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Council Minutes of 10/3/2006 ;„t,,,, Orlowski and Miller; Council Members Barker, Dailey Jones, Tallon, and President Kennedy; ,;w, Planning Director Wenger, Law Director Dubelko. Legislation for review included 2006-122, 2006-130, and 2006-135. Originally, Taco Bell was on as a referral from Planning & Design, but that was tabled. Also, a potential presentation from Fifth Third Bank did not go forward. Items that went forward were H & M Clothiers and Exit 2 Storage. As he had previously indicated he would abstain from consideration, deliberation or vote on any matter concerning Exit 2 Storage based upon his relationship as an attorney with Mr. Schmidt and his corporation, committee member Councilman Miller presided over the portion of the meeting dealing with Exit 2 Storage. He requested Mr. Miller give the report on Exit 2 Storage. Councilman Miller, member of the BZD Committee: 1) Individuals. present included those mentioned by Mr. Gateau and the developer Mr. Schmidt and his attorney Ron Mills. Exit 2 Storage is located at 31399 Industrial Parkway. The applicant was successful in obtaining a variance from the Board of Building Cade Appeals for outdoor storage in the side yard. Therefore, the applicant has amended the proposal to include a canopy over the storage azea, which would satisfy the conditions of the Building Code. Discussion was had primarily involving landscaping. Because the time between the Planning & Design Commission meeting and the committee meeting was very short, they were unable to present the landscaping plan. However, they did agree to follow the recommendations of the Plarnung & Design Commission, which includes enhanced landscaping in the front area of their property as well as a row of trees to the rear of the property-evergreens minimum 8 foot spaced approximately 20 feet apart. The committee recommended approval of Exit 2 Storage with two conditions: (1) The landscaping plan be submitted with review by the City Forester to assure that it follows all the recommendations of the various boards and commissions; (2) The Fire Dept. review the plans and approve them. Councilman Miller made a motion to approve the plans for Exit 2 Storage as amended. The motion was seconded by Councilman Tallon and passed unanimously. Councilman Gateau continued with the BZD Committee report: • Ordinance 2006-122, an ordinance amending Section 1139.01 of the Zoning Code in order to eliminate the locatianal and density requirements for pet stores and animal hospitals in General Retail Business Districts. This matter was held over from a previous committee meeting, and it was again held in committee. A full report will be given at such time as the committee refers the matter to City Council. • Ordinance 2006-135, an ordinance creating new Chapter 1142, Residential Office District, of the North Olmsted Zoning Code in order to establish a new district of permitted uses as amended. Most people are familiar with this legislation as that which was crafted to address zoning issues in the far western area of North Olmsted, in essence, the Bradley Road property which is presently zoned Light Industrial. This ordinance does not rezone anyone's property, it simply creates a zoning district which could be applied to property through separate legislative mechanism. The legislation came to be as a result of work through the Law Dept. and the Planning Dept. as well as the input from the zoning steering committee which involves several individuals including a representative of Planning & Design as well as Councilmen Tallon and Gateau. P & D members Ralph Bohlmann and Melissa Meredith also serve on that committee. The steering committee felt they devised and recommended to the administration a good, appropriate use for that particular neighborhood if it is applied. As an example, some of 6