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? ?- . . PLANNING & DESIGN COMMISSION CITY OF NORTH OLMSTED MINUTES OF JULY 11, 2012 ROLL CALL Ms. Meredith called the meeting to order at 7:00 p.m. in Council Chambers and led the Pledge of Allegiance. Present: Melissa Meredith, Greg Malone, Robert Parry, Don Rerko Absent: Ralph Bohlmann, Mark Mahoney, Julie Nader Staff: Planning & Development Director Kimberly Wenger, Assistant Law Director Bryan O'Malley, City Engineer Pietro DiFranco, Assistant Building Commissioner James McReynolds, Clerlc of Commissions Donna Rote REVIEW AND CORRECTION OF MINUTES Ms. Meredith moved, seconded by Mr. Malone, to approve the Planning and Design Commission minutes of June 27, 2012, which passed 4-0. NEW BUSINESS CMS12-16: Anartments at St. Richard; 26855 Lorain Representatives: Maryellen Staab, Catholic Charity Housing Corporation; Tom Ciha, McSteen and Associates; George Berardi, Berardi & Partners Architects Ms. Wenger said the proposal consists of constilicting a new two-story 34-unit senior residence facility on 2.2 acres of Senior Residence zoned land adjacent to St. Richard's which will front Country Club Boulevard. The buildings construction will be a combination of stone, brick and stucco with architectural features added. Parking is to the north of the building so that the building screens parking from residential properties to the south. Parking is sufficient. The building meets front and rear setbaclcs as well as area and height regulations. Regarding building side yard setbacks; the south side yard meets the 35 foot setback, but is short of the 1.5 times height requirement. The north side yard at its narrowest point (dumpster enclosure) is 11.9 feet and 20 feet is required. The Commission has the authority to reduce yard requirements which was reviewed. The main access point for the site is a.right-in, right-out driveway onto Country Club Blvd which is due to the center median in the street which prohibits vehicles from making left turns into or out of the site. There will be no ingress/egress from Whitethorn Ave however a gated cross access drive between the apartment and church property is provided. During school hours the gate will remain down and during non school hours, apartment residents and visitors will be able to cross into the church parlcing lot and utilize any driveway. During the rezoning process in 2011 residents were concerned the project would have an adverse impact on Country Club Blvd traffic. She reviewed the Institute of Transportation Engineers trip generation manual that provides information regarding the amount of vehicle traffic generated by different land uses. It suggests the use will have little to no impact on local traffic. A service area/dumpster enclosure is proposed at the northwest corner of the parlcing lot, which will be