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w ~~ NORTH OLMSTED CITY COUNCIL MINUTES OF THE PUBLIC HEARING APRIL 6, 2004 7 P.M. Present: President of Council O'Grady, Council Members Dailey, Gazeau, Kasler, Limpert, McKay, Nashar Also Present: Clerk of Council Seman President O'Grady called the public hearing to order at 7:03 p.m. in Council Chambers, 5200 Dover Center Road, North Olmsted, Ohio. President O'Grady announced that the public hearing was being held with regard to Ordinance No. 2004-14, an ordinance providing for the amendment of the Zone Map of the City of North Olmsted by rezoning Permanerrt Pazcel Nos. 231-26-005, 231-26-004 and 231-26-003, located immediately to the north of the former Cupachino's building on the northwest corner of Claque Road and Lorain Road from One Family Residence to General Retail Business. AUDIENCE PARTICIPATION Olga Venners, Claque Towers Condominiums, asked what is General Retail Business and what is being planned for the azea. Planning Director Wenger explained that the proposal before the Planning Commission and before Council is to rezone the three residential pazcels to the north of the former Cupachino's building from Residential to General Retail Business. It is the intent that the developer will come forwazd with a development plan that will incorporate additional pazcels beyond the corner parcel into a commercial strip-type center that will have multiple tenants. The proposal has not yet come before Planning Commission, as the rezoning is a necessary first step before the proposal is brought forward. There will be an extension of the corner building (formerly Cupachino's), and a refacing of that corner will revitalize that area. Until the proposal is formally brought forward, she cannot comment on the exact uses for the pazcel. General Retail Business would incorporate retail uses as well as service uses of a similaz type that aze akeady existing on Lorain Road. Beyond that, our zoning would give a broad spectrum of different types of service and retail establishments. Councilman Limpert asked Planning Director Wenger if this azea was basically athree-lot island surrounded by General Retail, Multi-family, and a church property. Ms. Wenger ageed and noted that the lot on the corner is anon-conforming lot in that it does not meet the square footage requirements. The addition of one, two or three of those parcels combined to a new commercial area would bring that lot into more conforming use as well.