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J. Maloney made a motion to grant. K&G Menswear, 26315 Great Northern Shopping Center, its request for variance (1123.12), which consists of a new sign, and that the following variances be granted as written: 1. A 273.55 square foot variance for a wall sign too large for unit frontage, (code permits 39.25 sq. ft., applicant shows 312.8 sq. ft.), section (1163.24 (c)). 2. A 4 foot 5 inch variance for a wall sign exceeding allowable height, (code permits 4 ft, applicant shows 8 ft. 5 inches), section (1163.27 (c)). 3. A 212.8 square foot variance for a wall sign larger than code permits, (code permits 100 sq. ft, applicant shows 312.8 sq. ft), section (1163.27 (c)). Which is in violation of Ord. 90-125 sections (1163.27 (c)) and (1163.24 (c)). The motion was seconded by W. Kremzar and unanimously approved. Variances granted. 9). Vitamin Shoppe• 26532 Lorain Road: WRD -1 Request for variance (1123.12). The proposal consists of a sign package. The following variances are requested: 1. A variance for 1 additional sign on a building (code permits 1, applicant shows 2), section (116327 (a)). 2. A 395.8 syuare foot variance for total square footage of signage on a lot, (168.6 sq. ft. applicant shows 564.4 sq. ft.), section (1163.24 (a)). (see note) Which is in violation of Ord. 90-125 sections (1163.27 (a)), and (1163.24 (a)). Note. Includes ground sign and all building signs, previously approved. Vice Chairman Kremzar called all interested parties forward to review the request. Mr. Sidlo came forward to represent the Vitatnin Shoppe. Residents, Louise Kopper and Gary Kopper Sr. came forward as well. Mr. Sidlo reviewed the plans with the Koppers. He indicated it is a brand new building on a lot that has been dubbed the Babies 'R Us Plaza. There is a channel letter wall sign that is proposed for the east elevation of the building. That is actually going to be the main entrauce for the Vitamin Shoppe. There is also a channel letter wall sign proposed for the south elevation. It will face Lorain Road. Those are the only signs they are requesting. The ground sign went back up for Babies 'R Us. The Vitamin Shoppe has no plans of asking for any kind of signage on that sign at all. They feel the store is close enough to the road and the signs they are requesting should suffice. He mentioned that chapter (1163.24 (a)) states the maximum sign face area permitted for any lot is based on a formula of 1.35 square feet per lineal foot of lot frontage. He referred to what he asked for regarding Dollar Tree at last cnonth's Board of Zoning Appeals meeting. The Dollar Tree is next door to Babies 'R Us. They are all located on the same lot. The lineal footage of that lot right in front of the stores, as you go along the back, is 400 foot. It drops down to a total of 155 feet fronting Lorain Road. The Babies 'R Us sign and the Dollar Tree sign presented the same hardship. They go from a 400 foot lot right in frovt of the main building on the lot, to 155 feet up front. He referred to the code. He said both units on this lot (Babies 'R Us and Dollar Tree) were at one time or another considered separately for sign size variances. He realizes they had 3 requests for pollar Tree. It needed size per unit, size per lot, and size per frontage along Lorain Road. However, 2 of those particular variances were considered separately, away from overall lot size and overall building size as far as Dollar Tree goes. He reminded the board that even though the Vitamin Shoppe is on the same lot, it is its own autonomous building. Mr. Kremzar asked if anything else will be going into the building. Mr. Sidlo indicated there will be one tenant, the Vitamin Slioppe. Mrs. Sergi asked if that is permanent. Mr. Maloney said they are wondering about the floor space being divided. Mr. Sidlo said the only tenant moving in right now is Vitamin Shoppe. Mrs. Sergi said that as they learned with Babies 'R Us, it is something they need to ask about. Mr. Sidlo pointed out the Vitamin Shoppe building, as opposed to Babies 'R Us, is 44.3 feet by 99 feet. That is a 4,500 square foot building. If they decided to segment that off and someone wanted to move in there, they would probably have the smallest store in North Olmsted. He said asking about segmenting the building is a good question but with the particular size of this building, he doesn't see it happening. Mr. Rymarczyk pointed out the original plan indicated 4 tenants going in at one time. Mr. Sidlo said he has no knowledge of any other tenants in that building other than Vitamin Shoppe. Mrs. Sergi asked if there is one set of doors, which are on the east side. Mr. Sidlo indicated that is the only entrance for the store. Mr. Kremzar pointed out the doors are marked incorrectly on the plans. Mr. O'Malley said he is curious if the building department would have an opinion on the interpretation of the code in this respect. Last month the Dollar Tree analysis was they have this 400 foot frontage on Lorain and then as you go back it is an L-shaped lot and there is a longer building. And now this month for the Vitamin Shoppe, although it is part of this same L-shaped lot, their portion of the parcel is consistent with the frontage on Lorain. He said perhaps the building department could contradict him if this is wrong, but the calculation under the code based on the Lorain Road frontage sets up very well with where this building is located. In other words, the code and formula as applied to this frontage gives it a fair amount of square footage for its sign. The reason they have a substantial variance is because there are 2 signs instead of 1. Mr. Rymarczyk mentioned that the original notice went out