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lr CITY OF NORTH OLMSTED BOARD OF ZONING APPEALS SPECIAL MEETING MINUTES - JUNE 24, 1985 Chairman Remmel called the meeting to order at 7:30 p.m. Present: R. Bugala, R. Gomersall, E. Graves, J. Helon, and C. Remmel Also Present: Law Director M. Gareau, Building Commissioner E. Gundy, . Councilman Wilamosky, and Recording Secretary B. Oring. The Minutes-of June 12, 1985 will-be deferred until the next regular meeting. 1. Biskind Development Co., south side of Country Club Blvd. (between Victoria Plaza and I-480) Parcel "C". Request for.variance (1133.13). Request variance from_parking space re- quirements .(9' by 20' spaces required - 8'6" by 18' -requested) . Violation of Ord. 62-33, Section 1212,01 (A): Chairman Remmel called all interested parties before the Board. The oath was administered to R. Carlisle, representing Biskind Development Co. and W. Jackman, traffic consultant for the developer, who explained request to re- duce size of parking space to 8'6" by 18' (9' by 20' is required); aisle between spaces will conform; space saved will be reserved and landscaped so that if space_size is not satisfactory spaces can be enlarged. It would not be to the developer's interests-if- parking=-were difficult.-- If it were necessary to enlarge the pa?rking spaces, they_.would firSt enlarge them to 9'_ wide_and retain the L8' length,.__and_then later, if_deemed neces- sary, they would go to the conforming space of 9' by 20'. Chairman Remmel= advised that if variance is granted, they can go back to a conforming size without any approvals, however, if they want- to-use the 9' by 18' space, they would have to return to the Boarde It was stated that this request is only for the hotel and off ice building, not for any other of the Biskind properties or other buildings on this site. Mr. Jackman presented studies which stated that in the 1970's the average size car took up approximately 63% of the 9' by 20' space; today the average car is.taking up 47% of that space; and with the proposed smaller spaces, the average car would only be using 56% of the space. Some studies have recommended even smaller spaces. Stations wagons have been included in study; vans might be a problem, width of biggest van is 6'7", however vans have standard size front doors and rear doors are sliding. Mr. Bugala objected that even though cars are smaller, doors were larger and that the proposed spaces are too small and parkers fre- quently use two spaces now. He also questioned the total parking spaces required which was figured under the combined use for the hotel and office building, stating that he believed that hours of use would overlap for the two buildings. Mr. Jackman countered that car doors were not larger than they were,'the proportion of the door size to the car is larger. It would not be to-the developers advantage if the number of spaces were inadequate. h No precedent is being set since this is basically a test and variance would • be granted to this proposal only. Law Director Gareau stated that he had suggested-a.t the P-lanning Commission meeting -that land be reserved and that this parking area could be used as a test area for the smaller spaces before