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` and stack and there is also room for cars to stack at the Quick Change. Mr. Yager questioned if there was ingress and egress on the eastern side. Mr. Scott replied yes. Mr. Yager then commented that the traffic coining from Quick Change is only egress so they have to merge down into one lane and dodge incoming traffic to leave. Mr. Scott commented that they never thought that this was a big enough user to cause major traffic congestion. Mr. Yager questioned the building department as to if there is any zoning issues with a restaurant and an automotive repair shop being on the same lot. Mr. Rymarczyk commented that it all falls under general retail. Mr. Scott commented that they have 66 parking spaces, originally they had 72 without the modification. Mr. Yager commented that he is concerned with the handicapped spaces because they have to cross two lanes of traffic that are going and are allowed to go both ways from both sides. Then he questioned if the Steak N' Shake is more akin to fast food or dine-in like Friendly's. Mr. Scott replied that they are in the casual dining category. Mr. Yager suggested looking at the Foresters report again. At this time NIr. Zergott read the report aloud, word for word. He then commented that their question about the parking spaces is still unanswered. Mr. Ryinarczyk suggested if they have 99 seats inside the restaurant, then they will need a total of 58 parking spaces for both sites. Mr. Yager questioned if they had any other entrances. Mr. Scott replied that the front entrance is the only way to, get into the building. Mr. Yager replied so it is like the Olive Garden where you park on the sides and there is a court in the front of the main entrance. If the Forester is saying take out the front spaces and put this planting right up to the face of the building then he is suggesting flipping the Quick Change building to the west side of the Steak N' Shake building. Mr. Zergott explained that there is a problem in North Olmsted with the amount of salt used in the wintertime, the plants near the road will suffer terrible salt burn. So what we are trying to do is require a wider green space to get the plants off the sidewalk because so much of it dies. Mr. Zergott then commented that he wants Steak N' Shake to very seriously consider that those handicapped spots will be moved and the spots will become green space. Mr. Scott commented that he would put that on the table for consideration. He then commented that there is about a 25-foot setback there already and secondly the cars are not going super fast down Lorain Rd. Mr. Liggett suggested that if all those trees need to be saved, then why isn't the whole thing shifted back until you save all the trees. Mr. Scott suggested that the visibility of the restaurant would be affected if they moved it further north. Mr. Liggett questioned if it was that big of a difference for a person to say they are not going there; you have a sign out front, you're visibility on the street from one place next to Wendy's all the way past your building to the west it is visible. Mr. Scott replied that he is willing to say let's put it on the table as option A or B. Option A being he'll take it out of there and make it all green space, or option B would be to slide the building north and incorporate parking against the front of the building. Mr. Scott coinmented that they want to inaintain the existing sign as well as the green space and sidewalk. Basically they just want to change the face of the sign. W. Yager questioned the Building Commissioner as to if the sign will be O.K. Mr. Rymarczyk replied that it is a prohibited nonconforming sign. Mr. Zergott then questioned if it would have to go for a variance or is it not even variance able. Mr. Rymarczyk commented that they could try, but he has no idea how the board will react to this sign. Mr. Yager commented that they should now review the buildings themselves. Mr. LeGanke commented that he has a patent on the Quick Change building that has been submitted. He sells these buildings to people all around the country. They are built in Georgia by Fry Moss which is a state approved certified industrialized building manufacturer whom also builds for Taco Bell, B. P. and B. P. Expresses. There are 12 of these buildings in the Cleveland area now. He can build them with any color exterior brick and they can be either a single bay or a double bay. It has electricity, plumbing, heat and overhead doors. Everything is all built in before it is shipped to the site. He has concrete fault that is made by MAC Industries down in Brunswick. The concrete fault is 10 feet wide by 20 feet long by 6 feet deep. They make?.that the foundation for the building, which is on top of a sand base. The depth of the vault is actually where the mechanics stand to work on the cars. It is 5