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Council Minutes of 8/17/99 with which businesses would be limited in the amount of glare that could proceed off the property, distances from appropriate horizontal foot candles and a provision, which was the most controversial, regarding the height limitation on poles upon which lights would be located. Further concerns expressed were the cost of removing non-conforming light poles, the input of the police and safety forces as to what impact less lighting would potentially have on commercial properties, the need for illumination to protect properties, the efficiency that comes with less light poles and less lights, the feasibility of shielding lights as opposed to removing them all together and the potential for significant modification of display areas and the cost that would go with that. The committee agreed that additional input was needed and agreed to hold 99-77 and 99-79 in committee for further review. • Ordinance 99-102, an ordinance amending Section 1363.07 of Chapter 1363 of the Real Property Maintenance Code entitled `Duties and Responsibilities of Owners and Operators' so as to require owners and operators of commercial premises to maintain and when necessary replace trees, shrubs and other plantings which are part of a landscape plan approved by the city. The committee discussed the necessity of requiring property owners to adhere to landscape plans that have been approved by the city boards and commissions. These plans frequently require landscaping for buffering purposes. However, there are occasions when the owners do initially meet the landscaping plan as approved but will then let the landscaping die, never to be replaced. Therefore, the purpose with which it was originally intended, that being buffering (of noise or light), is no longer in place. Ordinance 99-102 will require property owners to maintain approved landscape plans, which would include replacing components that should perish for whatever reason. There was one amendment to the ordinance which was simply a substitution of "shrubs" for "bush" which is simply in conformity with the rest of the code. After discussion, the committee unanimously recommended approval of Ordinance 99-102. • A review of Ordinance 99-100, which creates new Chapter 1369 of the Building Code of the City of North Olmsted entitled `Fences and Screen Walls' for the purpose of standardizing fence construction in the City of North Olmsted particularly as applied to residential neighborhoods in order to promote good neighborly relations in neighborhoods. The committee discussed the fact that, although North Olmsted allows fences in residential and commercial districts, there are presently no provisions in the code regulating the types of materials to be used and the styles of fences to be constructed. The result has been a varying number of materials and fences and kind of a hodge-podge network that has come up throughout the community. This ordinance will establish those standards. Upon review and discussion, the committee unanimously recommended approval of Ordinance 99-100 with a minor amendment concerning the requirement that fences which contain sharpened points will have to blunted for safety purposes. The committee unanimously recommended approval. • Motorcars Chrysler Plymouth, 24500 Lorain Road, with a proposal consisting of using aself-contained modular office on an existing car lot. Representing Motorcars was Mr. Garrett Murray, an attorney, and Mr. Nick Abraham, the owner of the Motorcars group. Motorcars seeks to use a 40 foot by I 1 by 11 foot 9 inch modular unit on the southeastern portion of the current lot which is just east of Porter Road for ~"'"' the purpose of a sales staging area. The unit as proposed initially was gray vinyl 6