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Council Minutes of 10/16/2007 ~. and their concerns centered primarily upon the ongoing activities of a certain residence on Gareau Drive and the belief that the individual therein was operating what could be construed as a half-way house, or at least a release home for persons who would be reallocated back into society from some prior term in a correctional facility. Legislation was brought about to address this type of situation because our Zoning Code did not provide any particular location for such facilities to locate within the city, supposedly then opening up a discussion about potential future ramifications of not providing for it. If it is not provided for, it is not permitted. The law requires there be a location for this use. The main discussion was on that particular location. Additionally, the question arose as to whether or not the General Retail Business District was the appropriate place ~ to locate this use. The committee unanimously recommended that the ordinance be approved with the amendment that the Limited Industry-Industrial Park District be the appropriate and suitable location for correctional facilities as defined in the code. Councilman Gareau made a motion to amend Ordinance 2007-103 as written and presented this evening, which is to change it from the General Retail Business District to the Limited Industry-Industrial Park District. The motion was seconded by Councilman Miller and passed unanimously. Ordinance 2007-103 amended. • Mercedes/Porsche dealership, 28450 Lorain Road, proposal consisting of building additions and site improvements to both the Mercedes and Porsche dealerships. The Mercedes building improvements include showroom extension of the glass curtain wall and structural steel columns and a smaller rear addition. The Porsche building will have a new Alucobond-type wall with a glass base and service drive canopy along the west side of the building. Site improvements for the proposal include additional customer parking in front of both dealerships, additional vehicle storage to the rear of the dealerships, altering the vehicle display areas in the front setback area, modifying the driveways to better accommodate deliveries, a new decorative pavement design at the main entryway between the dealerships, stamped concrete in the tree lawn, new landscaping along the front of the property and in the rear to buffer the expanding inventory area from adjacent residential property. The applicant indicated the lights that would be installed would be a full cut-off light to shield the additional properties to the north from any light spillover. Also discussed was the possibility of any easements existing between the property to the west, the Nissan dealership, and the Mercedes/Porsche dealership. There is no existing easement in place, and it was made clear that there would not be any restriction of that access between the sites without having to come back to the city and seek permission. Additional signage would be added to the site with a wall sign for Mercedes and a Mercedes emblem on a blue pylon attached to the building. Porsche proposed a new ground sign. An issue he wished to bring to the attention of the Council is the day after the BZD meeting, it came to his attention that they indicated engineering requirements for water quality swales conflicted with the landscaping as was presented at the committee meeting. It was indicated there could be trees removed. He asked what kind and how many, and the answer was 36. At that point, the applicant graciously went back and reviewed their plans and was able to accommodate the landscaping plan as presented and approved. They are going to be using permeable pavement as necessary to try to preserve the vegetation and landscaping. Councilman Gareau made a motion to approve the Mercedes/Porsche dealerships, 28450 Lorain Road, site plan improvements subject to the recommendations of the Planning & Design Commission with the exception of the recommendation to save the 36 inch cherry tree because it was not feasible. The motion was seconded by Councilman Orlowski and passed unanimously. 4