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,. _. and this location was chosen because of the easy access from western suburbs. Mr. Tallon noted there are only about twenty-four spaces on the residential land and wondered if the spaces could be "eliminated. He clarified there would be about 125 spaces left over. Mr. Vodanoff advised the parking is set up at ten foot by eighteen increments,, and he did not have a problem with the suggestion but asked the building commissioner if there would be enough parking to meet zoning. Mr. Conway advised 169 spaces are needed, but if the spaces are reduced to nine it would meet the parking count. Mr. Tallon suggested doing whatever it takes to keep the residentialland green such as landbanked parking. Mr. Vodanoff agreed to look into this suggestion and mentioned using a certain type of block called grass green, that would allow the grass to grow through and wondered if that would be acceptable. Mr. Conway noted that was suggested in a couple places, but he was unsure if anyone ever followed through with the suggestion. Mr. Brennan questioned what the church hall would be used every day of the week for such things as Bingo etc. Mr. Kozinski confirmed the church hall would be availabTe for rental only and will most likely be utilized on weekends and Fridays. Chairman Tallon opened up discussion for audience participation. Councilmau Nashar noted an explanation wasn't made for the structure of the building. Mr. Tallon advised this is for conditional use only as the building will have to come back t.a later date. There were no further questions. R. Tallon moved to grant St. Clement Macedonian Church; 31134 Lorain Road their request for conditional use permit to operate a church in a general retail district. The motion was seconded by T. Brennan and unauimously approved. This request for conditional use permit is subject to council approval and will be heard by the B.Z.D. committee of council on Apri120, 1998 at 6:30 P.M. E) Auto Body Services Inc., 28415 Lorain Road . Request condirional use permit to operate an Auto Repair facility in a general retail clistrict. Mr. 1Vi'ills, attorney, presented the proposal and noted there is a revised version which has been reduced somewhat. He provided the audience members with a copy of this revised version. Mr. Kovacek, the owner, would like to create a state of the art auto repair facility. Mr. Mills advised mounding and trees will be implemented to provide a shield for neighboring properties. He noted prior to 1991 a conditional use permit would not have been required for this type of facility. Mr. Brennan questioned what will be done to buffer the residents from the vehicles as well as the noise from this type of operation. Mr. Mills explained there will be an area to the rear of the shop where the cars waiting to be worked on will be parked. Most of the cars at any given time will be housed within the building. Mr. Mills noted cars will not be permitted after hours and any such vehicles will be required to be held at an impound lot until regular business hours. He agreed there would be noise associated with this type of operation however this type of business is far more regulated than in the past. Mr. Tallon stated when the building proposal returns, he would like to discuss this in more detail, however, in the past the commission has required body shops to fence in the area where the wrecked vehicles will be stored. Mr. Mills had no problem accommodating this suggestion. Mr. Tallon explained the acoustics to the rear of the building should be increased to prevent the noise from getting out, therefore access to the building from the rear should be restricted. He also encouraged the developer to have some mounding to buffer the residential area. Mr. Mills advised they are working on three foot mounding with six foot trees. Mr. Tallon opened up the cliscussion for audience participation. Councilman Nashar noted the representative mentioned state of the art painting, and he wondered how the air and noise pollution will be controlled. He requested that the mounding be increased to five feet with the trees and board on board fencing to minimi?e the fumes. Mr. Tallon advised this can be addressed when the developer comes back with more detailed plaus as this meeting is sinnply for the conditional use-permit. Ms. Huska had concerns about this proposal compounding the existing conditions including: noise from the streets; flooding in this area; noise/air pollution from the existing businesses, etc. She did not believe this is the appropriate place for such a business