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buses operating from the lot. Mr. Terbrack said that is correct. IVIr. Spalding said that in Westlake he believes the RTA facility allows a neiahboring facility to park cars there after hours. He asked if cars would be allowed to park in the North Olmsted lot after hours if there was any kind of overflow from another facility. Mr. Terbrack said he does not believe that will happen. Chairman Koeth made a motion that RTA come back to the Planning Commission and he then presented the board's recommendations. He said concerning the church property, on the south side, they are to have a mound that will be tapered at the Great Northern Boulevard side. It will be at least 4' high with evergreens on top. They would like to keep the chain link fence around the boundary on the south side and continue to have a 12' wall that goes all the way around the property with the material that was suggested. On the northern side, they would like to continue the mounding along with the fencing, but it would be a 4' mound with a 6' fence using that same material so there is consistency, and it goes all the way around the northern side. This would be replacing the chain link fence that RTA had recommended. The board also wants to see the air quality results as soon as they are available. They will consider the light posts around the perimeter that will turn off so there isn't spillage around the perimeter of the lot line. They would like to be able to see that. The motion was seconded by Mr. Spalding. Unanimously approved. IV. NEW DEVELOPMENTS AND SUBDIVISIONS: l. Barbara Papp5573 Whitehaven Consolidation Plat: The proposal is to consolidate Permanent I'arcel Number 233-21-014 (Sublot 316) and 233-21-015 (Sublot 317) into one parcel. The location is on the East Side of Whitehaven Avenue and approximately 500 feet north of Elmhurst Road. Zoning is C-Residence, Single Entirely. The existing parcels conform to depth and area requirements of the Zoning Code but do not conform to frontage requirements of the Zoning Code. Required frontage is 60 feet, and actual frontage is 50 feet. The proposed lot will conform to frontage requirements of the Zoning Code. Chairman Koeth read the request. Barbara Papp came forward. 1VIr. Koeth asked her why she wants the lot consolidation. She indicated she had problems when her mother passed away. It created headaches with her tax bills. She receives two bills and would like to get one. They took her mother's name off of one lot but not the other. The same thing happened when she bought the property. She received one tax bill and didn't know she was supposed to get two. They almost foreclosed on her. Mrs. O'Rourke asked if there are residents and homes on both parcels. Mrs. Papp indicated there is just one home. Mrs. O' Rourke asked if she plans to build another home. Mrs. Papp said she was thinking in the future if she ever wanted to add on to the side of her house, she couldn't do it with the one lot. Mr. Spanos, a neighbor of Mrs. Papp, caine forward to address the commission. He said he has no objection to the consolidation of the lot if the lot will not create a problem with his property in the future. He has a neighbor to the south side who has two lots. If that neighbor decided to consolidate those lots also, then his lot will be standing in the middle. He believes in the near future, someone may buy those two lots and put some kind of a property that might not fit the particular area. He would like some kind of assurance that that will not happen. He said he has been there for 26 years and there are people raising families. It is a nice quiet neighborhood as it is. He has no problem with this matter as long as he can get assurance it will not decrease the value of his property. Mrs. O'Rourke asked him what he thinks could be built there. He said they could build a house in there worth $500,000. The lot is large enough to do that. The neighbor on the south side could build another house like that and then his house will not look as good. Mrs. O'Rourke said the board cannot assure him nothing will be built there. Whatever is built there would have to be residential. Mr. Spanos said he understands it would be residential but if the consolidation is allowed, the people on the south side would have the right to do the same. Mr. Koeth said the board cannot control that but if they build bigger houses, it could increase the value of his home. Mr. Koeth said as long as the zoning is C residential, that is the only thing they can control. If someone does want to consolidate, you do have the riaht to come back up and express your opinion again, but we can't guarantee anything. It has 13