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.. I ?7 will attract teenagers, and the residents did not want to be kept up all hours of the uight with the noise. Mrs. Wares, an Andrus Dr. resident noted she has almost been hit on several occasions coming across the driveway near Einstein Bagels. She pointed out the speed limit is twenty five miles an hour on Andrus but is rarely enforced. Mr. McKay, councilman, advised the curb cut on Andrus was originally put in for a Su.noco Service station, and since then there have been several changes. He noted there is only room for one car to make a left on Whitethorn out of Einstein Bagels and any other cars have to wait for the light to change before turning left. Mr. McKay explained if a drive-through is permitted for Duukin Donuts, it will further back up traffic on Dunkin Donuts and possibly cause customers from these to establishments to cut through the residential neighborhood. He agreed this is one of the most dangerous intersections in the ciiy of north olmsted. Ms. Grrimes added, since the interior seating will be reduced, this will cause more people to hang around the outside of the building during all hou.rs of the day and night. Mr. Brennan stated taking all comments into consideration he would recommend that this proposal be denied for the following reasons: the existing property is almost totally non-conforming, there is no loadiug zone, and the drive-through is not acceptable at all, T. Brennan moved to reject the request of Dunkin Donuts, 26963 Lorain Road, "a proposal to construct building addition with site improvements, landscaping and parking lot renovations and refer the proposal to the board of zoning appeaLs with the recommendation that they deny the variance requests. Mr. Brennan cited the following reasons for this rejection: the existing property is almost totally non-conforming, there is no loading zone, the drive- through area is not acceptable, and the developer is attempting to put a St. Bemard in a canary cage which is not good for the city of North Olmsted. The clerk announced that the next board of zoning appeals meeting will be held on March 26, 1998 at 7:30 P.M. if the developer chooses to pursue this proposaL The motion was seconded by K. O'Rourke and unanimously approved. Request denied. 4) Ascension Lutheran Church, 28081 Lorain Road Proposal to construct building addition. Mr. Mongello and Ms. Kopko, architects presented the proposaL Also present representing the church were Mr. Moyer and Mr. Dillon from the church presented the proposal. The proposal was for an addition to the existing school as well as a mixed use hall. Mr. Mongello advised he would not address phase III at this time but that is for an addition of a fellowship ha1L Ms. Kopko advised there is reciprocal parking with the neighboring property. She elaborated there is over 100 parking spaces next door which can be used. W. Mongello stated it would be rare to have all 100 spaces full. Some of the discussion was not audible as several people were talking at one time. Mr. Brennan noted only half the parking necessary is located on this property, the other half is on the neighboring property and their was nothing in writing permitting use of motor cars land for overflow parking. Assistant Law Director Dubelko advised a legal easement would be needed for this shared parking which would transfer to the new owner if the neighboring properiy is ever sold. Mrs. O'Rourke compared page 4(the existing floor plan) with page 5(the phased development plan) and noted suddenly the pews d.isappear on page 5. Mr. Moyer assured Mrs. O'Rourke the pews would remain intact. An unidentified resident noted there was a creek which separates this from Dorothy Drive. Mr. Brennan questioned if there was any problems with maintaining the ditch. City Engineer Deichmann explained historically this ditch has been a problem for the city to maintain as it is di.fficult to access. Mr. Brennan asked if it would be unfair for the planning