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playing tennis late at night. She wondered how this would impact on her. She remembered when Developers Diversified proposed putting in a K Mart behind the cemetery, and how the residents had fought it. After that, the residents had Butternut Ridge Road declared as an Historic District. She wants no more variances, if this properiy is going to be developed, it should be developed as Single Family so the integrity of the neighborhood can be kept intact. If this proposal does go through she wants her rear and side property fenced in with a privacy fence, and is sure the neighbors on the other side would want that too. That would mean that this development would have access down a road that would be fenced in on both sides and it would driviug in a tunneL Mr. Toth also noted that Mr. Rock had said that they infriuged on his property, and they ad.mit that there turn-arou.nd does encroach by 29 inches. He started to saw it off since it 'was mentioned and he was told not to do it. He noted that he has maintained this property for 22 years. He pointed out that during the rush hours traffic is backed up to I-480. He further stated that there was a fatality when a car drove from Fitch Road across Butternut Ridge Road into the property across the street, a.nd indicated that this might happen here. He is also concerned about the impact the additional buildings will have on the water pressure and sewers At this point Chairman Tallon advised a gentleman from audience, whom he believed was Mr. Delorenzo, to wait u.ntil the residents had finished speaking. This gentleman was Mr. Martindale, a resident, who owns three parcels. He explained that he bought the two extra parcels to keep something like this from happening in his area. He has lived in North Olmsted since 1957 and has watched the development in the community, however he stated that none of the remarks he was going to make were d.irected at this commission since he is not familiar with what they have done. He stated that he had seen some incredible development, which he believed were in three categories; cowardice, venality, and simple bad taste. He stated that every promise made to him has been broken. I-480 was moved from the original location and he watched it creep across the road and then closer and closer. Most developers have put things in around the edges, but this development has been dropped in the middle of a residential district. Within the last month, he received a notice from the School Board that there would be a meeting to discuss increasing the tax burden on his property. This hearing was postponed, but he had intended to resist this because of the "rabbit wanen" that has been put up on the former North Olmsted Golf Course, which has devalued all the properties in the area and has made it impossible for him to get out of his driveway. He stated that when many people in this community decide to leave, they try to get their property re-zoned so they can get the major value out of it. He cannot believe that the commission would agree to put this in on Buttemut Ridge Road and he intends to do everything he can to stop this development in the North Olmsted Historic District. He again stated that he did not intend his statements to be a personal insult against this commission.,Mr. Crabs, a resident whose property abuts this property, noted that there was no representative of the Law Department. He advised that he had checked with two barristers, one of whom was a former law d.irector in the greater Cleveland area, who believed that this was spot zoning; the second attorney had the same opinion. He did not believe that the commission should expose themselves and the other bodies in the city to such a risk. He, too, complained about the traffic and noted that it took him five minutes to get out of his driveway at 3:00 p.m. and stated that there is seldom a break in traffic, and if these 39 homes are occupies, it would be even worse. He stated that drainage is a problem and that this property drains toward his, and the city must see to it that the storm sewer drainage is taken care of adequately. If this is approved he would also want a 6 foot -fence between his property and this development. He has horses and a lake and he does not want children from this development getting into his property. He questioned if the 55 foot diameter in the cul-de-sac was adequate for a fire truck and City Engineer Deichmaun responded that a 55 foot radius would be adequate. He also questioned the 24 foot wide easement since he remembers a 22 foot easement. Mr. Rock and Mrs. Toth discussed this privately, but the conversation was not audible. Mr. Deichmann advised that 22 foot width would meet the requirement for access. Mr. Crabs 3