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(15 and 17 on the plan) at the western end of the center. The developers agreed since it would increase the depth of the landscaping by about 20 feet. The members discussed this individually with the developers. Chairman Tallon explained to the audience that landbanking meant putting some of the proposed parking into landscaping, and the parking could be installed, if the commission believed it was necessary, at a later date, this would add 20 feet of landscaping by approximately 180 feet in one area and approximately 150 feet in another. The audience was asked for their comments. Mrs. Canwright, president of the Board of Country Club Condominium Association, made three points. First, only three members of the board along with a couple of the residents met with the developers this past Saturday at which time they presented this plan for the first time. They have had no time to discuss this plan with the other members of the board. They have many concems with privacy, security, noise, control, or how well, or poorly, this plan meets their concerns, and they not even had time to identify all their concems. Neither have they had time to present this plan to the residents which will be essential considering the broad scope of this work along their property line, so the association is not ready to come to an agreement with the developers regarding this plan. Considering these issues, she is asking that this proposal not be forwarded to any other board until they have a chance to work on an agreement. Secondly, there is concem about the large scale demolition and reconstruction along the common property lines, and they request that any agreed upon barrier be installed first before the demolition and construction gets started in order to control noise and pollution. The third question is for Bu.ilding Commissioner Conway concerning the placement of a superstore and an interpretation of the half mile radius required, how is it measured, and how does the ordinance address all the parcels that make up this retail space. She would also like clarification of the parking ordinance since she has heard that a certain number of parking spaces must be provided, or is it a percentage of parking that is required. Mr. Conway explained that the gross area of a bu.ilding can be reduced by 20% to allow for storage and the parking will be figured for 80% of the remaining. He presented a d.rawing showing the half mile radius and explained that this was not done by survey. The distance is measured from the intersecting point of I-480 and the centerline of the botlevard. If there is any discussion or disagreement about this, the developer could do a survey. This drawing shows that only a portion of this lot is within this half mile radius. Mrs. Doubler, secretary of the Board of Managers of the Association, reiterated what the president had said, that there had not been adequate time to discuss this. She is concerned about the additional traffic that will be brought into an already congested area by a superstore and wondered how this was going to impact Country Club Boulevard, Lorain Road, and Great Northem Boulevard. Mr. Tallon stated that they have not seen a traffic study, and the commission does not know what is going in there as yet. The commission could ask for a traffic study later. Mr. Barrow coufirmed that he still could not identify the store at this time. He believed that the hours of the superstore were the standard retail hours, 7 a.m. to 9 p.m., but it was not a 24 hour operation. Mrs. Doubler pointed out that 7:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. was not the normal retail hours in this center. Mr. Barrow disagreed pointing out that Home Center operates a 12 to 14 hour day and he thought Comp USA was 7 to 9 as well. Some of the audience believed that Comp USA opened at 10:00 a.m. and Mrs. Doubler stated that Marc's opened at 8:00 a.m. She is concerned about the 7:00 a.m opening and early morning deliveries. Mr. Barrow reiterated that they would abide by the ordinance, and this should not be an issue. Assistant Law Director Dubelko advised Mrs. Doubler that he did not have a copy of the noise ordinance with him, but there are criminal penalties, and he will look them up if they call hixn. If a person calls the Police Department at night and then notifies the Building Department during the day, and a city official determines that the ordinance has been violated, the person will be cited and prosecuted in Rocky River Municipal Court. Mrs. Doubler stated that a resident has called the police 10 times in 10 days reporting violations ofthe noise ord.inances and there has been no response. Mr. Conway advised that it would be best to follow up with a call to the Building Department. Mr. Dubelko stated that if there is a problem with coordination between the Police and Building Department, it could be followed up by the Safety Director who is the head of both departments. Mrs. Doubler wondered if it was their responsibility to 4