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NORTH 4LMSTED CITY COUNCIL MINUTES OF THE PUBLIC HEARING SEPTEMBER 19, 2006 Present: President of Council Kennedy, Council Members Barker, Gareau, Dailey Jones, Miller, Orlowski, Ryan, Tallon Also Present: Mayor O'Grady, Law Director Dubelko, Clerk of Council Seman President of Council Kennedy called the public hearing to order at 7 p.m. in Council Chambers, 5200 Dover Center Road, North Olmsted, Ohio. President Kennedy announced the public hearing was being held with regard to Ordinance No. 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. AUDIENCE PA~CI~'A~.T~~N Kay Givens, 30948 Bradley Road, inquired as to what a research lab meant in 1142.04 (g). What would they be working on in a laboratory? Planning Director Wenger explained that under 1142.04 reseazch laboratories would be a conditional use. They would not be permitted outright but would have to meet certain criteria under Chapter 1118. She did look at some of the existing permitted uses under Light Industrial and weeded out those that were more intensive. Given the fact that research and that type of activity is generally carried on wholly inside and is more of an office setting, she felt that it would be more appropriate as a conditional use in this district than as a permitted use. But it should still be permitted to be included in the district rather than eliminated altogether. That use will have to be defined to make it more clear. Councilman Gareau noted that there is legislation being considered dealing with an amendment to the conditional use requirements and the processes and what is looked at to determine whether or not to grant the conditional use in the future. Abetter definition will be worked on, all those types of considerations will be given consideration in any future conditional use and basically in any zoning district. Hopefully, we learned our lesson from Suburban-that we're not going to take such a narrow view of things. While a more precise definition will help, also anything that is under that conditional use would get extraordinary scrutiny. Mrs. Givens asked what type of structure was the public utilities structure.