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!THE FOLLOWING IS AN EXCERPT OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION MINUTES DATED NOVEMBER 25, 2003 '' 3. Ganley Westside VW; 25600 Lorain Road: (WRD 1) Proposal consists of the construction of a third building, which will be 34,200 square feet and house Ganley Westside VW. Note: The Architectural Review Board addressed the proposal on 11-19-03. Chairman Koeth called all interested parties forward to review the proposal. Mr. Herschman the architect came forward to review the project. Developers Presentation: Mr. Herschman reviewed the exiting buildings and where they are located on Lorain Road. They would like to build a new Volkswagen dealership on the existing site. The Architectural Review Board asked for a gray accent color to be placed on the building. The building being shown is the national proto type building for Volkswagen, which is allowed to be adapted to the local community, it is being placed in. They will be using the two existing entrances for the egress and ingress to the site. There will be landscaping along Lorain Road and along the perimeter of the site that abuts the residents. The will maintain the water in an underground water retention basin which will be located to the rear of the site. They have met the requirements for employee parking, service parking and have 190 cars in inventory: They have 108 spaces for service and the employees do all service parking, customers are not allowed in the service area. The light poles will be low cut-off and the max height is 20-feet and 15-feet along the roadway. The security lights on the building are down lights and they meet the readings at the property line. Board members comments: Mr. Koeth questioned how the existing buildings would tie into the new building. Mr. Herschman suggested that they are working with the owners on ways to improve the existing buildings once the new building is completed. He reviewed that the existing buildings will remain under the same names they currently have now. They can accommodate two carload carriers when new cars are being delivered. Discussion regarding readings at the lot lines took place. The showroom is inside the building and the overflow will be in the back of the lot. Mr. Yager thought the building would be an improvement to the site. He thought that there could be more landscaping on the site. Mr. Herschman voiced that they would only remove those trees from. the site that they must, to accommodate the water retention basin. They will place a fence along the west side of the site to buffer the neighbors to the west. The new building will house the dumpsters inside the building. He suggested that most of the items on the site are recycled. Mr. Yager questioned if they would be replacing the existing lighting on the site or just adding to it. Mr. Herschman indicated that they would be replacing all the lighting on the site. The maximum height of the lights will be 20-feet, which includes the base. The building is a white masonry building and the front of the building is glass and will have many angles. Building Department comments: Mr. Koeth inquired if any variances would be required. Mr. Rymarczyk suggested that there would be variances required for the photometric, the light levels are higher then allowed. The applicants felt that the average reading is .05, which is according to code. The few readings that are higher is due to reflection. Mr. Rymarczyk suggested that the applicants would also need parking variance for total parking and storage spaces the building department calculated the applicants needs a total of 531 spaces and the applicants show 362 they are short 169 spaces. Mr. Herschman questioned how the 531-space total came about as they indicated that they would only ., „m... .