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? ?. CITY OF NORTH OLMSTED PLANNING CONIlVIISSION MINUTES - FEBRUARY 14, 1995 I. ROLL CALL: Chaimi?n Tallon called the meeting to order at 7:40 p.m Present: D. Cameron-Alston, R. Koeth, T. Manning, P. Miller, K O'Rourke, and R. Tallon. Also Present: Assista.nt Law Director Dubelko, Building Commissioner Conway, Assistant City Engineer McDermott, and Clerk of Commissions Oring . II. REVIEW AND CORRECTION OF MINUTES: Mr. Miller corrected the minutes of January 24, 1994 on page 3, 171ines from the bottom, after the words "any validity to the statement" change statement to argument and add "to the arg;ument that the car wash generated about 20 customers an hour now, whereas the proposed business would generate 20 customers per daX" R. Koeth moved to approve the minutes of January 24, 1994 as amended, seconded by P. Miller, and u.nanimously approved. III. BUII.,DING DEPARTMENT REQUESTS: 1) Saturn Dealership, 27000 Lorain Road. Proposal to covert former Toyota Show Room for use by Saturn with a new building facade and addition of planters. Mr. Stoyanov, developer, presented the plans and explained that Sunnyside had a dealership in Middleburg Heights, but because of the popularity of the Saturn, they believed another was needed here: The former Toyota show room will be renovated to become a Satum dealership and Toyota will move ne}rt door with the Mazda dealership. The building is being altered so that it will conform to the design requirements of Saturn and will be covered in a new white stucco facade arou.nd the show room with gray trim and two new gray canopies to define the entrances and to provide shelter. A new planter will replace all of the existing parking in front of the show room and will ineorporate a single car display. Additional landscaping will be added to the planters along Lorain Road. He presented photographs of the existing properties and renderings of the proposed renovations and pointed out that a new screen wall which will limit visibility of the Service Department from Lorain Road. The site plans shows both properties and later on they will be submitting renovation proposals for the Toyota/Mazda building. The concrete pads in the front landscape bu.ffer will remain in front of the.Toyota building, but additional landscaping will be planted. It was determined that the lift to displa.y the cars was still being used, and Mr. Stoyanov will check to see if it is to remain. He clarified that the pods will d.isplay 2 cars each. He presented a drawing of the proposed Toyota renovations, but explained that it has not been approved by Toyota. Both buildings will be covered with. a white stucco. Mr. Tallon believed that the colors on both buildings should match. Mr. Stoyanov explained that there will be a small addition on Toyota, but not as shown on this plan, it will be smaller'. and will be on the west side instead of the east. Building Commissioner Conway suggested that since the Commission has seen the colored rendering, this building might go through as a minor change. He stated that some variances will be