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' 4 Sunnvside Tovota; 26890 Lorain Roacl Proposal consists of an addition for vehicle delivery, parts, storage, and chassis alignments. Note: This is pending lot consolidation, also special permit required and a front yard setback variance. Applicant's Presentation: Mr. Paul Stoyanov, from the construction company, and Mr. Kirt Frye, the owner of Sunnyside Toyota, came forward to address the board. Mr. Stoyanov said they are requesting approval of a simple 3,000 square foot addition to the west end of the existing showroom. It will occupy the area of the existing open canopy and extend about 10 feet farther to the west and 10 feet farther toward Lorain. The addition will address several deficiencies with Toyota and their requirements for this facility. The primary function of the addition is to create an indoor, finished space for vehicle deliveries. It also includes one service bay for wheel alignments and a small area for parts storage. The addition creates a courtyard affect that will screen all the new vehicle doors and several existing delivery and utility type doors from view from the street. The construction materials are white masonry walls with a stucco fascia to match the existing building. He reviewed the pictures with the board members. Questions and Comments: Mr. O'Malley asked about the variance that will be required. Mr. Rymarczyk said it is a front yard setback and therefore a special permit too. Mrs. Hoff-Smith asked if there will be additional signage. Mr. Frye said there will be a request made to put a small symbol on the current sign. Mr. Lasko asked if the new area will be used for new car delivery rather than a showroom. Mr. Frye said it will be as nice as the showroom. They deliver cars off the showroom now and they use the current area to deliver cars. It will look like additional showroom but it will be segregated with a door between the two areas. Mr. Rymarczyk mentioned the board could consider sending the proposal to the Architectural Review Board but they are matching what is already existing. Mr. O'Malley indicated they do have to go to the Board of Zoning Appeals. He said the board can send them to the Architectural Review Board and it would not inconvenience them in making it through the entire process. In the past they have recommended an applicant appear before the Architectural Review Board and not return unless the board requests substantial changes. R. Koetla made a motion to approve Sunnyside Toyota; 26890 Lorain Road with the condition that they recommend the Board of Zoning Appeals grant the front yard setback variance. The motion was seconded by J. Lasko and unanimously approved. 5. Westfield Shopuing Center (Great 1Vorthern 1VIa11); PP# 236-09-002 Proposal is to expand the north side of the center to include Galyan's. Anulicant's Presentation: Mr. Jim Agliata of Westfield came forward and handed out some plans to the board members. He indicated he has engineers and a couple of representatives from Galyan's with him. He presented a brief history of Westfield. They purchase centers, redevelop them, and increase the asset value. They are long-term holders. They purchased Great Northern in May of 2002. They look at a project and determine what needs to be improved, what are the weak points and how they can improve their asset. They have to keep up with competition and create an element that makes it enjoyable for people to come and shop. He then distributed a handout on Crocker Park and talked about the lifestyle element. In the past, there was no real concern about the outside appearance of malls. Mall owners are now looking for the streetscape or lifestyle image attached to a mall. They determined the north side is weak and they felt if they can take away some of the area in there that is not utilized well and add some big box anchors to draw people on that side, and create that streetscape from the outside, it will enhance the whole center. He gave a history of Galyan's and said they are a great draw for the mall. They have a proposal out to Border's Books and they want to have a lifestyles type component there to compliment Galyan's. They will relocate TGI Friday's. The expansion is half inside the mall and half out. It will be expanded by a little over 80,000 square feet. They feel this is an important part for them 5