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boundary; 864.92 feet on the western boundary; 368.28 feet on the north boundary and 428 feet on the southern boundary. The lot is "split zoned." Put another way, the zoning boundaries do not follow the lot or parcel lines. The southern portion of the lot is zoned general retail business. The ordinance seeks to rezone the entire lot to general business retail. The proposed site plan is sited along Lorain Road and is the current location of Ganley Hyundai, Subaru and Volkswagen. The western terminus of the lot is bordered by 8 homes on Ranchview Drive. To the east is a narrow parcel substantially zoned general business retail. To the north lie a number of residentially zoned undeveloped parcels. Timber Cove Drive is north of that. The Planning Commission reviewed the rezoning ordinance on November 25, 2003. North Olmsted City Planner Kimberly Wenger reported to the Planning Commission that she believed the rezoning to be a reasonable use of the land, based upon the overall proposal, the developer working with residents immediately to the west of the project and the fact that this proposal was a development plan, as opposed to an earlier piecemeal proposal that did not take into consideration the entire parcel. The Planning Commission unanimously recommended approval of 2004-39. The BZD Committee first reviewed 2004-39 on March 9, 2004. This of course was before the Apri120, 2004 Public Hearing on the ordinance. At that time the council was presented with an outline of the project by Kimberly Wenger and a representative of Ganley V W. Discussed was the concept of V W building a prototype dealership format in order to bring homogeneity and brand recognition to the dealerships. Put another way, the goal is to develop each dealership the same way, from building materials to colors.