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? w by the Engineering Department and that all water will have to be maintained on the property. Mrs. Mahoney, a resident to the rear, is concerned about lighting since that has been a problem in the past. She noted that because the elevation of Lorain Road is so high, even lights on 20 foot poles on Lorain Road shine into their homes. She, too, is concerned that they will fill in the lower portion of the property which will increase the drainage, and also make the building much higher than their property. She noted that Kenny Kings had to put in a mou.nd to screen lights from shiuuing into their homes. She was also concerned that trucks might be parked in the back later on when part of the building is leased out, and questioned how far back the parking would go. She was also concerned about chemicals being drained into the ditch, and she does not want even biodegradable chemicals in the ditch. She wondered about outside loud speakers and deliveries, especially for a future tenant. She also questioned how they could get a build.ing and a driveway on such a narrow lot and how far back the building was going. Mr. Rooney showed her the site plan and explained that the building is set back 100 feet. from Lorain Road, the building itself is 100 feet, and the total depth of the lot is over 500 feet, so there would be 300 feet from the building to the rear lot line. He showed her where the paving would stop advising that they did not intend to install a fence but would leave the rear area natural. He further stated that chemicals that would be disposed of in the sanitary sewers, not in the ditch. He could not address the elevations but that would be reviewed by the Engineering Department. They will have no pole lighting in the parking lot, and will only have wall lights on the back of the building which will be directed down. Mrs. Maloney believed that a fence or something should.shield the property, especially because this would be close to her neighbor's properry. Mr. Rooney reiterated that they would conduct no business at night, and worked from 8:00 a.m to 3:00 or 5:00 in the evening. Mrs. Maloney noted that they cannot put those restrictions on a future tenant and questioned the truck loading area. Mr. Rooney responded that the city requires a truck loading zone. Mrs. Maloney asked that the commission consider her concerns, especially about the elevations and the prospect of a future tenant. Councilmau Nashar noted that Kenny King's had both mounding and fencing and since no one knew what kind of business would be there in the future, he requested mounding or a board on board fence be required since there have been many problems in that vicinity. The members studied the plans and the elevations shown on the plans. It was determined that there was only a foot or two difference between the front and the back of the building, there would be a 6.5 foot drop from the back of the building to the property line. Mr. Rooney presented a cut of a type of light that they had considered, but Mr. Tallon advised that this would not be satisfactory since the neighbors could see the bulb, and they need something where the light would be inside the fixture. Mr. Rooney will change that. Mr. Tallon noted that since they were 6 feet higher than the neighbors and if they put the lights 10 feet high, the lights would be 16 feet higher than the neighbors property and explained that this should be a down light, a wall washer type. Regarding fencing or landscaping, Mr. Rooney stated that the cost of bring in dirt to create a mound would be prohibitive and if a fence is installed, how would the county maintain the ditch. Mr. W. Rooney stated that if they extend the fence from Kenny King's, the county would have to go through the church property to get back to service it or come in from the residential side. Assistant City Engineer McDermott stated that in extreme cases they will remove sections of fence, and then replace them since they have an easement. The members discussed a natural fence. Mr. Rooney asked if the commission was going to require 6 foot trees immecliately,.or could they plant something smaller that could grow higher such as hemlocks or white pines. It was decided to ask the forester and A.R.B. for their recommendations. It was clarified that the commission was more concerned future occupancy since this seemed to be compatible in the back to the residential property. Mr. Rooney was concerned that something on the rear property would 4