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Council Minutes of 9/6/2005 previously was right across the street. Colors are primarily gray in nature. Service and loading areas for trucks are located to the rear of the building. It should be noted that deliveries are rather infrequent, but during store hours. Customer loading is located on the west side of the building. Screening has been proposed to minimize the visual impact of the pick-up area from cars traveling from the west side to the east side. A tree survey was undertaken. There is significant amount of vegetation in the area. Attempts were made to incorporate existing mature trees into the landscape plan were possible. Improved landscaping beds have been approved along the front of the building and adjacent to the right-of--way. Also, it incorporated the use of red brick pavers in the right- of-way between the sidewalk and the street. Additional landscaping is proposed to screen the dock and loading area and to screen residential property abutting the rear property line. However, there is a floodplain to the rear and that did not allow for the construction of a mound which has been the standard practice of late. Instead there will be a combination of existing trees and new evergreens 7 to 8 feet in height for screening the neighborhood properties. All improved landscaping will be irrigated to make sure it survives. The Planning Commission approved landbanking of 37 required parking spaces. This use will have a low daily traffic volume. The spaces provided should more than account for the parking needs. Landbanking parking was determined to be a good alternative to expansive pavement for what would otherwise be unneeded parking. Landbanked parking could easily be constructed later should a future user require it. Lighting proposal consists mainly of building lighting, minimal site lighting is required. The applicant received two lighting variances. For what was a first, the applicant requested a variance to have less light on the lot than the code allowed. That was approved. Second was for a light pole too close to residential property. The applicant was going to locate it at 120 feet, the code required 180. That variance was not determined to be a significant concern. A site of this size would normally require two means of ingress and egress. However, the PC noted that light traffic in and out of the site and the preference for more curb-side landscaping made it preferable to have only one access point. The applicant has reserved an area to provide for possible future access to the neighboring vacant parcel to the east if cross-access is desired. This would allow for only one curb cut on Lorain Road and traffic from both facilities could use one curb cut if necessary. After discussion, the committee unanimously recommended approval of the Carpet & Tile Liquidators subject to the recommendations of the various boards and commissions of the City of North Olmsted. Councilman Gareau moved that Council approve the proposal for Carpet & Tile Liquidators subject to the recommendations of the various city boards and commissions, and the motion was seconded by Councilman Barker. Roll call: Gareau, yes; Barker, yes; Miller, yes; Nashar, yes; Orlowski, yes; Ryan, no; Tallon, yes. The motion passed with six yes votes and one no vote. • Dairy Queen, 24579 Lorain Road. Proposal consists of exterior modifications and other site improvements to the existing Dairy Queen. The existing brick building will be updated to meet the company's new concept now known as the DQ Grill and Chill. The building will be refaced with a combination of stone, EIFS or drivet and metal pane. Significant discussion was had by the various boards and commissions regarding the desirability of refacing a brick building with any amount of EIFS, aStyrofoam-backed surface covering. However, it was deemed that it was an attractive addition to the building and made it more modern appearing. Some of the details added at the city's 12