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.0 CITY OF NORTH OLMSTEI? 4 "TOGETHER WE CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE!" PLANNING COMMISSION MI1oTUTES - JANUARY 22, 2002 IN COUNCIL CHAMBElaS 7:30 P.M. ; ROLL CALL: Chairman Koeth called the meeting to order at 7:35 p.m. NOTE: Prior to the start of the meeting, Mayor Norman Musial swore in John J. Lasko, Jr. as a Planning Commission member. PRESENT: Chairman Koeth, Board Members, W. Spalding, S. Asseff, T. Hreha, J. Lasko ABSENT: C. Allen, K. O'Rourke . ALSO PRESENT: Asst. Law Director, B. O'Malley, Assist.. Bldg. Commissioner, T. Rymarczyk, : Clerk of Commissions, D. Rote, and Asst: Clerk, A. Kilbane II. REVIEW AND. CORRECTION OF MINUTES: No items. III. BUII,DIlNG DEPARTMENT REQLTESTS: Halleen KIA;parcels #232-10-025 232-10-024: and 232-10-023. Proposal consists of renovation of the existing three-(3) buildings and automobile storage. Note: Board of Zoning Appeals granted a Use Variance 10/4/01 as well as 7 additional variances on 12/6/01. This proposal was tabled at the 11/13/01, 12/11/01 & 1/8/02 Planning Commission meetings. " Mr. Koeth asked the representative ofHalleen KIA to come forward. Mr. Pat Farrell came forward and said he thought plans were submitted for the January 8t" meeting and he apologized for the error in not submitting the plans before. He indicated the board inembers should now have the site plan for the parcels in question. Mr. Farrell said he spoke to Councilman Limpert. Mr. Limpert had expressed the concerns the residents have brought to his attention and have brought to the commission in the past. Mr. Farrell said he hopes the commission would take into consideration the changes that have been made in the plans. He pointed out the first cliange is the extension of the mound along Dewey Road. There originally had been a request for an entrance into the dealership off of Dewey Rd. The residents voiced great concern due to the additional traffic they would expect so they extended the mound southward toward Lorain Rd. across. what would have been the entrance off of Dewey. Another major concern the commission had is the lighting of this particular lot. The original plans called for lighting with poles at 17, 15' and 12'. They have reduced the height of those poles to 15', 10', and 10' with a 2' concrete base. They also extricated a number of lights off the front Lorain property line because residents did not want so many luminaries on the poles closest to Dewey, and they, changed those lights from a 3 light pole to a 2 light pole, thereby eliminating some of the lighting concerns that have been expressed in prior meetings. Regarding the mound, their plans call for the same types of trees and shrubbery to be placed there. _ They have a 6' high mound with 6' high evergreens and a number of shrubs interfacing with tihose evergreens in order to make it more aesthetically pleasing for the residents. He understands there have been discussions about erecting a 6' high wood woven fence on that same mound. He, said in the event they would do that, it would effect the landscaping they have proposed iri prior plans because the evergreens would not fit on that mound on either side of the fence because it does not allow them the area to grow. Mr. Farrell indicated Mr. Parsons, a lighting expert, was present. Mr. Parsons was also in attendance a year ago in September and he appeared again in November of 2001 and