive D 2