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t PLANNING & DESIGN COMMISSION CITY OF NORTH OLMSTED MINUTES OF JULY 2512012 ROLL CALL Mr. Malone called the meeting to order at 7:00 p.m. in Council Chambers and led the Pledge of Allegiance. Present: Greg Malone, Robert Parry, Ralph Bohlmann, Julie Nader, Mark Mahoney Absent: Melissa Meredith, Don Rerko Staff: Planning & Development Director Kimberly Wenger, Assistant Law Director Bryan O'Malley, City Engineer Pietro DiFranco, Assistant Building Commissioner James McReynolds, Clerlc of Commissions Donna Rote REVIEW AND CORRECTION OF MINUTES Mr. Malone moved, seconded by 1VIr. Mahoney, to approve the Planning and Design Commission minutes of July 11, 2012, which passed 4-0 with Mr. Bohlmann abstaining. OLD BUSINESS CMS12-18: St. Richard Churchq 26855 Lorain Road Representatives: Maryellen Staab, Catholic Charities Housing Coip; Father Charles Stollenwerlc, St Richard Church; Michael Cappabianca, St Richard School Ms. Wenger said site changes include a reduction and reorientation of parking fields and adding an additional fiill access curb cut onto Country Club Boulevard. Relocating parlcing lot lights are shown which requires a photometric plan be submitted for approval. To calculate required parking spaces for places of worship, city code requires one parking space per 2.5 seats in the asseinbly room. The occupancy permit was used to calculate required parking and shows a inaximum capacity of 984 seats. For a church capacity of 984, 394 spaces are required and 238 are shown, which requires a variance for 156 parlcing spaces. When the addition was constructed, the applicant was approved to have a combination of actual parking and landbanked parlcing therefore variances were not required. The landbanked parlcing area is part of the firture senior hottsing site therefore it cannot be ttsed towards the churches required parking. Although the variance seems large on paper only 64 actual parking spaces will be eliminated. In researching what an appropriate parking standard for church uses should be she used a reference boolc by the American Plaiuiing Association, which provided a survey of standards for parlcing used in communities across the country. The standaras for churches range from 1 space per 3 seats to 1 space per 10 seats, with the inost coinmon standard being 1 space per 4-5 seats and St. Richard is proposing 1 space per 4.13 persons. She supports the parlcing as shown as the City's code appears to be restrictive and the landbanlced parking has never been needed. Mr. McReynolds said he met with Fire Chief Klecan who had no objections to the proposed fire lanes. He requested a few of the west parking spaces be marked restricted parlcing during school hours which the applicant shows. He noted the split would create a nonconforming lot. Mr. 0'Malley said that although the church would not require a variance for non-conformance it is