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; the city would be left with an oversized building on the lot. Mr. Baker responded that they would not build a building that they could not sell and mentioned what they had done to develop these plans. He would be willing to buy the adjacent property, if he can work it out, but he does not know all the dimensions of that lot. The members studied the plat and cliscussed possibilities with Mr. Baker. It was decided that they would have to act on this proposal and he would have to resubmit with a revised proposal if they purchased the other lot. Mr. Tallon advised that regarding this proposal, he would suggest that they reduce the size of the build.ing. T. Manning moved to- refer Bakers Furniture at 24869 Lorain Road, the proposal to construct an addition to an existing building, to the Board of Zoning Appeals with a recommendation to deny the variance for the following reasons: aesthetically, the front of the building is totally unappealing and not compatible to the direction that the city wants to go with the new zoning codes; and the also they are trying to over bu.ild on the lot. The motion was seconded by T. Brennan, and unanimously approved. 2) Rooney Office Building, 27935 Lorain Road. Proposal to construct office build.ing with front half retail and service area in rear. Building Commissioner Conway clarified that the rear portion of the building is not really a warehouse, it is actually a service area for the Rooney's velucles and business. Mr. T. Rooney, representing himself and his father, owners of the business, explained that they intend to construct a 5,200 square foot building on vacant lot west of Kenny Kings. The front portion of the building would be retail aud the rear portion would be used as a service area for the their window and carpet cleaning companies. They may have tenants leasing the front half of the building, or they may just use the whole building themselves. They reduced the building to 45 foot wide by 115 foot deep in order to comply to the city ordinances. The building will be constructed of a beige split face block with a split face accent band of a darker brown; it will have a 5/12 pitched, asphalt shingled roof in a dark color; the upper portions of the front and rear building will be sided in either vinyl or aluminum; and the lights will be wall mou.nted and directed down. He stated that they are trying to maintain a simple concept that will not be offensive to either their commercial or residential neighbors and are trying to keep a residential look to the building in the rear. The business is a 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. operation. The rear portion of the building will be for parking and storing their equipment, they do no work in the building. He advised Mr. Manniug that four or five years age they started using all biodegradable chemicals which are disposed through the sanitary system He clarified that they have no tenant and are basically erecting the building for themselves since they are moving from their present location and it is more practical to build a larger building on this size lot. Having a tenant would be to their advantage, but it is not entirely necessary since they could use it themselves. In response to the members questions, he explained that the air conclitioner compressor would be on the west side of the building and would only service the retail portion of the buildiug. He clarified that the inner wall shown on the plan separates the garage area from the retail area which he might use that for his window cleaning business. They only have two trucks now, but there would be room for expansion. The gas hook up is on the west of the building, and Mr. Rooney agreed to screen both it and the compressor with landscaping. The plans show a proposed dumpster, but that is for future use, if they do need a dumpster for themselves, it will be kept inside. He clarified that the accent band will be a darker shade of split face block. Mr. Pulito, representing the owner of the property to the west, stated that the owner is concerned about drainage problems since there will be paving and because of the elevation of the property the grade might be changed. Mr. Tallon advised that those concems will be addressed 3