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r ? CITY OF NORTH OLMSTED PLANNING COMIVIISSION MINUTES -MAY 24, 1994 I. ROLL CALL: Chairman Gorris called the meeting to order at 7:30 p.m. Present: D. Alston, P. Miller, L. Orlowski, K. O'Rourke, and B. Gorris Mr. Tallon arrived later. Absent: J. Thomas. ` Also Present: Mayor Boyle, Assistant Law Director Dubelko, City Engineer Deichmann, Building Commissioner Conway and Clerk of Commissions Oring. II. REVIEW AND CORRECTION OF MIlVUTES: The review of the minutes was deferred until later in the meeting. III. BUII,DING DEPARTMENT REQUESTS: 1) Best Buy, 5116 to 5152 Grreat Northern Plaza South Proposal to rebuild 5 units of the existing plaza which will exceed the existing rear building line. Referral to the Board of Zoning Appeals requested. Mr. Papandreas, Biskind Development Co., gave a brief history of Plaza South which was completed in 1987 after a various agreements and land swaps. At that time it had three anchor tenants, M. C. Sporting Goods, Marshall's, and Gentry's. The center had a post modern type architectuxe but some modifications and color changes have been made since. Later, Kronheim's was added as a forth anchor. The center has not performed as it was predicted and several smaller stores have recently been vacated and Gentry's, one of the anchors has down sized it operation. Recently, there has been a trend in industry for more national tenants to locate in shopping centers and since they have a more stable business and can withstands various downtrends in the retail industry, this tenant would benefit both the plaza and the other tenants. This proposal should enhance the architectural appearance ofthe center and will also include some site plan changes to the load.ing docks. He presented booklets detailing the plans and explained that Plaza South was approximately 131,000 square feet, on approximately 11 acres of land, and the parking exceeds code requirements. This store will encompass existing 5 units and contains about 31,000 square feet. A storage area behind anchor store "A" (M. C. Sporting Goods) will be converted to storage area for Best Buy. The brown area (shown on plan behind anchor store `B" , Best Buy) is to be added to the existing building. He noted that part of M.C. Sporting Good's Ioading dock was included in the expansion and the total area of the expansion is 9,597 square foot which is included in the 44,162 square feet of the total unit. This configuration will address some of their . concerns over loading. In doing this they have eliminated service areas and 5 loading areas. The loading docks have been combined with one on the north in an existing screened area where they will create a second door. Most of the activity in back of this area will then be limited to that behind Marshall's and Kronheim's and all the way to the north at M.C. Sporting Goods. Possibly some employee parking will be used in the rear. The addition will only extend about a foot beyond the wall that is presently on the Gentry's loading dock. At present they have 718 parking spaces, and are required to have 703; they are now proposing 752 and would be required to have 735, including the 39 spaces shown in the grassy area which they will ask to have