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4- Mr. Waldo said the existing building will be demolished and replaced with a convenience store. There will be cross access agreement with the neighboring property owner to be submitted once finalized. Building placement is due to regulations pertaining to distances from emergency stop buttons and line of sight of the pumps. The landscaping plan was designed to add green space along roadways and will be used to soften the building design. The north side will included picnic tables and a bilce raclc as well as decorative lights. Lighting will match existing lights throughout the center and be 30 ft tall. They will meet ODOT standards when replacing the existing curb cuts. The existing fuel station will have the existing kioslc removed and in its place will be a covered drive aisle to access the stores parking. There will be 18 parking spaces added to the development. The building design layout is for possible future expansion of the building. The northern corner of the existing parking lot will house the dumpster enclosure. They would like to have the new store open by early summer of 2012. Mr. Malone said plant selection and placement of beds is good. He recommends the bed south of the building which has arborvitaes and little bunny fountain grass include knockout roses and Stella D'Oro Daylilies also. Regarding sizing of plants Rheingold American Arborvitae is to be 3 gal, Knockout Roses 2 gal, Sea Green Juniper 2 gal, Crabapple and Red Sunset Maple trees to be 2 Y2 inch caliper, and Spruce trees 8 ft. Daylilies should be Stella D'Oro. The two landscape beds which have crabapples in them should have staggered junipers to fill in lilce a groundcover rather than a border. Mr. Waldo agreed to make the landscape changes suggested. Mr. Parry said the circulation pattern seemed confusing and involved too many stops. He asked if thought was given to adding pumps in lieu of the drive-thru which seemed to create circulation issues. Mr. Waldo said the site will have painted traffic controls to help circulation. Mr. Parry said the south and east elevations face a prominent corner and what is proposed is the least aesthetically pleasing elevations of the building. He asked why the building wasn't moved north and if expanded, have it be to the south so the transformer and back of building are not facing Lorain Road. Mr. Waldo said utilities would have to be moved north and the interior design of the building did not lend itself to accommodate a mechanical/electrical room to the north. Mr. Parry felt a large brick would be more appealing than the split-face block. Mr. Peepers said he was concerned for the appearance of the south elevation as well. He asked how deliveries would be handled. Mr. Waldo said most deliveries are via hand-truck to the front of the store done off hours and box trucks would parlc within the parking area. He said there would be no outdoor storage at the location and bulk materials would be housed within the dumpster enclosure. Mr. Malone asked if the south and east elevations would be mounded to soften the building exposure and Mr. Waldo said the possible future expansion would be to the north and east which is why the landscaping along the east is limited. A brief discussion ensued pertaining to access and traffic control and Mr. O'Malley said the commission could require the applicant as part of approval to implement the city engineer's recommendations. Mr. Waldo said the variance for lighting will be withdrawn and a new photometric plan submitted which meets code. Mr. Parry is against a front setback variance for a concrete block building which places its mechanical/electrical fagade and transformer in such a prominent location. Mr. Hoelter is concerned that the new store would result in Giant Eagle becoming a superstore according to code. He asked if variances were required for signage and if fuel trucks were allowed to exit onto Dover Center Road and Ms. Wenger said signage does not require variances 2