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Mr. Porter presented the request. It was clarified that they are trying to add 3 more spaces, not one as stated, but one of them would be in the front setback: He explained that they have 6 spaces and they need 9 because they have more employees. There is uo room to add more paiking in the back and there is also a problem with truck traffic in the back. Even though their trucks are out for part of the day, they do come into the shop frequently for.parts, eta There is a retention system installed under the parking lot at present. There will be curbs installed with the new parking. As?istant Building Commissioner Rymarczyk advised that there would ouly be room for two parking spaces. The inembers studied the plans. Chairman Tallon wondered if one space would be acceptable. He calculated that they could have two spaces and have a 7 foot landscape buffer. He started to make a motiou when Assistant Law Director Dubelko commented that tlus is the first time that he can reinember that a persou who has a conforming green area has asked to have it reduced and, fiom the Law Department's view point, there is a concern that, if the board of zoning appeals grants the variance, there could be a problem in court if a similar situation arose. Mr. Rymarczyk stated that the greeu area is non-conforming now since it was approved under the old code aud they had tried angle parking, but it did uot work out. It was pointed out that once he changed his parking, he would be required to have a 20 foot laudscape buffer, instead of the 17 feet that he had. After some discussiou, it was decided that he could have one space which would only require a one foot variance from the original 15 foot setback aud by using the 8 foot in the front of the building. R. Tallon moved to recommeud to the board of zoning appeals that L. K. Heating & Cooling, 4891 Dover Center Road, be granted one additional parking space by taking the 8 feet adjaceut to the bu.ilding plus one foot of the shaded area on the plan and re-striping the parking lot, in order to have a total of seven.parking spaces in that area, aud still retaiuiug 16 feet of laudscaping. The motiou was seconded by K. O'Rourke, aud uuaniinously approved. N. NEW DEVELOPMENTS AND SUBDNISIONS: 1) Vienna Woods Lot Split. The proposal is to subdivide permanent parcel No. 231-27-03 wluch fronts ou Lorain Road, into two (2) parcels. Proposed Sublot `B", wluch will remain fionting on Lorain Road, is split-zoned: inostly Retail, Business, General, but having a"C" Residence, Single, strip at the north (rear) portion. Proposed Sublot "A" is zoned "C" Residence, Siugle Entirely. Both proposed sublots couform to zoning code requirements for area and frontage. Mr. Lambros, attorney, introduced theu engiueer, Stuart Saylor, who explained that there was uo way that they could get an extra lot out of the extra resideutial laud that they uow show joiued to the commercial properiy. Tlie only way tljey could use that portion of the residential land would be to extend the lots on the cul-de-sac. Mr. Lainbros explained that they prefen•ed not to increase the length of the sublots on the south because they would abut the commercial property on the back and the U- Store-It on the side. 11iey .would prefer to keep tlus land as a buffer between their residential and commercial lots and they are willing to have a deed restrictiou that they will not use tlus laud commercially. He saw notlung in the code that prolubited having split zoned lots and he was sure there were others in the city. Mr. Tallou advised that the city has been trying to correct tlus situation whenever one comes before the board. Mr. Lambros believed that the deed restrictiou would correct the problem and they prefer not to have someone abutting their commercial property. Assistant Law Director Dubelko advised that the city would prefer to have the lots split at the zoue line, but the Law Director thought that the city would be protected if the property remained split zoned but was 5