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r' abuts Lorain road will house a 4,500 square foot building. Mr. Fisher submitted new plans that had a detailed landscaped plan to each of the commissioners. Mrs. O'Rourke questioned what the front building would house. Mr. Fisher indicated that the building will meet all the requirements of the city Codes and it is within the 25 % building coverage. The Code requires 352 parking spaces and they have 356 parking spaces. To answer Mrs. O'Rourke's question there is no users at this time for either addition. The tenants will be family type users compatible with Babies R Us. Mr. Hreha suggested that the owners pay closer attention to their back yard along the fence. When he was at the site earlier in the day there was trash along the fence and a few of the fence areas need to be addressed. Mr. Fisher indicated that the new building would be on the east side of the existing building and Mr. Hough takes a lot of pride in the property that he is involved with and will address it quickly. Mr. Spalding indicated that he too was at the site and when Babies are us came before this board for approval one of the concerns of the neighbors was the condition of the fence itself. Some of the boards have been replaced but an entire section of fence was laying against a tree. At the west side of the site a portion of the fence was missing. The fence did not impress him at all and a new fence is in order. Mr. Spalding is not sure who planted the plants but some of them have died or just not, there as there are big gaps between the plants. The fence is very weak and if he was one of the neighbors, he would be very upset with the condition of the fence. Mr. Fisher suggested that the fence was board on board and erected by Best Products. The plants have obviously matured and for all accounts appropriate in terms of screening, that separates the commercial sites from the abutting residential neighborhood. Obviously, they will repair the fence where it needs it. The amount of space between the ground and the boards should be addressed. There will be additional plants as indicated on the plans. Mr. Spalding strongly recommended replacing the entire fence. Mr. Ports indicated that they would replace the damaged portions of the fence, but they would have to study the quality of landscaping on the resident's side of the fence before the fence is replaced. Past practice has shown us replacing the entire fence can damage existing landscaping. They will take care of the leaning fences. Mr. Spalding again recommended a new fence be put in place. The last time Babies R Us was before, this board the fence was a condition of the approval, and it is still in bad shape. Mr. Tallon believed that the property directly behind the fence belonged to developers diversified. Mr. Ports questioned if the board wanted the fence replaced with another board on board fence. Mr. Tallon indicated yes and asked for additional landscaping, as the land right behind the fence is their property. Mr. Hough suggested that children were destroying the fence and using the area as a cut through to the mall. Mr. Spalding remarked that the fence is too old and needs to be replaced. Mr. Covell from Leanders Lane indicated that he lived behind the Babies R Us store. When he moved in three years ago the fence was down and Best products were gone. He fixed the section of fence that was along his property. The fence has been taken apart by the high school kids, for a cut through to the Mall. Replacing the fence is good and landscaping is good. He is more concerned about the BFI trucks picking up the dumpster at 4:30am in the morning. His two (2) and four (4) year old children were constantly being woken up in the middle of the night. The sub-contractors would then start work at the crack of dawn and work until after 9:30pm. The children were awakened to jackhammering at 7:00am. Will there be someone for of the residents to-talk to when BFI is there at 4:00am in the morning. He is more concerned with the construction noise at dawn and the late night noises than the fence. Mr. Conway indicated that there were specific hours that work can be done. The workers have to have a special permit to 8