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Mr. Elbin suggested that he understood the concerns of the abutting residents. They are the new owners and he feels that their maintenance level will be above what was there before. I3e indicated that he would take a closer look at the fence to make sure it was in good shape. He suggested that there were not pole lights, only wall safety packs, but he would look into toning down the wattage. He believes the truckers Mr. & Mrs. Vine is talking about truckers that are just using the site as a place to rest. Mr. Vine indicated that some of the truckers were just using the site, but that the delivery trucks were just as bad. Mr. Dubelko commented that he would like to make a couple of points from the Law Departments perspective. There is a new change in the code with respect to running truck engines subsequent to or after deliveries and the residents may want to talk to the building Department to review the codes. Mr. Conway suggested that the ordinance was not in effect when the building was occupied. Mr. Dubelko indicated that the code was in effect now and the Police can enforce it by siting the truckers. As far as the fence, there is a property maintenance code that stipulates the owner of the parcel is responsible to maintain the property. If the residents do not think the owners are maintaining the site a complaint should be filed with the Building Department. The lighting complaints about the retail and commerciai properties have come from many residents around North Olmsted and there is currently legislation before Council pertaining to lighting issues. Mr. Tallon was instrumental in pushing for this iegislation for many years and has been pretty much responsible for bring about the way the ordinance is written. Mr. Dubelko encouraged all the residents to keep in contact with the Building Department to help enforce the new ordinances. It is to be hoped that there will not be any problems with the new owners, but if you. do please make the Building Department aware of them as they can enforce the new ordinances. Mr. Elbin suggested that the hours of operation would be from 9:00am to 9:00pm. Mrs. Egan commented that she wanted to assure the residents that Babies "R" Us did not want to cause any type of disruption to the community. She is not sure what the hours of deliveries would be for this site as it was not up and running yet. Trucks will not be left running over niaht and deliveries are only made during the store's business hours. 1VIrs. lEgan encouraged 1V1r. & Mrs. Vine to let the store manager know it there is a problem with the trucks and they would address the issue. Nlrs. Vine indicated that she has dealt with store managers in the past and found that the store managers were not in a position to deal with the problem. She suggested that she has contacted the owners of the businesses as well as the transpiration IDepartment in the past and nothing was done. Mrs. Egan indicated that Babies "R" Us has their own trucking Department, trucks and ti-uck drivers, so there should be no problems with the trucks. Babies "R" Us have no intentions to disturb the residents. Mr. Elbin indicated that the owners would be glad to work with the City, by posting signs or copies of the ordinance to help make the truckers more aware. Mrs. Egan suggested she felt that once the business was in operation she did not feel the trucks would park over night in the area anymore. Mr. Asseff suggested that truckers would do what ever they want so the owners will need to be steadfast concerning what the truckers are allowed to do. Mr. Tallon commented that he was going to strongly suggest that the developer use a soundboard type material made for residential areas around the loading docks, which should help buffer the noise from the residents. The developer can see a sample of the material on Center Ridge Road at the new RTA turnaround. No further comments were made. R. Tallon motion to send 17evelopers Diversified (Babies "R" Us) of 26520 Lorain Avenue to the Architectural Review Board. The side of the truck dock should have some type of sound 8