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Dewey Road. However, their lighting expert has suggested that the 5(a) light poles are needed along Lorain Road for the dealer to have proper lighting. One (1) of the 2(b) light posts located at the southwest corner will be eliminated and the number of lamps will be reduced in the remaining light pole. The Planning Commission requested that the rear 4(c) light poles on the lot have high pressure sodium lights instead of inetal halide lights that will be in the front of the lot. Their light expert has stated that although the area is for storage it will not properly display the colors of the cars. Mr. Yager questioned if Planning Commission was requesting both high pressure sodium and metal halide lights be used on the lot to buffer the residents. He suggested that the Architectural Review Board likes to make sure that the lighting is consistent throughout a proposal. Mr. Farrell suggested that with the way the metal halide lights are designed the lights will be less intrusive then what is currently in place now. There will be a 6-foot high mound with a 6-foot board on board fence atop the mound. Planning Commission also requested irrigation on all the mounds and a fence around building #3. Mr. Kula suggested that there would not be enough room to maintain the building or grounds between the fence and building 93. Mr. Yager questioned who owned the land, which abuts building #3. Mr. Farrell indicated that Mr. Halleen owned the abutting property. Mr. Halleen has indicated that he would leave the area as a green space to help buffer the residents. Mr. Zergott questioned if the empty lot would be seeded and maintained. Mr. Kula suggested that a tree currently on the lot will remain and it is seeded and maintained. Mr. Zergott questioned if the mound could be 6-feet high and 20 feet wide since Halleen owned the property, which abuts the lot. Mr. Farrell indicated that the lot was residential and a use variance did not include that lot so he is not sure that the mounds could be spread out. Mr. Suhayda suggested that the rear mound was 20-feet wide and the mound along Dewey Road is 15-feet wide. Mr. Jordan suggested that the mounds are high enough to protect the view of the commercial use of the property with the fence atop the mounds. However, Mr. Pacsuta who is not present asked him to question what the lots grading level will be at the starting point for the inounds. Mr. Farrell indicated that it would start from sidewalk grade up. Mr. Yager suggested that the forester's report show the sidewalks 6-feet from the mound. There was a brief discussion regarding the foresters report indicating existing trees need to be protected. Mr. Jordan questioned if the applicant would be placing some type of hollows to protect the existing trees. Mr. Zergott suggested the board would make it part of the motion to protect the existing trees with hollows in the mound. Mr. Zergott questioned what would be used to support the mounds along Dewey Road. Mr. Suhayda indicated that there would be a small retaining wall to accommodate the mounds. Ms. Dorey questioned what would happen when the snowplows throw the snow on the sidewalks. Mr. Yager reviewed that the forester's report shows there is 6-feet from the sidewalk to the mound so there is plenty of room for the snow. Mr. Zergott questioned who on the board wanted to see a fence placed on the mounds along Dewey Road. All board members verbally voiced that they did not want to see a 6-foot board on board fence placed on the Dewey Road mounds. Ms. Dorey strongly voiced that the residents do not want to see the car lot and they are the ones whom asked for the fence atop the mounds. Mr. Jordan suggested that the residents want the fence for more than just the view it will also buffer the noise from the traffic along Lorain Road. Mr. Yager questioned if there would be mounding, fencing and landscaping. Mr. Suhayda suggested that it would either be mounding and fencing or mounding and landscaping which will include trees. Mr. Yager questioned what height of a fence the City of North Olmsted allows. Mr. Rymarczyk suggested that in a commercial area the height of a fence allowed is up to the Planning Commissions. Mr. Yager remarked that if the mounds are 6-foot high with a 6-foot fence the total height will be 12-feet. Mr. Zergott suggested that even if the fence is on the mound the lights will still be higher then the fence. Ms. Dorey commented that the light test was conducted against black asphalt, which absorbs light, the cars on the lot will reflect light. The residents want the mounding and fence. Mr. Zergott indicated that the board would require that the spruce trees be 8-foot high when planted. Mr. 2