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Y .. ! .1 PLANNING COMMISSION JUNE 26, 1984 PAGE 3 the Retail Business zoning line is.now 173' off Lorain Rd. and if zoning were approved the line would be 220' (zoning line is generally 500' off Lorain Rd). Mr. Burns pointed out that the vacant lot does not meet minimum area and frontage requirements for General Retail requirements. Property would have to be assembled with restaurant property. Mr. Gorr-is is concerned since once property is rezoned, it can then .be used for any permitted use, and future development could not be controlled as long as parking conforms to code. Assistant Law Director Dubei,ko stated that in his opinion, a variance could not be.granted to use'property only for parking, and that the property would have to be rezoned. Mr. Morgan stated that Commission has always tried to maintain the balance between commercial and residential pro- perty and that he, personally, resists the encroachment of commercial property into residential areas.-. Mr. Georgolis stated that:this .vacant property cannot be developed as it is now and this is not de- sirable since it is overgrown and attracts rats. Mr. Suhayda stated that the property is boxed in by General Retail property and cannot be developed residentially. T. Morgan moved that the rezoning request of _ parcel 232-28-25 located on the east side of Silverdale Road near Lo- rain Road to rezone the property from B-Residence, Single, to Retail Business, General, be denied, seconded by B. Gorris. Roll call oir motion: Morgan, Gorris, Wxited, Brown, Aye. Burns and Traczyk, Nay. Motion to deny passed. Mr. Georgolis was advised that he could now apply to the City Council to request rezoning after the denial by Planning _Commission. Regarding question brought up at last meeting, Assistant City Engi- neer D. McDermott reported that he had contacted Pheasants Walk engineers, and that they are aware that the General Retail property must be r.ezoned to Residential before f inal.Engineering Department approval can be given. V. COMM[JNICATIONS: No items VI. NEW BUSINESS: Planning Commission will discuss vacation at next meeting. VII. OLD BUSINESS: Mr. McDermott presented the City Complex Landscape plans as requested by the Commission on June 12th. Mr. Gorris believes that these are more recent plans than those reviewed by Planning Commission prior to con- struction. He thinks that there was some type of brick wall to obscure the Service Department vehicles from the residential area on Dover Center Road. Mr. Gorris stated that he thinks that the City Administration Com- plex looks deplorable, especially the view of the service equipment from Dover Center Rd. He thinks that to put a facility that looks like that - in the middle of a residential area, while they (the City) send every- body else to the Architectural Board of Review is ridiculous. Mr. Morgan stated that he agrees, but the landscaping isn't completed, and there