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Council Minutes of 04-20-2010 The first proposal before the committee was CMS 10-07, Fish Furniture, 23770 Lorain Road, which consists of an addition to an existing non-conforming building and site improvements. The two story building addition will be constructed at the rear of the building and will consist mainly of an integrally colored concrete block. The existing block on the north and west elevation will be painted to match the new addition. The area where the addition is proposed is currently unpaved. In addition to the building improvement, the remainder of the lot will be surfaced with asphalt, and curbing and landscaping will be installed. A new dumpster enclosure will be added which will be constructed from block with a concrete cap and wood gates. No additional site lighting is proposed; the addition will have wall lights. The building addition is 7,900 square feet square feet. The existing building already exceeds the lot coverage maximum of 25% for the general retail business district. With the addition, lot coverage is 45%. Required parking for a commercial building of this size is 114 spaces. The applicant has 45 spaces on their property and also has the rights to 35 spaces on their neighbor's property due to a cross easement agreement, for a total of 80 spaces. Therefore, the proposal required a variance of 34 spaces. The applicant and staff had discussed the possibility of adding parking along the rear property line in the area that is shown as green space. This would have caused an additional variance for rear parking setback. It was agreed by the applicant and staff that due to the low actual parking need for the business that the area should remain green space. As the building is non-conforming, the addition required a special permit from the BZA to add to anon-conforming building. Variances were also obtained for insufficient parking, excessive lot coverage and deviation from 1165.02 as the addition fails to comply with the required lot coverage. Upon further investigation, it was found that the applicant had submitted and the Planning Commission had approved a lot consolidation during the review process for the last building expansion. The plat was never recorded. The City Engineer has requested a new plat be submitted and filed. Council applauded the applicant for added to the floor space and investing in our community. In addition, the plans submitted show that 3 crab apple trees will be planted in the rear landscaping area; the Planning and Design Commission recommended 5 to be planted but the Committee discussed that 3 should be sufficient and changed that condition. Councilwoman Jones moved to recommend approval of Fish Furniture, including the recommendations by the Boards and Commissions with the exception of changing the number of crab apple trees from 5 to 3, and including the special permit from the BZA. Councilman Mahoney seconded the motion and it passed 3-0. Councilwoman Jones made a motion to approve CMS I 0-07 Fish Furniture located at 23770 Lorain Road with the following conditions: a lot consolidation of all three lots, consider flaring/angling of loading dock retaining wall to accommodate truck deliveries, modification of north elevation to lower the wall light, plant 3 crab apple trees along the rear landscape area, planting size for trees are to be a minimum of 2 inch caliper and the arborvitaes are to be 5 to 6 fees tall when planted. Existing trees are to be shown on the plans and those being removed and marked and including the special permit granted by 6