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Council Minutes of 11/17/98 • Ordinance 98-132, which amends Section 1321.01 of Chapter 1321 of the Codified '~ Ordinances entitled "Permit and Inspection Fees" so as to establish appropriate fees for wireless communication towers, antennas and other related facilities. The committee unanimously voted to hold this ordinance in committee awaiting additional information. Mr. Gareau, Chairperson of the Building, Zoning and Development Committee: 1} The committee met on Tuesday, November 10. Present were committee members Gareau, McKay and Miller; Council members Kasler, Limpert, O'Grady and Nashar; Safety Director Jenkins; Mayor Musial; Building Commissioner Conway; City Engineer Deichmann; Assistant Director of Law Dubelko. The committee discussed the following topic: • Resolution 98-129, which was passed under suspension of the rules on November 4 and reads: "A resolution declaring and establishing athree-month moratorium to be imposed against all building and construction activity on real property which is located within the herein described historical district of the City of North Olmsted and declaring an emergency." The committee meeting was called to discuss the implications of this particular resolution on certain future projects that will be taking place within the historical district. Property owners present at the meeting were Tom, Robert and Eleanor Manville; Philip Breychak; Samuel and Leah Etzler; Bert, Joan and Peter Haas. Their representative was Mr. Neil Weinberger of JND Properties, Inc. Representing the North Olmsted Landmarks Commission were Joseph Lang, Chuck Miller, Robert Parry and Betty Lord. The meeting commenced with a presentation by Mr. Lang of the Landmarks Commission on the general nature and subject of the North Olmsted Landmarks Commission and the history specifically of the Butternut Ridge historical district. Included in the district according to Mr. Lang are several homes that pre-date 1900 and at least three commercial structures ranging in age from 1898 to 1930. The information he presented stated that there are 42 homes along the Butternut Ridge corridor that date from 1835 to 1920 and 19 homes that date from 1921 to 1935. The district that is involved in this particular resolution was created in 1986 with Ordinance 86-67. The Landmarks Commission itself was created in 1980 with Ordinance 80-51. It was interesting that Mr. Lang provided information which set forth the purpose of the Landmarks Commission and why it was created. The ordinance recognized specifically that the preservation, perpetuation and use of sites, buildings, districts, structures, works of art and other objects having a special historical/educational community or esthetic interest is a public necessity and is in the interest of the prosperity, safety and welfare of the people. That was the basis of creating the Landmarks Commission. Following the presentation and discussion, Mr. Weinberger took the opportunity to speak on the issue of the proposal for the Bushnell Building on the corner of Porter, Lorain and Butternut Ridge roads. He presented a series of informative sketches that set forth the nature of the proposed Walgreens drugstore. The proposal itself calls for the demolition of five structures and the construction of one structure on the site where those five buildings were previously located. After much input from members of Council as well as the 4