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Council Minutes of 8/3/99 departments since debt service on borrowed money does impact the General Fund. After those considerations and other discussion, the commission created a resolution which supported the purchase of green space for the use by future generations in our city and recommended the purchase of the Bradley Road green space provided the purchase does not jeoyardize or interfere with anX other financial priority of the city- • The final point of discussion was with regard to an issue that continually arises and that is the lack of recreational space, in particular basketball space in the city. It was discussed that the sports complex at the west end of the city would be investigated for that purpose. This will be discussed again at a later date. Mr. Gareau, chairperson of the Building, Zoning and Development Committee: 1) The committee met on June 21, 1999 in Council Chambers. Present were committee members McKay, Gareau and Miller; Councilmen O'Grady and Nashar; Assistant Building Commissioner Rymarczyk, Assistant City Engineer McDermott; former Council president Dewey Limpert. Agenda items were as follows: • Ordinance 99-77, which reads "An ordinance creating new and revised Section 1126.02, 1161.12 and 1161.121 of the North Olmsted Zoning Code relating to commercial lighting structures." A companion ordinance, 99-79, reads: "An ordinance creating Chapter 556 of the General Offenses Code of the City of North Olmsted entitled `Lighting Nuisance Control' and declaring an emergency." Ordinances 99-77 and 99-79 were first introduced and discussed several years ago. The ordinances would establish criteria for lighting fixtures and lighting schemes in commercial districts throughout the city. They would also further prohibit nuisance lighting, which Council is familiar with as of late with some residents who have complained about spill-over lighting onto their property. This type of problem has gone on for some period of time and is not new to the city. The committee agreed that it would be appropriate and practical to more clearly enunciate the standards that we have in our Building Code and to present and formally codify our practices that we have used in the past in a clear, presentable form. That does not exist as it is at this date. As such, the committee agreed that lighting standards and nuisance lighting should be addressed and some sort of control should be adopted. .However, the committee agreed to hold these two ordinances in committee so as to consult with Mr. Tallon of the Planning Commission who some years ago presented this to Council as well as First Energy Corporation and any person who might be interested in discussing these matters and who might be affected. At least two landowners have contacted Mr. Gareau wishing to address the Council committee on these concerns. • Ordinance 99-82 which reads: "An ordinance creating new Section 1126.08 of the Zoning Code of the City of North Olmsted entitled `Deviations from Approved Plans Prohibited' in order to provide for better remedies against commercial and other developers who, in constructing buildings and other improvements to land, deviate from plans approved by the city, as amended." The committee discussed the on- going problems associated with developers who, when appearing before City Council and various city boards and commissions, make representations about their project and then actually fail to carry those representations out. Several examples were discussed before the committee, one of those being CVS drugstore at Clague and 5 . ,.,~