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THE FOLLOWING IS AN EXCERPT OF THE ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW BOARD MINUTES DATED NOVEMBER 19, 2003 3. Ganley Westside VW; 25600 Lorain Road: (WRD 1l Proposal consists of the construction of a third building, which will be 34,200 square feet and house Ganley Westside VW. Chairman Zergott call all interested parties forward to review the proposal. Mr. Herschman with Herschman Architects and Mr. Mierke with Herschman Architects each came forward to review the proposal. Applicants Presentation: Mr. Herschman reviewed that the new building would be added to the existing Ganley site, which currently housed two buildings. The building will be a Volkswagen building, which is their national proto-type. The site is abutted on two sides by retail and the west and north side of the lot is abutted by residential. The building will front on Lorain Road and currently the site has two zonings. The building will be 85-feet from the street setback, the front of the building will be the showroom. The next section of building will be the offices the service drop-off area and the last section will be the service bays. The entire site will be re- landscaped to comply with code with the water retention requirements an underground water retention basin will be placed in the north rear area of the lot. The owners are under an obligation to have a foundation in the ground by years end. The southwest entrance curb cut along Lorain will be realigned as requested by the City Engineer and the parking will be reconfigured to improve the traffic flow. The customer and employee parking will be along the fronts of the buildings. Mr. Conway suggested that the applicant would not need to move the new curb cut as the engineer suggested. Mr. Zergott questioned if the applicants would be doing anything to the existing buildings to tie the three buildings together. Mr. Herschman suggested that they are talking to the client about improvements for the other two buildings next year. The building will be entirely brick the front showroom will include fl- inch high masonry units, flush-cut vertical horizontal strike to give a ribbon effect. The next section of building will have 8-inch x 8-inch masonry units and continues to the service bays. The entire building will be colored white there will be aluminum coping on the building with aluminum window frames. The glass for the showroom is tilt glass, which cuts down on the street reflection, There is a transition point at each of the three sections to help break it up. The only color on the building is the yellow banding at the entrance area. The canopy at the top of the entrance is glass. The entrance is a cement plaster finish with two shades of yellow an early dawn Sto-lit# 20105 and lemon grass Sto-lit# 20103. Mr. Zergott questioned if the existing lighting would be changed or added to. Mr. Herschman suggested that all the pole lights would be changed to a shoebox type light called citation with an aluminum finish and the heights area still being worked out. Mr. Crook voiced a concern for the residents along the west side of the site. Mr. Herschman indicated that a fence would. be placed along the west side of the site so no cars would be seen. Mr. Crook questioned if the existing green space would be changed to a hard surface for more cars. Mr. Conway indicated that it would have to become a hard surface for the building to be built. Mr. Herschman suggested that once the rezoning is done the rear area would have a 30-foot landscaped area to the north with 8-foot mounds and 8-foot fence to buffer the residents. Mr. Zergott wanted it clear that if the mound and fence is brought inward and landscaping is provided on both sides of the fence the applicants would have to maintain both sides of the mound. Mr. Conway commented that the mounds would require irrigation systems and there would have to be cuts in the mounds for maintenance of the mounds. Mr. Crook suggested the safety forces review the site for their trucks. Mrs. Nader questioned if there would be a dumpster area for the new building. Mr. .. x v~,~-