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Council Minutes of 6/20/2006 Councilman Gareau, chairperson of the Building, Zoning and Development Committee. 1) The BZD Committee met on Tuesday, June 13, 2006. Present were committee members Gareau, Miller and Orlowski; Council members Barker, Dailey Jones, and Tallon; Mayor O'Grady, Assistant Law Director O'Malley; Planning Director Wenger, City Engineer Raig, Service Director Limpert, Community Life Service Director Dailey and Human Resources Director Farver. Agenda items were as follows: • Taco Bell, 24247 Lorain Road. The proposal consists of demolishing the existing facility and constructing a new Taco Bell on the current site. The proposed new building will be constructed with stone, brick EFIS and glass. Planning Director Wenger demonstrated to the satisfaction and benefit of Council where the project started out versus where it ended, and that is a result of the procedure she has implemented to meet with applicants on a preliminary basis in the beginning and to go over the pmject and to try to rework it to a point that it's best for the city. The original proposal was drastically different than what was approved and sent to Council. The result through her work is a contemporary and attractive building. The applicant incorporated atoned-down color combination of various earth tones, which certainly improved the structure. The primary building materials will be stone and brick. EFIS will be used in the entrance elements and banding around the top of the building and in accent panels. It should be noted that existing trees will be preserved along the south and east property lines, though some will be replaced with potential new vegetation. Anew tan vinyl fence will add to the buffering along the rear property line to the south. A hedge on the west property line will be replaced with a new landscaping buffer. Additional new landscaping is proposed amund the building and around the ground sign. The applicant proposes four pale lights and a number of decorative sconce building lights. The pole fixtures are a shoebox type and full cut-off messed lighting. The applicant also indicated that shields will be installed to prevent light spill onto adjacent residential properties as it is a very small lot, and the properties are fairly close. The is an existing non-conforming pole sign which will be removed. Two ground signs are proposed including one identification sign and a menu board, which is required for normal operations. The south fagade will contain wall signage including the Taco Bell logo and the bell symbol. The committee brought up and discussed two specific issues: The inclusion of trash receptacles on the exterior of the property; Mr. Miller brought forward the idea that the loudspeaker be pivoted so as to direct the communications for the drive-through away frarn the residential area. These issues were brought to the attention of the applicant who made the following changes: On the western edge of the property, two trash recept~les will have plantings around them to give further screening; the loudspeaker will be rotated 45 degrees to direct the sound away from the residential area. The committee, upon presentation, unanimously recommended approval of Taco Bell at 24247 Lorain Road subject to the recommendations of the various boards of commissions and further subject to the inclusion of the ,now presented trash receptacles and the rotation of the sound speaker away from the residential properties. Councilman Gareau made a motion that Council approve the 6