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1 . _. <br />Heard by board of zouiug appeals Apri12, 1997. <br />Mr. Walser, represeuting Euteiprise, explained that they had an existing locatiou iu North Olmsted but <br />they needed a building that had more eaposure. He presented the plans for the renovation of the old <br />Jack's Auto Body Shop where they intend to pave the lot, add landscaping and a ground sign in front, <br />and refurbish the building with soine split face Ulock, an awning, and new window systems. He <br />presented a colored rendering aud explained that you would ouly see the fi•ont of the building from the <br />street siuce it is setUack Uetween other buildings. He presented a revised reudering of ground sign which <br />eliininated the "elbow". The piers of the sign will inatch the block of the building in a Silver 9600 split <br />face block. They will eliininate the telephoue number on the sign per the city ordinance. Tliere will be a <br />green awning wluch will Ue nou-illuininated and green trun on the building. The sign will be intemally <br />illuminated. Mr. Yager stated that it is a Uackgrouud building and solves a lot of problems that exist in <br />tlus location. He prefen•ed the oiigiual sign coucept to the second one, but he could accept either. He <br />had no problein with the building, and believed that the landscaping was the only real issue. The roof <br />top uuits will be screened, but N1r. Yager did not lcnow if that would be uecessary due to the setback <br />distance. Mr. Walser advised that he could put the uuits on the ground. Regai-ding the landscaping, Mr. <br />Zergott had seen these plans earlier, and Mr. Walser had chauged the plans accordiugly. Mr. Liggett is <br />concemed that tlus block might look like a bare concrete block building, and he would prefer that it be <br />wlute or a darker gray. Mr. Walser stated that wlute is closer to theu- colors. Mr. Yager had no problem <br />with the color and believed it would go with the beige ou the building next door. He thought that the <br />wlute clups would stand out aud it would uot look so gray. 1VIr. Liggett would like to see a lighter <br />building and noted that the board had suggested a different color on a previous proposal. He, too, <br />preferred the fu•st version of the sign siuce it is more dynamic. N1r. Walser stated that they changed the <br />sign so it would be up far enough to be uoticed, aud they would have to raise the piers above the 5 foot <br />limit. Building Cominissiouer Conway advised if the board approves the piers as au arclutectural <br />stateinent, not a sign, it would not be govemed by the 5 feet. Nfr. Yager stated that the piers could go a <br />course aud a half aUove the sigu. Iu reference to the laudscaping Mr. Zergott advised that he would like <br />the spirea moved fiom the Lorain Road side to the back and tie it in with the Hornbeau and then go in <br />with the Juuiper. T'he developer presented a colored reudering of the landscaping, but will present a <br />smaller .version for the file. T. Gallagher moved to approve Enterprise Rent-A-Car, formerly Jack's <br />Auto Body), 26980 Lorain Road with the stipulations that the sign will match tlie building, but the <br />phone number will be eliiuuiated; the building sign will be illuiniuated; the fabric avvning will not be <br />illuminated; the roof top uuits will be screened, the landscaping plan is approved as noted above; metal <br />halide lights are to be reflective to the property liues; the block ou the buildiug is to be Silver #600 or <br />lighter and the sign itself should not exceed 5 feet, but the piers could be field adjusted at one and a half <br />courses with a green cap and there will be a light over the eutrauce. The motion was seconded by T. <br />Liggett, and uuanimously approved. <br />2) Sunnyside Toyota, 26980 Loraiii Road <br />Proposal to coustruct two additious and reuovate exterior of building. <br />Referral to board of zoning appeals requu•ed for special pennit. <br />Heard by plauning couunission Apri18, 1997. <br />R. Matkaovich, arclutect, and 1VIr. Fiye, representiug Toyota, presented the plans and explained that <br />there have been a few inodificatious to tlus building froan what was submitted in 1995 when the Saturn <br />dealerslup was renovated. This new plan incoiporates the Toyota Desigu USA features. The exterior <br />material will be Dryvit in Toyota Wlute; the darker areas are Toyota Dark Gray; the remainder of the <br />building will be Toyota Light Cnay; the baud will be Toyota Red and the signage will be individually <br />3