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. CITY OF NORTH OLMSTED PLANNING COMMISSION MINUTES - SEPTIIMBER 10, 1985 I. ROLL CALL: Chairman Burns called the meeting to order at 8:05 p.m. Present: T. Morgan, E. Traczyk, J. Brown, and J. Burns Absent: B. Gorris and J. Wixted. Also Present: Assistant Law Director J. Dubelko, Building Commissioner E. Gundy,.City Engineer J. Schaller, Council members R. Bierman, Y. Petrigac, R. Tallon, and R. Wilamosky, and Recording Secretary B. Oring. II. REVIEW AND CORRECTION OF MINUTES: On page 3, item 5, motion should read "...units be screened and including the recommendations of the Architectural Board of Review....." T. Morgan moved that the Minutes of July 23, 1985 be approved with the amendment in- cluded, seconded by J. Brown, and unanimously approved. III. BUILDING DEPARTMENT REQUESTS: 2) Hennie Homes, located west of 25200 Lorain Rd. Proposal to construct retail building (Heard by Architectural Board of Review on August 21, 1985). Heard out of order at this point. As requested previously Assistant Law.Director Dubelko reported that the Law Department has determined that once the center line of a pro- posed street has been recorded, it is a street for the purposes of the Zoning Codes and that all applicable provisions of the code do apply. This property would then be considered a corner lot. Building Com- missioner Gundy stated that he had evaluated the proposal on the basis of a corner lot, and that the building will face both streets. Corner lots require one 50' set back and one 25' set back, the code does not make any street the predominate street. The Reverant) Blasius, pastor of the adjacent John Knox Church and a member of their board had con- concerns about traffic congestion in the area. They had previously submitted a letter objecting to the development and in it quoted a, letter from former Mayor Ralph Christman advising them of the 50' set back requirement. They also noted that.their plans were subsequently revised to conform with this provision and questioned why this devel- opment was not required to conform to it as well. Assistant Law Dir- ector Dubelko stated that the former mayor's letter would not have any precedential value. Safety Department report from Captain Krynak, N. O.P.D., stated that it is his belief that the drive as located would cause a great deal of congestion and accidents. The reasons being, persons attempting to turn left into the drive who were going east, would be head on into the left turn movement onto Great Northern, which is always heavy. Persons exiting would not be able to do so