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r, give the variances in reverse. Mr. Rymarczyk indicated that on Dewey Road for the parking a 5 ft. variance, along Lorain for parking a 15 foot setback variance, and a 70 foot variance for the building. That is taking into consideration the tree lawn and sidewalk being included in that 15 feet, which reduces it from the rightaway lane. Mr. Tallon questioned Mr. Suhayda if that was correct. Mr. Suhayda indicated "yes." He also apologized-for the confusion. He indicated that Landmarks sent them to Planning Commission. NIr. Rymarczyk indicated that the Secretary of Landmarks stated that it is not in the Landmarks Commission. Mr. Allan thanked the residence that came forward to state their opinions. He believes the cart is before the horse. Mr. Allan indicated that the building is secondary and that the rezoning should be primary, in which he is opposed to the rezoning. Mr. Spalding indicated that he is opposed to the rezoning as well, but he encourages the, applicants to work on the remaining property that they do. have. He indicated - that the Board might be more favorable. He. reiterated the residences concerns. Mr. Hreha indicated that he is disturbed with Halleen's total disregard to agreements made with the City in the past. He indicated it appears to be flagrant and weakly fashion; yet he is here asking for something else. He questioned how the Board would know that anything Halleen would agree to would be upheld in the future. No further comments were made. R. Tallon motioned to send Halleen KIA; 27726 Lorain Rd. for the proposal, which consists of the demolition of 2 existing buildings and the construction of a new car sales building to Board of Zoning Appeals and recommend that the variances be denied for the Dewey Road 5 foot parking variance, the Lorain Rd. va'riance of 15 feet for. parking and the building variance for 70 square feet setback. The motion was seconded by K. O'Rourke and unanimously approved. Motion carried. Great Northern Mall• PP# 236-09-002 & 003 235-28-001 and 236-14-004 Proposal consists of a 270,000 square foot expansion to Great Northern Mall arid an area variance request for parking space ratios, resulting from the proposed expansion. Chairman Tallon called all interested parties forward to review the proposal. Mr. Bruce Rinker from the firm of Mansour, Gavin, Gerlack & Manos Co., LPA, representing the developer for the mall Simon Properties, came forward to review the proposal. He indicated that Simon is the former ovmer of the mall who is very familiar with the property. Mr. Rinker indicated that they are trying to work with the city and the mall owner for a-positive expansion inside the mall site itself. Mr. Rinker indicated that NIr. Barker and Mr. Majewski are also present. He indicated that what they . are looking to do is to establish a footprint for a department store along with other retail space. The addition is roughly 270,000 square feet, located in the lower area on the south central part of the mall. The variances involved two specific issues, (1)is the overall coverage for the entire mall site with the expansiori of the building space, and (2) with the loss of the number of parking spaces corresponding with this expansion, there is a change in the overall-parking ratio. Mr. Rinker indicated he would like to review a chart to demonstrate to the Board what they believe to be the state of the art market place,