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1. Remove the striping from the northeast corner and will not be shown as a parking space. 2. Substitute the red maple with the Callery Pear tree of the same size on the eastern side of the parcel towards the southeast corner; extend the planting bed on the west side to buffer the propane storage. 3. Add stone coping to the dumpster enclosure 4. Add a double step out of EIFS at the top of the north elevation totaling eight inches. 5. There will be no outdoor display or sales to the public; the west side will be storage; 6. 12emove the man door and sidewalk from the east side of the building and adjust landscaping plan proportionately. The motion was approvecl 6-0. COMS08-0003: T-Mobile; 29708 Lorain Road (Ward 1) Proposal consists of the installation of a telecommunications tower. Note: A Conditional Use Permit is required. A variance is required. Note: PDC tabled 02/27/08. Ms. Wenger reported that the proposal consists of constructing a new cell tower and associated site improvements for T-Mobile. Cell towers are permitted as a conditional use in the WTFO subject to the requirements of 1151.04(b), and so long the base zoning is General Retail Business, Industrial or Mixed Use. Therefore, the residential portion of the property must be rezoned to General Retail Business. Furthermore, this property must be added to the City's Wireless Telecommunications Facilities Overlay District. At T-Mobile's last appearance, the Commission made a positive recommendation on the rezoning and inclusion of the parcel in the WTFO, as well as the variance request. The remaining tasks before the Commission are to review and make recommendation on the development proposal and review the standards and make recommendation to City Council on the conditional use permit. The standards related to the conditional use permit are outlined in 1118.03. The Commission has several recommendations for changes to the development plans and additional information, including explore enhancing the front landscaping, revise the landscape plans to space evergreens twelve foot on center, submit a perspective of the tower including future extension, eliminate the use of propane tank by using diesel generator, and eliminate the proposed bollards. The applicant has submitted perspectives showing the visual impact of the tower and has revised development plans to eliminate bollards, replace the propane tank with a diesel generator, revise the spacing of the evergreens around the compound, and add landscaping to the front yard of the property. A letter submitted by the Metroparks will be attached to the minutes. Mr. Conway said that the new landscaping is not shown to be landscaping. Also, the Commission needs to determine if the landscaping around the shelter constitutes a dense buffer, as required by code. Mr. Collins said that his memo regarding T Mobile from February 28, 2008 still holds. Mr. O'Malley reviewed federal law and local requirements related to cell towers. General retail permits such towers with a conditional use permit, which the property would become upon