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Asst. Law Director O'Malley advised the Commission that they play a different role from the <br />BZA and should look at the total scope of the plan. <br />Carl Halleen came forward and Chairman Koeth asked him how we can eliminate the variances <br />needed. Mr. Halleen said he does not think they can. He said it is a small piece of property and <br />any other establishment that goes in there would create more traffic than they would. The area in <br />the back is landlocked and cannot be used for anything. <br />The Commission felt an access on Dewey Road is not necessaxy. Mr. Halleen indicated that it is <br />for his employees to use, as well as to move vehicles around the lot. Mr. Spalding suggested <br />using the existing lot to move his vehicles internally, rather than a residential street. To clarify, <br />Mr. Halleen informed the Commission that Dewey Road will not be used for moving inventory <br />around, but only occasionally by employees or customers test driving. Ms. Hoff-Smith said as <br />long as the access is there, it will be used, and they do not need an access to a residential street. <br />Mr. Bohlmann agreed. He further said truck traffic will not use Dewey Road. Mr. O'Malley <br />wants the Commission to realize that there is nothing to prohibit a truck from using Dewey <br />Road. Mr. Halleen said a no truck sign could be posted. <br />The Commission said that the way the plan is laid out, it shows lines in all directions and does <br />not give a clear direction of how traffic will be circulated on the site. Mr. Halleen said storage of <br />cars can be any direction. The display will be a continuation of Halleen Chevrolet and will be <br />continued all the way down to Dewey Road. The remainder of the lot is for storage. <br />Chairman Koeth said that current plans were insufficient. Improved plans should show <br />landscaping, how the parlcing will be laid out as well as how storage areas of cars will be <br />arranged. Mr. Durbin said that if these parcels are not consolidated, setbacks from the properiy <br />line may result in more variances. Mr. O'Malley advised the Commission that there may not be <br />enough time for the applicant to comply with these suggestions and modifications before he is to <br />go before Board of Zoning Appeals. Chairman Koeth informed Mr. Halleen that this plan is not <br />adequate for approval to the BZA. The applicant stated he wants to be forwarded to BZA <br />anyways. He said if he does not get the variances and approval to use the land, he will not spend <br />his money and the site can stay as it is. The Commission had general discussion of the variances <br />being requested. <br />Regarding the use variance, Ms. Wenger said that the piece of land is one of four parcels that <br />were consolidated into the current Halleen Chevrolet. It has not been developed and is zoned <br />residential, however, it was split from the parcel that fronted East Park Dr. Years ago, the <br />Planning Commission permitted a consolidation of two separately zoned pieces of property. <br />The residential portion is landlocked and may not be appropriate for residential development. <br />However, minimally, the commercial standards for buffering and setbaclc have not been met. If <br />it is used for commercial, then it should be held to the same standard. <br />Regarding the 13 foot variance for parking setback along Lorain Road, Ms. Wenger said they do <br />have a 7' grass strip frontage off Lorain Road and it would be a continuation rather than having <br />an odd-looking streetscape by changing a grass area to pavement. This is a reasonable request.