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Council Minutes of 4/1/2008 2) At the committee meeting of March 12, 2008, all members were present and the legislation was discussed: • Resolution 2008-23, as amended. A motion was made by Mr. Orlowski and seconded by Mr. Gareau that this resolution be recommended to Council for passage. The vote was 2- 1 with Mr. Ryan dissenting. • Resolution 2008-41, amended version. A motion was made by Mr. Ryan and seconded by Mr. Orlowski to recommend to Council passage. The vote was 2-1 with Mr. Ryan dissenting. • Resolution 2008-42. Motion was made by Mr. Orlowski, seconded by Mr. Gareau, recommending passage of Resolution No. 2008-42. The vote was unanimous 3-0. Councilman Barker, chairperson of the Building, Zoning & Development Committee: 1) The Building, Zoning and Development Committee met Tuesday, March 24, 2008 at 7 p.m. Present were committee members Barker, Gareau and Dailey Jones; Councilman Orlowski; Planning Director Wenger, Assistant Law Director O'Malley. The committee discussed the Clark Gas Station located at 28915 Lorain Road near Stearns Road. The proposal consists of an addition to the existing gas station structures, an additional gas pump and site improvements. The existing lot and site layout poses significant development challenges. The lot is less than one third of an acre and falls well short of minimum lot size requirements. Additionally, the existing building is non-conforming, as it violates the rear setback. As a result, special permits from BZA and variances from Chapter 1165 were granted. Many other variances were granted for front and rear setbacks, side yard setbacks, lot coverage, not enough parking, excessive lighting and lot size. The existing structure is approximately 400 square feet, and the proposed addition would increase the building size to approximately 1,200 square feet. This addition would accommodate more convenience sales and consolidate some of the vending machines and merchandise that are currently outside the building. The building addition will be brick and glass with a band of metal siding around the top of the structure. In addition to the building, two brick enclosures are proposed, one to contain the dumpster on the east side of the building and one to contain propane and ice sales on the west side of the building. An air pump will be installed adjacent to the new gas pump. There will be new asphalt and concrete work, new gas pumps, parking spaces, landscaping, new lighting, and the refurbishing of the canopy. Basically, this is a total rehabilitation of the property without having to close down. There were many questions by committee members; and Mr. Mongello and Mr. Manning, representing Clark Gas Station, along with Ms. Wenger, answered all questions to the committee's satisfaction. Mr. Gareau brought up our new temporary sign ordinance and the sidewalk sale issue to remind Clark that those are some things that we would like not to see. It was noted that this is the reason the owners of Clark were doing the renovation-to help clean up the area. Also, Ms. Jones brought up the canopy sign that is being installed in place of a monument sign. Traffic patterns, flow of traffic, and delivery times were also discussed. Ms. Jones stated that this improvement was a welcome sight to this area and of this property. It was also noted that the committee would see more development improvement with other parcels in the area because of the Stearns Road project. Ms. Jones made a motion to approve the Clark Gas Station proposal located at 28915 Lorain Road with all changes and variances approved by Planning and Design and the BZA. The motion seconded by Mr. Gareau and the committee vote was 3-0 for approval. With no other business before BZD, the meeting was adjourned at 7:30 p.m. Councilman Barker moved to approve the proposal for Clark Gas Station at 28915 Lorain Road, consisting of a new addition and site improvements, as shown on the plans stamped as received 4