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PLANNING COMMISSION OCTOBER 12, 1982 PAGE 3 Mayor Swietyniowski and R. Mongello, Architect, presented the re- vised site plan explaining.that there were two plans, one with a 47' front landscaped area and an alternate plan with a 27' land- scaped area. The latter must be used if a fire lane in front of the building is required by the Fire Department. The Mayor will be discussing this with the Fire Department on.Thursday. The southern property line will be landscaped with twenty-eight 6' to 8' pine trees to screen Butternut Ridge properties from the Service yard. Neighborsviewedthe plans and they questioned why they had not been notified earlier. They had many objections: the front parking on a residential street; the serviee yard which abuts res- idential property and which they claim will be unsightly, service vehicles using Dover Center Rd;tl the size of the service yard which is much larger than the existing service yard in North Olmsted Park. They.believe that the service yard should be re- duced in order to have a larger buffer area (at least 20') on the rear propertyline. They questioned why afire lane would be re- quired when the'seven story Community Building has none. Service Director J. Corrigan stated that unless there was an emergency, the service trucks would not use the Dover Center Road entrance and in order to provide services necessary,. the service area as planned was not over-sized. At some time in the f uture, he would like to see the bus facility moved to another location in order to keep all the service vehicle storage inside. Mayor Swietyniowski stated that the existing 6' stockade fence at the City's rear property line was set in 5' so that the abutting property owners already had a 5' buffer. Council Members Petrigac and Bierman were in favor of an enlarged buffer strip or a brick wall in place of the fence. Mayor Swietyniowski suggested that the buffer strip could be added after the complex was in use, at which time it could be determined if it were necessary. Assistant Law Dir- ector Dubelko advised the Commission that the City is not bound by the Zoning Codes and the.City-Charter empowers the Planning Commission only to approve the appropriate use of the land,.not the specific details of the building on City properties. Mayor - Seietyniowski that the City will take into consideration any rec- ommendations of the Planning Commission. After some discussion, the Commission agreed an additional 5' buffer strip should be in- cluded along the rear property line and that 2 parking spaces could be eliminated and landscaped to provide some screening from Dover Center Rd. T. Morgan moved that the landscape plans for the proposed administration building, service garage, bus garage complex as presented this evening (plans as per September 14, 1982 revision which shows a 47' landscaped set back from Dover Center Road) be approved. In addition, a 5' buffer strip will be in- cluded with appropriate plantings to provide a noise and site buffer along the entire southerly property line. This buffer strip will, in effect be actually 10°; since the existing fence is 5' from the city property line. The architect is to take into account the existing foliage (trees, etc) on the adjacent property and add similar type landscaping on the buffer strip. This 5' buffer zone will start at the south line of the parking