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CITY OF NORTH OLMSTID <br />PLAIVNING CON1NBSSION <br />MINUTES-JUNE 22, 1993 <br />I. ROLL CALL: <br />Vice-Chairman Orlowski called the meeting to order at 7:45 p.m. <br />Present: L. Orlowski, K. 0'Rourke, A. Skoulis, and J. Thoma.s. <br />Absent: B. Gorris and R. Tallon. <br />Also Present: Assistant Law Director Dubelko, City Engineer Deichmann, Building <br />Comnissioner Conway, and Clerk of Conunissions Oring. <br />II. REVIEW AND CORRECTION"OF MINUT_ES: <br />Mr. Skoulis mentioned several corrections to.the minutes of June .8, 1993: page <br />3, 15 lines from the top, change though to thou t; 27 lines from top delete <br />extra word the, page 6, line 26 delete word in. He also requested clarification <br />of the statement by Assistant Law Director on page 4, line 21, that the curb cut <br />was not non-conforming. It was determined that this meant that it was a curb cut <br />that had never been approved as non-conforming. Also on page 4, line 7, Mr. <br />Thomas would like the word adjacent added before the word parking lot to•clarify <br />that this parking lot did not belong to the ice cream parlor. Under Old Business, <br />Mr. Orlowski stated that the name of the color blue shoul.d be countrified blue. <br />J. Thomas moved to approve the minutes of June 8, 1993 as amended with the <br />corrections and clarifications as indicated tonight, seconded by K. 0'Rourke, and <br />unanimously approved. <br />:I . BUILDING DEPARTMIINT REQUESTS : <br />1) Ice Cream Parlor, 27045 Lorain Road. <br />Proposal to, construct new building on the former Sparks Tune Up property <br />(existing building wi]1 be demolished). Revised plans. <br />Continued from meeting of June 8, 1993.. <br />Mr. Benik; the owner, presented revised plans. In response to Mr. Thomas' <br />questions, Building Commissioner Conway advised that the new handicapped <br />regulations allowed two 8 foot wide spaces with a 5 foot wide area in between; <br />that no loading facility is required for a building less than 5,000 square feet, <br />only a drop off facility was needed; and that, by using the square footage of the <br />building, 1 parking space was needed per every 50 square foot of serving or <br />seating area, this would exclude any area taken up by equipment, counter space or <br />employee work area. Mr. Thomas advised that a board on board enclosure would be <br />required around the dumpster. Mr. Benik clarified for Mr. Skoulis that the drive <br />in front of the building would be posted one way from east to west. A letter from <br />Mr. Anthony Thomas, the..adjacent property owner.; was given to Mr. Benik (see <br />attached) and Vice Chairman Orlowski asked that the letter be forwarded to the <br />Board of Zoning Appeals along with the proposal. In response to Mr. Thomas' <br />question, City Engineer Deichmarm advised that the two lots could be combined at <br />the time of the final approval. Assistant Law Director Dubelko advised that he <br />spoke with the Law Director concerning his comments made several years ago, and <br />it was determined that the owner has no absolute right of access onto Whitethorn <br />Avenue, however it might r,ia,ke sense to grant an access, but any access granted <br />might require a variance. Considering that this is a low impact business, Mr. <br />Thomas questioned the feasibility of recommending a conditional variance in the <br />event that in the future this building might be sold for some type of high impact <br />business. Mr. Dubelko thought that this could be done. It was clarified that the