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CITY OF NORTH OLMSTED - B0ARD OF ZONING APPEALS • SPECIAL AIL-ETING HBLD A.T 'I'HE CITY HALL - APRIL 21, 1965 Meeting called to order at 7:40 p.mm Members present; Messrs. Klinite, Byers, Schmitt, Greene, Mrs. L-ian Also?present: Mro Gundy, Building Commissioner Others as listed under appellant 1'he secretary noted that the minutes of the lipril 7 meeting did not include Mrm Gundy among those present, and the minutes were accepted as corrected. le Appellant; Lewis Estates, Ince, 5581 R.idge Road, parma Heights, Ohio. Refo Request for variance (1133a13) to build an apartment project at permanent parcel #232-12-1 Lorain Road, with a proposed density of 21 suites per acre, in violation of Zoning Ordnance 62-33, Chapter 1157, which stipulates maximum apartment density of 18 suites pex acreo Mrm Klinite preceded the general discussion by saying that he had been informed by various City administratioxi officials that the apartment suite densgty per acre had been established in 1957 as fourteen, and revised in 1962 to eigliteen units per acre, based on maximum sanitary sewer capacity. , NIr. Areien Wright represented LettiTis Estatese Interested property owners present were Messrs. Hillenbrand, Gat-chel, Schultz, Lauer, Daniels and Cemanec, and Mrs. Froeli.cil and Nirs. Daniels. Mrs. Eian questioned the total number of acres involved, and Mro LVright said 5e75 acres had been allotted for apartment development, with one acre set aside for other uses, but that, if 6.75 total acres were considered, the apartment density would Ue approximately 19 per acres Mrs. Froelich opposed the request, saying she felt the one acre on Lorain P.oad not included in the apartment plans might overload the sewer system when something else is built on it. Mr. Gundy commented t:nat some other businesses, sucn as a bar or motel9 w:nich coulci be built on the property, might ?mpose a grea-ter burden on the sanitary sewers tnan the apartznent project, and that the city engineer might h ave to be consulted to ascertain maximum sewer capacity. Mr, itiright could not answer affirmatively whether the sanitary sewer system had been investigated to assure sufficient ca.pacity before nis Droject was pl annedo Mrm Frokasy9 Chairman of the City planning Commission, arrived at 8v06 p.me, atld said t:nat the coizcensus of his group vvas to deny the request for 21 units per acre, and tha1; the eiohteeri units allowable was based oti maximum sewer system capacity. uro Prokasy then left the meeting 'oriefly to telephone Councilman Foltz on the suUject, and returned to _ say that h`tr. Po1tz veriried the sanitary sewer capacity at eighteen uaaites per acre, based on the rloyd Brown survey in 1962m Mr. Daniels then voiced his oUjection to the requesto