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Council Minutes of 11/21/2006 through our City Engineer to complete the street assessment. He will provide a copy of the list to City Council. Councilman Gareau, chairperson of the Building, Zoning and Development Committee: 1) The committee met on November 14, 2006. Agenda items included: • McCormick Place (23250 Lorain Road), a referral from the Planning & Design Commission. The site is located on the north side of Lorain Road east of Claque Road. This proposal consists of re-facing the existing McCormick Place retail plaza, which includes Levin Furniture and Sears Hardware. Levin Furniture has expanded into the former video store on the west end of the plaza to include an additional offering, a mattress center. The applicant proposes to change the color scheme of the plaza to a different color palette. At the City's recommendation, they propose to use a masonry stain rather than paint. The ground sign will also be painted to match the new colors. The landscape plan, which has been provided, shows what was originally approved. Notations show where plantings are missing and will be replaced to bring it into compliance. The Planning and Design Commission requested the applicant to restore the fence in the rear. Three sign variances were obtained for the new mattress component sgnage. Following discussion, the committee unanimously recommended approval of the McCormick Place proposal subject to the recommendations of the boards and commissions. Councilman Gareau made a motion to approve McCormick Place, 23250 Lorain Road, subject to the recommendations of the various boards and commissions, and the motion was seconded by Councilman Miller. Roll call: Gareau, yes; Miller, yes; Talton, yes; Orlowski, yes; Jones, yes; Ryan, yes; Barker, yes with the comment he was happy to .see improvement in Ward II. The motion passed unanimously. • Ordinance 2006-122, an ordinance amending Section 1139.01 of the Zoning Code in order to eliminate the locational and density requirements for pet stores and animal hospitals in General Retail Business Districts. This issue has been discussed on at least two occasions. The legislation is an attempt by Planning Dept., Law Dept. and the BZD Committee to establish certain criteria for indoor pet care facilities, which seems to be a new trend occurring across the country. Currently, this would be prohibited in North Olmsted because of a 700 foot locational requirement that would prohibit them within 700 feet of a residential structure. Also, it would not be permitted in a retail district. Mr. Tom Lee of Taft, Stettinius & Hollister posed several questions. In order to give him an opportunity to review the ordinance which he received that night, the committee unanimously voted to hold the legislation in committee. • Due to the lateness of the hour, the committee did not discuss Suburban Collision Center which was originally on the agenda. A rescheduled meeting was set for November 21 at 6:45 p.m. 2) The committee met this evening at 6:45 p.m. to discuss Suburban Collision Center. Committee members were present. The issue with respect to Suburban Collision Center is one of the extension of a testing timeframe whereby the applicant is required to test for 5