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Mr. Martindale reviewed the length of time he and his wife resided in their North Olmsted home <br />and the age of the home. He reviewed that throughout the .time he had lived on Butternut Ridge <br />Road he has witnessed the city continuously breaking their promises that the historical district <br />would be preserved. The district now has Moen Headquarters, apartments by the cemetery, I- <br />480 and 252. Now the city is jamming a development in the district and spot zoning the site to <br />make it fit. He said the owner of the site was already voted down once for this type of <br />development and it should be voted down again. Mr. Mierzejewski said that the development <br />wrapped around the back side of his property. He is concerned that the retention basin will <br />create flooding and erosion problems. The culvert under Columbia Road is already eroding at <br />the headwall which the city is dealing with any additional water into the creek will affect his lot. <br />He questioned how the residents of the proposed site would be kept of their abutting lands. The <br />city code regarding open space calculations, to meet open space areas such as the creek and <br />ravine can not be considered as greenspace. He also did not feel the front open green space <br />should be counted as a home could not be built in the space. Mr. Lasko read aloud a letter from <br />Mr. Childs requesting the development be denied. The letter from Paula (Childs) Ziebarth, P.E. <br />voiced her concerns the land use proposed and concerned with drainage of the site and believes <br />rezoning the site would be a detriment to the city. They request the land if developed be <br />developed as currently zoned. Mr. Gorris reviewed his time with the planning commission in <br />1991 when cluster family units were first introduced. He questioned what the city would get out <br />of the development and thought it should be developed as a single family home. Mr. Sharp a 30 <br />year resident of Butternut felt that some of the commissioners were for the development without <br />hearing from the residents. They have worked hard keeping the commercial development from <br />reaching south of I-480. The development will increase the already busy traffic and the residents <br />will lose their front yards if the lanes are enlarged. If the commission is going to spot zone then <br />just rezone the entire street so everyone can sell to developers. Ms. Toth voiced a concern that <br />her driveway was being intersected by the entrance to the development. She questioned if there <br />isn't a setback from her property that the site would need to maintain. She requested assurances <br />that during construction there would be no vehicles parked along the side of her home as well as <br />assurances that no lot would be left vacant prior to receiving final approval to ensure the land is <br />not cleared and left vacant. Ms. Mullin said she moved into the historic district as she believed <br />that it would remain historic and believed that her property lines as shown were not accurate. <br />Mr. O'Malley advised he would research the distance required for the street entrance. Mr. Steed <br />said the sanitary sewers were not addressed much and south of the creek the homes are on septic <br />tanks. The County has a moratorium that after January owners can no longer install septic <br />systems in new homes so how can the development include septic systems. He questioned if the <br />master plan addressed the homes along 252 receiving sanitary sewer lines. The city should take <br />the opportunity to run the sanitary sewer lines south of the development along the golf course. <br />Mr. Champa passed out a drawing and said that the two lines from the creek are supposed to run <br />the water under the sewer line to the catch basin but it is really flowing into the surrounding <br />ground and eroding the soil throughout the area as it seeps through the sandstone wall. The <br />sanitary is surcharging and under pressure which he believes a 100 foot section of the line is only <br />1%z feet from the grade surface so there is not enough soil supporting it. Adding 29 homes to the <br />already taxed system the sewer line will surly fail and the city needs to ensure that the <br />development will not have a catastrophic affect on the overtaxed system. Councilman Orlowski <br />said the city should have someone look at the integrity of the sanitary and storm lines. The <br />11