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acreage required to build a restaurant. If this ordinance is passed it will allow a restaurant to build on the small lot which abuts residents. She questioned why notices were not sent to residents which would be affected by the ordinance. She believes that if the ordinance is approved her mother would become the first person affected by its approval as Dunkin Doughnuts could then build on the lot. Allowing a restaurant on the lot which abuts her mothers land based on how their food is cooked is preposterous. The traffic issues in the area would also be intensified although the road was just widened. This ordinance would be a slap in the face to the residential residents which abut these small lots. She voiced that she as well as other residents of North Olmsted who have left are disgusted the way Lorain Road has developed and its current appearance. She is disappointed in the direction that the city is going in. She believes that other communities have better ordinances and restrictions. She believes that the goals of the city should be geared to what is best for the residents not the developers. Ms. Bowman who also abuts the small lot on Clague Road voiced that the residents feel very restricted by the lack of say as to how these types of ordinances affect them personally. Residents who abut the commercial district should be taken into consideration. She believed that once a doughnut shop is built on a small parcel the city would be ill prepared to regulate how they prepare their food or know if they make changes once they are in the building. She believed that drive-through windows should be looked at case by case. R. Koeth moved to recommend to Council that the wording of 1115.02 (968) read Restaurant - Limited Service instead of Sandwich Shop. T. Hreha seconded the motion which vvas unanimously approved. J. Lasko moved to recommend to Council that 1139.06 the designation of Restaurant - Limited Service would be subject to the requirement of "all uses" general retail business requirements pertaining to lot area and wiclth. W. Spalding seconded the motion which was unanimously approved. An audience member questioned if the board was going to make recommendations regarding using the method of cooking for a definition as he did not believe anyone else used that method. He suggested that the Health Department did not have definitions like that. Mr. Yager advised that as an architect he knows that the State Building Boards are separate from County Health Departments and they use heating methods as definitions, even if the City didn't. Mrs. Hoff-Smith was uncomfortable using heating methods to define definitions she felt the definition could be more detailed. Mr. Lasko believed that an applicant would first look up the definition of restaurant using paragraph 66 & 67 then paragraph 68 builds upon what is included in paragraph 66 & 67 and says if they are doing everything under 66 & 67 but frying, griddling or broiling and the building will be less than 2500 square feet then your development falls under definition 68. J. Lasko anoved to recommend to Council that the definition "Restaurant - Limited Service also include as part of its definitional requirements under paragraph (68) does not fry, broil or griddle any of its menu items on site, and whose gross floor area does not exceed 2500 square feet and does not include a drive-through for motor vehicles. R. Koeth seconded the rnotion, roll call on the motion; J. Lasko, S. Hoff Smith, T. Hreha, W. Spalding and R. Koeth -No; M. Yager - Yes. Motion Faaled. Mrs. Hoff-Smith voiced that she is not comfortable using frying, broiling and griddling as a definition and she is against drive- through-windows being permitted. Planning Director Wenger advised the audience that the Commission's recommendations would now go back to BZD Committee of Council. If residents wanted to be notified they would need to notify the Clerk of Council. 4