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Council Minutes of 6/5/2007 Road. As a result, several trees will be lost. The replacement landscaping and existing grading which reduce the visual impact of the parking from the street. The Planning & Design Commission made some recommendations for added low growing shrubs in the island between the parking areas and south of the parking areas. Those were included. Minor modifications are scheduled for the south elevation to emphasize the entryway as a main entrance to the facility. Colors and materials will match all existing building materials. The theme is to create a visually attractive pedestrian corridor from the parking field to the church. The Planning & Design Commission found that the applicant satisfied favorably the elements of the new 1118.03. The committee discussed the parking field visibility from Lorain Road as well as the lighting and landscaping. The committee recommended by a vote of 3-0 to approve the site proposal of John Knox Church and to approve the conditional use permit, subject to satisfying the recommendations of the Planning & Design Commission. Councilman Gareau made a motion to approve both the site plan and the conditional use permit for John Knox Church, subject to satisfying the recommendations of the Planning & Design Commission. The motion was seconded by Councilman Orlowski and passed unanimously. • Fortney &Weygandt, 31269 Bradley Road, a parking amendment. The proposal consists of additional parking for staff and visitors at the Space Age Industrial Design Building. Additional parking is required for staff and visitors of Fortney. They propose to add parking on its neighboring vacant property (former Space Age), in the front yard and along the west side of the building. The plan includes three points of cross access for the two properties. A number of trees are scheduled to be removed for the parking. To compensate, the landscape plan shows some plant additions along the front and side of the vacant building. The committee recommended approval by a vote of 3-0, subject to the recommendations of the Planning & Design Commission. Councilman Gareau made a motion to approve the proposal for additional parking at Fortney & Weygandt subject to the recommendations of the Planning & Design Commission. The motion was seconded by Councilman Orlowski and passed unanimously. • PetSmart, 26063 Great Northern Plaza. The proposal consists of adding an indoor animal boarding facility to the existing pet store. This is a conditional use permit application, with some minor changes on the exterior of the building. The facility exceeds the requirement that any such facility be a minimum distance of 350 feet from a residential property line. The applicant provided to the committee documentation that the facility would meet the conditional use standards. The committee inquired about noise; odors; testing standards far noise and odors; animal waste materials and how that would be managed; and ingress and egress. Questions were fielded by Attorney Tom Lee and a representative of PetSmart. The conditional use permit was recommended for approval subject to the new standards for conditional use permits and further subject to the following: 4