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Council Minutes of 4/1/97 d. Radisson Hotel proposal to construct an addition to the hotel at 25070 Country Club ~,,, Boulevard, involving additional rooms and a roughly 5,000 square foot banquet facility. The amendment to the corporate center preliminary land use plan was previously approved. These plans involve the actual building, drives, landscaping, parking and loading areas. The number of loading areas was requested to be reduced from three to two, thus involving a variance which was approved by the Board of Zoning Appeals on February 13, 1997. The Police Department and Fire Department had no objections to the final plans. The developer is working with the city landscaper on the final landscaping plans. The BZD approved the proposal. Mr. Musial moved that the proposal of Radisson Hotel be approved to construct an addition to the Radisson Hotel, subject to the site development and drainage plans being approved by the Engineering Department, that the land assembly plan be approved by the Planning Commission, that sidewalks be added from the property line on Great Northern Boulevard to a little beyond to the east of the access drive on County Club Boulevard as further set forth by the Planning Commission and further subject to the recommendations of the Planning Commission, Architectural Review Board, Board of Zoning Appeals, Engineering Department and the Building Department. The motion was seconded by Mr. McKay and unanimously approved. e. Hollywood Video, 4692-4678 Great Northern Boulevard. The plan is to take over space at the end of the Rini-Rego store complex which is currently occupied by three tenants. The plan is to recreate the front of the building with a new facade in the form of a mountainscape. The proposal had extensive reviews by the Architectural Review Board and Planning Commission and was reviewed by the Board of Zoning Appeals. The result of these reviews indicate that the awning of the sign is to be a solid red matte finish. The filmstrips are to be removed and the sign is to wrap around the end of the building for at least 8 feet. Variances on the total sign area of 187.5 square feet and a 3.5 foot vertical variance for this building wall sign was approved by the Board of Zoning Appeals, and further that the signage is exempt from the ordinance pertaining to non-conforming signs which are to be removed on January 1, 1998. Further, that the facade is to be removed when and if Hollywood Video vacates the premises. The BZD Committee voted to accept the revised proposal of Hollywood Video. Mr. Musial moved to approve the revised proposal of Hollywood Video subject to the recommendations of the Architectural Review Board, Planning Commission and Zoning Board of Appeals. Mrs. Saringer asked why this sign would be exempt from the sign ordinance. Mr. Musial explained that it was the determination of the BZD that the sign was located back from Great Northern Boulevard and will be positioned on the facade of the building. The motion was seconded by Mr. Nashar and unanimously approved. f. Ryder Truck Rental, 24769 Lorain Road, a proposal that a truck rental business be determined to be a like and similar use to a permitted use in a General Retail Business District. They will be opening up a packaging store along with a truck rental store. The Planning Commission voted to approve the proposal with provisos that any truck parking, which is limited to four, shall be located in the extreme back end of the existing business complex. The BZD approved the proposal. Mr. Musial moved that the proposal be ~' approved with the recommendations of the Planning Commission, and including that there 5 t_