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residential land rezoned to something else. He indicated that the board was probably tired of seeing him before them addressing rezoning of residential land, but as long as he was in Council he would continue to speak out against rezoning residential land. Mr. Turbrack, General Manager for the North Olmsted Bus line commented that they support RTA's positiori and the Cities position to rezone this site. There is currently a problem at the Great Northern parking lot as there is an average of 120 cars parked in a 72-car parking lot. The overIlow has been going into Chi Chi's and CompUSA parking lot. The number of riders continue to grow and a lot of the riders are residents of North Olmsted, they are not all coming from Lorain County. The RTA proposal to put in about 400 parking spaces, the City Bus line is very much in favor of. He feels that RTA will meet the needs of the residents that are adjacent to the site. Ms. Feke indicated earlier that the drawing that was shown tonight is a preliminary drawing. T.he proposed area is the best location for the park and ride. The drawings are not final; if the ordinances are passed by Council RTA will have to return before the Commission with a finalized drawing for approval. VIr. Bohlmann reminded the Planning Commission that the issue before the board was ordinance 99-139 and 99-140 not the approval of the parlc and ride. Mr. Bohlmann indicated that if RTA proceeds they will have to submit plans and go before the Planning Commission for approval. He further questioned if he was correct in saying that when the RTA submits site plans to the Planning Commission if they don't like it they have the right to turn it down. Mr. Tallon responded ` that is correct". Mr. Brennan suggested tabling the ordinances, as there was not a full quorum. Mr. Dubelko indicated that he would like to clarify the dialog that has been going back and forth between the Chairman and the Service Director. If and when this property.would be rezoned to the public facility overlay district, that would permit the uses in that Overlay District. It is not accurate to say that if the Planning Commission doesn't like it they can turn it. down. The Commission should understand that, if the rezoning occurs, then the proposed Park- n-Ride facility will be a permitted use. If the Plannino, Commission determines the Facility complies to the codes and it doesn't have those adverse effects that the zoning code talks about then the Planning Corrunission would have to approve the-.proposal. Mr. Tallon questioned if the audience understood what the Assistant Law Director was saying. A few residents from the audience commented that they didn't understand what was said. Mr. Tallon asked Mr. Dubelko to further explain what he was saying. Mr. Dubelko responded that he wanted everyone on the Commission to understand that if the Planning Commission recommends the rezoning of this property into the overlay district and Council approves, it is in fact rezoned. The park and ride would then be a permitted use on that land and the City could not subsequently while it is zoned in that classification turn down the proposal use. It can be turned down if it didn't meet the requirements of that district and could also be turned down under chapter 1126 of the code which has additional requirements over and above what each separate zoning district requires. It requires Planning Commission to look at each specific proposal and determine if it adversely impact upon residences and other properties in the areas of aesthetics and safety. The Planning Commission's duty when a proposal comes through is, if the land is properly zoned, to look at the proposal and if the Planning Commission finds that there is adverse impacts then the Planning Commission is responsible to recommend changes to the plan to eliminate those impacts to the extent practicable. If the Planning Commission finds that a proposal meets the basics of the code and doesn't have the adverse impacts that are talked about in chapter 1126, then the Planning Corrunission's responsibility is to recommend favorably to Council. Ms. Metter indicated that she feels that this is a governmental method to do what they want to do with the property by this 10