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then two in the front. Mr. Mox confirmed that. Mr. Lasko asked if there will be any lights on the building shining down on the lot. Mr. Mox said there will be signage in the front and some lighting at the doors. Mr. Allan said it is quite an improvement as the property is an eye sore now. It is an exception to have a new building offering more green space than what was there to begin with. En ineer's uestaons and Comments: Mr. Durbin said the forester will come out and assess the tree for them. Mr. Mox said they are proposing to put in a number of new trees so if one did have to come down, another one would be put in. Mr. Durbin indicated they worked with Mr. Mox on the storm water issues. He added that the site is actually gaining green space. ,Laiv Z?cpartment Questians and Corraments: Mr. O'Malley said he has no comments. Building Department Questians tcnd eamnaents: Mr. Rymarczyk asked for clarification on the landscaping plan. He asked what the small squares at the rear of the building represent. Mr. Niox indicated they are down spout locations. J. Lasko made a motion that the revised plans as submitted for purposes of the construction of a one story masonry building and associated site work pertaining to the construction of a new AutoZone Inc. at 24250 Lorain Road, be approved as presented at the meeting tonight. The proposal is referred to the Architeetural Review Board anci will not return to the Planning Commission. The motion was seconded by C. Allan and unanimously approved. The clerk announced the Architectural Review Board will be meeting on July 16th at 5:30 p.m. and no further notices will be sent out. Mr. Rymarczyk reminded the applicant to bring the materials list and samples to the meeting. 3. Cinaular Wireless; Oa? ramp at Stearns Road & I-480, PP# 234-22-019, 001, 003 & 004 Proposal consists of installing a permitted 190 foot self supported monopole tower & 11.5' X 20' radio equipment pre-fab building in the I-480 state right of way. Auulicant's I'rESentcrfiore: Mr. Ed Block with the engineering firm of GPD Associates came forward and indicated he is an agent for Cingular. He said John Kovitch, a radio frequency engineer, is also present. Mr. Block said the tower is within a graveled and fenced area that will be landscaped around the perimeter. The location is on the infield of the onramp on the northeast intersection of I-480 and Stearns Road. He said Cingular is in the process of improving coverage for northeastern Ohio and as part of that process, they determined there are very large holes in certain areas and they are trying to fill those holes. He gave "before and after" maps to the board members that depict the coverage areas. Mr. Block reviewed the coverage areas and indicated there is a roof top site at Victoria Plaza. He said Site 63 is an existing tower that Cingular co-locates on. He added that Site 62 is a twin tower that Cingular is on. Mr. Hreha asked for the location of that site. Mr. Block replied it is in North Ridgeville at the interchange of the turnpike and exit 10. He said Site 197 is a new monopole they built that is on the high school property in Olmsted Falls. He said to fill the area they needed, they needed to find a location in the heart of that to put up a tower or co-locate. He said there were no existing wireless carriers in the area and as they looked at the North Olmsted code, they found out it is a permitted use on O.D.O.T. property. He said they approached O.D.O.T. and came up with the proposed site. He said the site itself is a fenced area that is 7303 and has a landscaped buffer with two types of evergreen trees. The fence will be a 7 foot high shadow box fence. He added the drive entrance is out onto the onramp, which was determined to be the best location, as opposed to coming out onto Stearns. The utilities will be picked up from across the road and will end up going under Stearns back to the site. Mr. Block mentioned that one type of tree to be used is Austrian pine and also a red pine in a dual row that surrounds the entire site other than the gate. The gate is facing away from the residential area. 3