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Council Minutes of 12/20/2005 designs. The applicant was also represented by attorney Neal Jamison. The committee unanimously approved the proposal subject to the recommendations of the boards and commissions and further subject to authorizing the Law Director to negotiate to either extinguish or modify any restrictive deed covenants in effect. Councilman Gareau made a motion that Council accept the Vienna Woods subdivision proposal subject to the recommendations of the various boards and commissions and subject to authorizing the Director of Law to negotiate to either extinguish or modify any restrictive deed covenants in effect. The motion was seconded by Councilman Barker. Roll call: Gareau, yes; Barker, yes with comment that, as Councilman in Ward II, he is very happy and elated to see new housing come into the ward. Ward II is one of the oldest wards in the community, and this will be a great asset. Thank you for bringing these homes to Ward II. Roll call continued: Orlowski, yes; Ryan, yes; Tallon, yes; Nashar, yes; Miller, yes. The motion passed unanimously. • Red Lobster, 25615 Brookpark Road. The Red Lobster location currently on the south side of Lorain Road between Columbia and Clague roads will relocate to Brookpark Road. The proposal involves the construction of a new free standing restaurant on a previously approved out-parcel of the Westfield-Great Northern Mall, northwest of Sears and east of Dick's Sporting Goods. The project was represented by Linda Nunn, John Keeh and Hide Kashima. The out-parcel was approved by the Planning Commission and City Council in 2003 for use as a restaurant. Several out-parcels have been developed recently, and Westfield has decided to invest in that area to take full advantage of retail opportunities. Previous variances granted by the BZA allowed a parking ratio of 4.5 spaces per 1,000 square feet of gross leasable area. (GLA) This applies to both Westfield and Developers Diversified properties. This site plan shows that, between actual parking and landbanked parking, the mall is still within the variance limitations imposed by the BZA in 2000. The building and landscape design is nautical in nature and is red. The building is composed of a combination of hardi-shakes and hardi-siding with a stone base. In addition to windows originally proposed, false windows created with canopies and shutters have been added to break up expanses of wall area. Other features have been proposed to add interest to the development including a trellis element, decorative lighting and aflagpole/bench area. Landscape areas will be provided around the building, which will add green space to the north plaza area which is currently asphalt. Service areas are on the rear of the building and are screened to the greatest extent possible given the building has four-sided exposure. The building does require one variance for the number of wall signs and was approved by the BZA. The square footage of signage is within code-only the number of signs exceeds the code's permitted number. There was significant discussion about an important issue of parking. Certain members of Council believe the parking has been depleted at a rate that is far in excess of what should be permitted at the mall. The developer provided information that the mall currently has 5,308 parking spaces, including landbanked parking spaces. The required number is 5,298, so they are within 10 spaces of the current requirement. This figure is reached by 4.5 spaces per 1,000 feet of gross leasable area. The gross leasable area of the mall is 1,177,256 sq. ft. 5