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stormwater detention system used, the amount of greenspace, and if a filter system is required on the storm-sewer inlets it would require a perpetual maintenance program. Mr. Rymarczyk indicated there was a conflict in two of the drawings pages E101 and ElA as E101 shows an additional light on the exterior rear of the building and it is not shown on ElA. If in fact the light is to remain it should also be shown on the photometric plan. The front pole lights shown require a variance, however if a flat lens and full cutoff is used applicants would not require a variance. The roof top units shown are not screened and the applicant stated roof top units would not be visible from the right of way. Applicant's presentation: Mr. Morgan the Real Estate Manager for Gordon Food Service was present to address the proposal. Mr. Mor?an reviewed that Gordon Food Service had been in business for over 100 years and was the 4t largest food distributor in the United States and second largest in Canada. They mainly service Churches, Schools, Hospitals, Catering Halls and Banquet facilities with more than 30,000 accounts. 27 years ago the company started opening retail stores and currently has 115 retail stores across the United States. They do not have membership fees and are about the size of an Aldi's store and sell bulk foods like Sam's and Costco clubs. They are a low impact store and only 2 semi truck deliveries a week are made between 10:00 am & 12:00 and the trucks are parlced in the loading doclc for only 10 to 15 minutes. There are route trucks Monday, Wednesday, and Fridays which is a smaller truck about 25 feet long. There are daily deliveries such as bread, pop, ice cream trucks and are delivered through the front door. The placement of the new building was chosen to have the least amount of impact on the apartment complex as possible. They do not have a heavy traffic flow and as requested one of the curb-cuts was removed. During weekly peak hours in the p.m. there is on average 13 to 17 cars and on weekends there are 25 to 30 cars on average. Landscaping added is a row of 47 arborvitaes along the apartment border line planted 5 feet tall and grow to a 7 foot height within 2 years. There will be junipers planted around the ground sign and the site will include 3 maple trees. Sod will be used from the back of the building forward to Lorain Road and the rest of the grass area is to be hydro seeded and include an irrigation system throughout the lot. It is their intent to try to save the existing trees on the site however he noted that currently there were tree roots which are protruding through the asphalt drive along the rear which may become an issue during construction. The new development will have 20% less asphalt then what is currently there. There will be a segmental block, 2-foot high retaining wall which will run 210 feet along the east property line to buffer the apartment complex. There will be three courses above grade and one course below ground. Their intent is to level off some of the current grading as there will be shopping carts used. The sign package follows city codes as there will be a 25 square foot per side 6-foot high ground sign and one wall sign 4-foot high by 24-feet long. The November 4th engineer plan submitted clarifies that there would be 4 CC type lights on the building. The front pole lights would in fact have flat lights with full cutoffs per code. The HVAC units which will be atop the roof will not be visible from the right of way nor the second floor of the apartment complex. Mr. Spalding reviewed that he visited the Strongsville store which was a brick building with the red awning and the retaining wall was around most of the area. Mr. Morgan reviewed that the barrier wall and building was constructed to match the neighboring sites in Strongsville. There is also a cost factor at the current location not normally encountered at other sites such as a Geo study which showed the site is over bad fill which requires replacing 12-feet of fill dirt, demolition of existing building and replacing a failing underground retention system. The 2