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Ms. Nader read the current definition of apartment which "means a multi-famifv building comprised of three 131 or more dwelling units. separated from each otlher by fireproof walls. floors and, or ceihinis, of concrete. masonry or the equi%afent nuan-ed one abuse the other anchor side by side each unit haw ine at least one (I) entrance connected to a common interior hall leading to Ilse exterior . She asked specilicalk what changes will need to he made. Mr. Grealis stated the wording—common interior hall" IIe believes that the "common interior half' is restricting current rental market trends from being developed in the vitt. Mr. Anderson asked chat differentiates apartments from condominiums townhomes and cluster homes' Is it property ownership' Mr. Grealis answered that the ooh del lerence bch%ecn an apartment and e%er%thing else mentioned is ov%nership. A discussion tads had r ,,ardin�, rentals and variance requests. Director l pion stated that an estensoe rev iet% wNas done liar all the residential zoning districts except for the senior residents since that is something different hhe residential cluster is single famih attached dwellings tt ith not more than three dwelling units in one hill lding and the%are it liar sane single family cluster home. Director Ipton noted the rental housing zoning dd iitition or multiple residence apartment district does not fit t%iill one another. Mr. Matthews asked if there arc an% areas than building is already acceptable depending on the zoning? And in the apartment district, you are lookin , to add accessibility spccificalk7 Director lepton answered no. In some areas it is allotrable in single Family residential cluster hill not ounce than three units in one building. Mr. Matthews asked if a similar product could he achieved with rental units w ithout modib ine the code! Mr. llpton explained no because of them not being able to share a firewall. Ms. Hentann staled that the Cit% of North Olmsted docs not have this type of housing that Director Cpton is tr%inn to brim to the city. Ms. I Iemann described the t icttpoint deyclopment across the street from Springvale and hotv it relates to the sinJe and multi-tame x residence. All. Nader stated that the o%crall ohiective is to pro%ide some opportunity in the ChN of North Olmstead to build more di%crsc li%ing arrangements throughout the Cit \. Ms. I Iemann commented that in North Olmsted the housim, stock sullcrs because we do not ha%e the modern trend of housing to attract yotmeer indix duals. She explained that we need to make sure that t%e have pro%isions to be able to attract a ne%% tape of resident to North Olmstead Mr, Anderson commented that opening up the language would he a -real ad%antege to new dev ehopment. Mr. OhNos commented that instead of having a shared internal halh%a% people can hate a structure with their own exterior entrances and by changing the code it gives opportunities for de%elopers and tenants. Director I:pion asked it the nest step would he the boards recommendation to council'. Mr. O Mallc} ans%acd yes and he agree, also this request should not he considered in isolation. Ile behie%es it has to be re%ic'ed in connection %%ith the other restrictions within the code the multiple residence district under the permitted uses allows for some of the options, but townhouses is not one of options. I le noted that if mulliphe residence district is conti-sous to a cluster district. then the owner of multiple residrnce. a piece of land could potentialh dcvclop it as clusters. %It O'Mallc% commented that he docs agree t%ith the general concept that the center hall apartment as it appears in the code to he outdated and the definition ol'apartment as it is presented, would allow lir more options.