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Council Minutes of 3/16/99 Given this dispute, the committee recommended that the proposal be returned to Planning Commission for further discussion. However, Building Commissioner Conway has noted that the city has not taken a position against the use of interior neon lighting for signage. Rather, they have taken a position against the use of accent and tube lighting, such as lighting that might go around the outside of the building used solely to attract the attention of passers-by. With the recommendation of Building Commissioner Conway, Suburban Auto Body would need only return to the Architectural Review Board for review of their sign package. Also discussed that evening with Suburban were traffic patterns flowing to the south of the building with traffic coming from both the bank and gas station located to the east and traffic coming from the former Best Products. Traffic seems to come from all different directions in that area and there really is no street-in fact it is anon-dedicated street. Traffic Engineer Larry Griffith made some suggestions and recommendations concerning this traffic pattern and this problem which has existed for some time. He made a suggestion perhaps to even include closing off the area to avoid cut-through traffic. The property owner discussed this matter and stated that he believed there was an easement in place that was granted to the bank which allowed such cut- through traffic. A discussion was had by the committee not to interfere with the easement or obstruct the easement and let matters proceed as they currently are. It should be noted that the recommendations and suggestions of the city Traffic Engineer were just that-he did indicate in his memo that, if it was not possible to do what he had suggested, then he had no problem with the plan as presented. After discussion, review and dialogue with the presenters, the BZD Committee unanimously recommended approval subject to a final approval of the drainage plan as well as subject to a return to the Architectural Review Board for the sign package and also subject to the recommendations of the boards and commissions of the City of North Olmsted. Mr. Gareau moved that Council approve subject to all the suggestions and recommendations of the committee and the boards and commissions. The motion was seconded by Mr. McKay and unanimously passed. • Halleen Kia, a preliminary proposal to construct a Kia car dealership on the corner of Dewey Road and Lorain Road, just slightly west of Porter. This was a matter brought to the BZD Committee on an informal basis as a preliminary review and afollow-up to a previous preliminary review for the purpose of ascertaining suggestions and comments from members of the BZD Committee as well as from neighbors who may be offended by this development. At the outset, Councilman Limpert discussed that a notice had been sent to several property owners in the neighborhood concerning the proposal and the notice advised that a meeting would be held on that day at City Hall. It was clarified by Mr. Limpert that this was merely an informal notice and was not a notice pursuant to any Charter provision or ordinance provision. Several residents thereafter protested and said that they in fact had not received notice of the meeting, and they objected to the meeting going forward. It was pointed out to the residents of that area that not only was notice not required but in fact the meeting itself was not even required. This was strictly an effort to get their wishes and concerns to this proposal prior to actually implementing the proposal through submission to the Building Department. Representing Halleen Kia were Carl Halleen and Steven Schill `~~~ of Schill Architecture. They presented a proposal to construct atwo-story automobile 5