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Council Minutes of 9/7/99 Department and to modify the plans as may be necessary so as to reflect the building described herein. After discussion, the committee agreed that this particular type of structure (trailers) are not particularly what this Council wishes to see as a means of office space in the City of North Olmsted. However, there being no regulations against them and no means to stop its placement in the city, the committee agreed this was the best possible unit that could be placed on the site and that this particular unit, as graciously redesigned by Mr. Abraham, was one that would have the least impact upon the Lorain Road corridor. The committee unanimously recommended approval subject to the recommendations of the boards and commissions unless expressly modified within this report. Mr. Gareau moved that Council approve the proposal subject to all the recommendations of the boards and commissions and also to the recommendations and modifications made by the BZD Committee. The motion was seconded by Mr. McKay and unanimously approved. • Ordinance 99-106, "An ordinance creating a new Chapter 1139.12 of the North Olmsted Zoning Code regulating the location of free-standing industrialized units on commercial property." This ordinance addresses the concerns set forth with the proposal of Motorcars to place an industrialized unit/trailer on retail property. Further placement of trailers or industrialized units or free-standing pre-fabricated structures will require that the structure not serve as the main building on the property, that the structure as located on the property be no closer than 100 feet from the right-of--way, that it be surrounded on all sides by landscaping and that no business be operated out of the unit other than the business that is conducted in the main building itself. It also restricts the use of these particular structwes when computing maximum permitted signage under the Zoning Code. After discussion, the committee unanimously recommended approval of Ordinance 99-106. • Ordinance 99-108, "An ordinance creating a new Section 924.04 of Chapter 929 of the Streets, Utilities and Public Services Code, entitled `Underground Utility and Communications Systems' to require the construction of underground service drops or connections from the public right-of--way or a utility easement to commercial buildings in the City of North Olmsted which are in the process of development or redevelopment and declaring an emergency." This ordinance is a companion ordinance to a regulation we currently have in place for residential structures. It will require commercial developers to place their utilities underground as has been required of our residential developers for some time now. Presently, there is no regulation as to this although it has been the past practice of the Planning Commission and of proposals put forward recently to do just that. The committee agreed that this will improve the Lorain Road corridor by removing above-ground clutter; however, the committee agreed that additional discussion was needed before the triggering event, that is when other older buildings would be required to go underground, was decided upon. Because this still was a matter of debate, the committee recommended that the matter be held in committee pending further discussion with the Building Department. • Ordinance 99-109, "An ordinance creating a new Section 1139.13 of the North Olmsted Zoning Code regulating the outdoor, unenclosed storage of motor vehicles at motor vehicle repair facilities." The committee discussed the continuing problem of vehicle repair facilities storing vehicles in various states of disrepair near the public 6