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-A R. Tallon moved to table the Chuck E Cheese proposal, 26104 Great Northern Shopping Center, to install back-lit avtnings on existing building, until the developer has time to resubmit plans that are more conducive to what the planning commission would prefer, seconded by A. Manning, and unanimously approved. 2) Burger King, 26270 Lorain Road '- Proposal to revise and increase lighting on property. Mr. Showalter, representing the Burger King franchise, explained that in April of 1995, Burger King Corporation, came up with image standards for all their restaurants. He presented a photmetric survey, night pictures of restaurants that have this same lighting program, and cut sheets of the fixtures that they plan to instalL This lighting would provide safety and security for their customers and employees and is required by Burger King Corporation to renew the license of the North Olmsted franchise. He introduced Mr. DiMichele, the lighting contractor. It was clarified that the poles would be 24 feet high from grade. Mr. Tallon stated that these poles were too high and 1,000 watts were too much. He advised that North Olmsted required zero foot candles at the lot line, and they are showing 4, 7, and 13, right next to a resident. Mr. Showalter took exception to this since he believed that this was necessary for the safety of both their customers and employees. Mr. Tallon reiterated that these watts are too high and noted that the restaurant is adjacent to a residential area. It was noted the light poles were 8 feet higher than the buildings. Chairman Tallon made several suggestions: lower the poles so they are no higher than the building; reduce the wattage to 500, and shield the lamps so that there was zero foot candles at the residential side. The existing poles will be removed and the new poles will be relocated. Mr. Showalter presented the image standards for the franchise showing the 400 watt high pressure sodium photometric survey, and the 1,000 watt photometric survey. He maintained that they have operated Burger King's next to residential properties for the past 27 or 28 years, and have always considered their neighbors. There are residential neighbors behind Burger Kings in Fairview Park and Mayfield Heights. Mr. Brennan advised that the I.E.S. Society recommends an average of 0.9 foot candles minimum for general parking and pedestrian areas; is this plan shows an average ininunum 6.57 which is roughly 30 times what I.E. S. would recommend: Also on the 1,000 watt metal halide fixtures the I.E. S. recommended a minimum mounting height of 36 foot, and these are 26 foot so this is too much light on too low a pole. He fuxther noted.there are 16.5 foot candles shown behind the fixtures right at the corner of Lorain and Canterbury Roads. He and Mr. Tallon believed that the lights are aimed to light the building, not just the parking lot. He pointed out that the bulb protruded below the fixture which caused the light to glare out like a headlight which the neighbors could see and again noted the wattage was way too high. Mr. Showalter disagreed, stating that the light could be directed down; he advised that this type lighting was becoming an industry standard and women would not patronize the restaurant at night if it were dark. Mr. Tallon responded that this type of light was mainly designed to circumvent the sign ordinances. Mr. Brennan agreed since the metal halide was a bright white stadium type light, and since the surrou.nding street lights were high pressure sodium, these lights would stand out. Mr. DiMichele brought in an actual fixture and stated that these were the exact same fixtures that Boston Market had. Mr. Tallon believed that the glass bubble inside the fixture would reflect light, like a headlight, and suggested that they put in a flat glass; reduce the wattage of the bulbs; and reduce the height of the poles. The members discussed the proposal among themselves. A neighbor, Mr. Nowak, advised that he had been told that additional lighting is being installed at many older gas stations in order to reduce vandalism, breakage, and theft. Also, women are more likely to frequent a 2