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Chairman Tallon called all interested parties forward to review the proposal. Mr. Gary Hough; with Developer Diversified came forward to review the proposal. Kronheims wishes to expand the south side of their store close to Country Club Blvd. They are proposing a 7,250 square foot expansion of the existing Kronheims building. They would like to have more sales floor space as their business has done well. They either have to remove or replace the existing parking that is currently in place. The building will be expanded 25 feet further into the parking spaces. There will be 31 parking spaces lost. A 25-foot setback variance is required, as the building will be 50 feet from the 75-foot setback required. The lost parking spaces would be traded into the Regal Theater parking spaces, as there is 32,00 square feet ofbuilding space that will not be used or developed. 7,000 square feet is needed for the 31 parking spaces. They would like to leave the Regal Theater building in place and some time in the future lease a small portion of the building out for retail. Mr. Ports reviewed that there is an existing canopy that is in place now, which will be eliminated. The materials that will be used on the addition will be masonry and stucco, the colors as well as the building material will match the existing building. There will be masonry columns along the addition as well as masonry along the bottom. The top facade is stucco to accommodate the existing Kronheims sign, which will be placed on the new addition. There are no proposed changes to grading, sewer, utilities or fire lines. Mr. Spalding questioned if the new addition would include awnings. Mr. Ports indicated that there would be no awnings on the addition. Mr. Spalding questioned if there would be a 5-foot sidewalk along the new addition. Mr. Ports answered " yes" there will be sidewalks. Mr. Spalding questioned if there would be 7,500 square feet of space not rented or used in the cinema building to offset the parking requirements. Mr. Hough indicated that they would be allowed to lease out 16,000 square feet of the 32,000 square building, which housed the cinema. Mr. Hreha questioned what assurances the city would have that any of the building would be leased at all. The applicants are basically creating landbanking parking by using a building. Mr. Hough indicated that they would go on record stating that they would not lease a portion of the cinema building. Mr. Dubelko indicated that the applicants needed to go before the Board of Zoning Appeals for a variance and that should be a condition of the variance. A woman from the audience questioned what a parking Raito had to do with the Kronheims building and the Movie Theater. Mr. Tallon reviewed how the parking Raito is calculated and used. Another audience member questioned if the entrance and exit would still be in place. Mr. Tallon indicated that the curb cuts would remain no driveways would be changed. Mrs. Roche a neighbor indicated that the association was notified but the residents in the building were not notified. The association did not give notice to the condo owners so they are not aware of what is aoing on. She indicated that she did not want to see the expansion of the building. Mrs. McCoy questioned if there were more meetings that the applicants needed to attend. Mr. Tallon indicated that the proposal would have to go to the Board of Zoning Appeals for a variance and be reviewed by the Architectural Review Board. At this time in the meeting the residents came forward to look at the blue prints and ask questioned of the Kronheims arcliitect. No further comments were made. R. Tallon motion to send Kronheims Furniture of 5198 Great Northern Piaza-South which consists of expanding the existing building by 7,250 square feet to the Board of Zoning Appeals with a recommendation to approve the variances. The motion was seconded by R. Koeth and unanimously approved. Motion Carried. R. Tallon motioned to send Kronheims Furniture of 5198 Great Northern Plaza-South, which consists of expanding the existing building by 7,250 square feet to the Architectural Review Board for approval. The applicant will not need to return unless there are major changes 2