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CITY OF NORTH OLMSTED BOARD OF ZONING APPEALS MINUTES - FEBRUARY 5, 1986 Chairman Remmel called the meeting to order at 7:40 p.m. Law Director Gareau administered the oath of office to Mr. Helon for his new term. Present: R. Bugala, R. Gomersall, E. Graves, J. Helon, and C. Remmel Also Present: Law Director Gareau, Councilwoman J. Saringer, Acting Building Commissioner D. Sanker, and Recording Secretary B. Oring Mr. Gomersall corrected the Minutes of January 2, 1986 to reflect that he was in attendance. R. Bugala moved to accept the Minutes of the January 2ndmeeting as amended, seconded by E. Graves, and unanimously approved. Space Age Industrial Desi,gn, 30817 Bradley Rd, 3 Referred to Boaxd of Zoning Appeals by virtue of Section 1193.03. Request 70' variance for 1.ocation,of building (side yard set back). Violation of Ord, 62r33, Section 1195.03, Request 30' variance from building to buffer. Viol.ati.on of Ord, 62',33, Section 1144,03, No record of structure existing in buffer ('Violation of Ord, 62-33, Section 1193.03). Continued from January 2, 1986. Cha.irman Remmel xequested that only one person speak for the zesidents of Timber Trails Subdi°vision and asked that only new thoughts on the proposal be presented. Mr. Hevelone, the spokesman, and'Mr. Hardy, owner of Space Age, came before the Board. Mr. Hevelone read a prepared statement (included in file) reiteratimg the neighbors' objections to the variances requested, and urging tlie Board to reject the request and uphold the ordinances as written since the intent of those ordinances are to protect and buffer the residential areas from the Industrial areas. They maintain that the qual- ity of their life and their property values will be adversly effected by this proposal, They also suggested that since this lot is less than the required 200 foot width, another variance should have been required (Sec- tion 1195.04). They advised the Board that according to the zoning map shown to them in the Engineering Department the zoning line runs through the property imrol?ved and some adjacent property and these lots are only partially Industrial, with a rear portion of them residential, thus in- creasing the encroachment. They pointed out that as far back as 1957;a:= City zoning-map shows a 501 buffer area around the perimeter of the Indus- trial Area, and this is a perimeter lot. They refuted statements made by tfie Board at the last meeting that they are newcomers to the neighbor- hood, and advised that,Mr, Havelone and Mr. Bonner (directly adjacent to this property) both contracted to purchase their homes prior to Mr. Hardey's purchase of hi:s property in August, 1984, and stated that Mr. Hardy should have been aware of the xestrictions required in the Industrial Area when tfiat property is adjacent to residential property. Most of the homeowners were aware of the proximity of the Industrial Area, but believed that the