Planning Commission - Regular Meeting

I'd like to call this 12/01/2025 planning commission meeting to order. Roll call, please. Cal Ragneaux? Here.

Smith? Here. Van Dyke? Here. Calcom? Here. Mister Jones is not here,

but he will be here soon.

Thank you. Next item on the agenda is approval of the minutes from 11:10 twenty five. Can I have a motion, please?

Make a motion to approve.

Thank you. Second. Thank you. Roll call, please. Smith?

Yes. Van Dyke?

Yes.

Jones? Oops. Sorry. Bell Cone? Yes. Del Ragneaux? Yes. Motion carries.

Thank you. Council report? Councilman Van Dyke?

Nothing to report.

Great thank you very much. I guess we'll move right into business. The first item on the agenda is JD Sports Sign Plan. Will the applicant come forward please?

Yeah so this is 267 Crocker Park Boulevard a new tenant it's in the former Apple store. Maximum allowable signage is 67 and a half square feet and the total sign area is 28 square feet so there's no issues with that at all. There is of course master sign criteria that applies. There are no waivers that are required for the two signs that are proposed. Facial wall sign 24 square feet. It's face lit interior illuminated channel letters. Corporate branded font and colors. And I won't go through all the details but no issue with the construction. Very simple. Just two letters.

And they are adding a projecting blade sign. There was never one at this location. Push through letters. Again corporate branded font and colors. And typical construction it's an aluminum face. So you only have the letters that are illuminated. And of course the height is eight feet above grade. So no one will be hurt by it. And with that said there are no waivers as I mentioned. It does meet the design and location standards of the Crocker Park master sign criteria. So no conditions are necessary.

Great. Thank you very much. Welcome.

Hey there. McFarr, Stark Enterprises. 629 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland.

Great. Do you have anything to add to Mr. Bedell's report?

All good.

Okay. Thank you. I'll ask my fellow commissioners to start. Mister Dahlbregno?

I think I'm good other than Mick, you're here early. I didn't think we were getting out this early. You usually last. Thank you.

Thank you, missus Smith. I have no comments on it. It looks fine. Councilman Van Dyke?

No comment.

Great. I do not either. So can I get a motion public? I forgot about the public. Would anyone from the public like to comment on this? Seeing none, can I get a motion?

Based on the findings of facts,

I move to approve the JD Sports sign plan. Second.

Roll call, please. Van Dyke?

Yes.

Jones? Oops. I keep doing that. Sorry. Falcone? Yes. Del yes Smith yes motion carries

great thank you very much

thank you

next item on the agenda is exclusive men's salon sign plan

yes this is 25075 Center Ridge Road Stein Mart Plaza. I apologize Center Ridge Plaza that the new name. So this is a new wall sign to the former Lords and Ladies space tenant space. A tenant did purchase this sign prior to receiving formal approval from either the landlord or the city. We were unaware of the purchase unfortunately because it is larger than what the master sign criteria does allow.

It does actually complies with many of the requirements of chapter twelve twenty three for wall signage. It's under 100 square feet. Letter logo height is less than four feet. But there are some master sign criteria provisions that it does not meet. So the previous sign for Lords and Ladies measured 21 square feet. It was 12 and a half feet long with 18 inches letters. Maximum sign area for this tenant is actually 25 square feet. The proposed sign is 57.1 square feet. So it requires a waiver for an additional 32.1 square feet. So it does exceed the individual tenant allowance.

I just would like to point out there is an there is a 123.7 square feet of unused signage for this shopping center. So it's you know it's really not a question of running out of square footage. It's just that it's divvied up among all the different tenants. But right now, there's not much signage there, really, as much as there could be. So the maximum sign length is this is master sign criteria is 12 and a half feet.

That's the frontage times 0.5. And it's 22 the proposed sign exceeds the permitted length by 10.2 feet does require a waiver. Letter logo height is limited 24 inches. And so actually that works out well. The logo is for lettering. Logo is 36 inches. So there's a 12 inches waiver that's required for it. And there was a similar waiver for welcome house. Their logo is 32 inches high. So you know that that was something where with them they could not shrink their logo down and have it still be legible.

This would be a just a little bit larger than that. As far as the colors are concerned, they are using gold and that's just not one of the colors. There's a lot of different colors that are allowed at that shopping center. And gold just doesn't happen to be one of them. So that would be a waiver as well. I won't go through all the details as far as the design and fabrication goes. That's all what we would expect to have at that shopping center. It is just to help you decide. It is about two twenty feet from the curb to where the actual storefront is. So it is quite a distance.

I mean all of those are are quite a distance from Center Ridge Road. So as I mentioned for the findings of fact, it was purchased before obtaining the required approvals. It does comply with chapter twelve twenty three. If there were no master sign criteria for this shopping center there really wouldn't be any issues with them doing the sign at this location. You would just be simply being asked to approve a new sign for this location.

So if you you do wish to approve this tonight it does require a waiver from the master sign criteria for the maximum sign area to exceed 25 square feet, maximum sign length to exceed 12.5 feet, and maximum logo height to exceed 24 inches, and to allow the gold colored sign returns and logo. Thank you.

Thank you very much.

Welcome. Thank you.

Can you state your name and address for

the record please?

Yes. Murad Do want to slide over to the microphone? Sorry. They can hear you at home.

Murad Hassan. 25075 Center Ridge Road, Westlake, Ohio.

Great. Thank you. Would you like to add anything to mister Biddell's report?

No.

Okay any reasoning about going ahead you just didn't know that you need to contact the landlord or don't tell us about It how that

was just a misconception.

Okay. Anything else?

No.

Okay. So I'll see what my fellow commissioners have to say. I'll start with, missus Smith.

It's a a nice looking sign, and I do see that there's a hundred twenty three seven point seven square feet left. It would be up up well, I I guess it's water over the bridge would be would have been better if you would have come to see us before this.

Right.

It's a very big sign, but it does the colors kinda blend with the background. I guess I don't other than kinda being backed into it, I don't have a problem

with it.

Okay. Thank you.

Thank you. Councilman Bandai?

Yes. So, mister Bedell, could you can you go to, like, Google Earth or something or to the you know, put the put the whole plaza up there. Which is that something you can do pretty easily?

Yeah. I'll have to do it from that computer over there.

And and the only reason I'd like to do that is because there's two questions I guess I have is one is we have this master sign criteria for the plaza and the idea is to have some consistency across the signs and also to correct me if I'm wrong it's also so that you can so they can get them approved without having to come to us if they meet the criteria of the master sign. Is that correct Mr. Biddell?

Yes. Those are the two reasons. So you have a cohesive design for the entire center. And then it also expedites approval so that we can actually approve things at the counter instead of at a Planning Commission meeting.

And so the second item is not relevant here for that. But the first is the consistency with the other signs on that plaza. And are all of them more of this excuse me. Are they all pretty consistent across all of them in terms of the colors and stuff like that?

No. There's a variety of different colors. And I should be able to actually, if you give me a minute, I'll pull it up here. Google Street View, I think, would probably be best for that.

In other words, what so the commission, what I'd like to kinda see is how does it fit into the whole Yeah.

Yeah. It makes sense.

Picture.

Makes

sense. You know? Because we're just looking at this little part. Totality

I was just in there this weekend. The Realty World or whatever that is. They have a big globe or something. It's it's that looks a little inconsistent. So

I would like to add mister Van Dyke that the color of this sign was just so that it would blend in to the building and the size was so that people can see it from the street. So we tried to make it blend as best as possible. Yep. We didn't want any outstanding colors.

Cooperating with you for you Jim or oh there we go alright

yeah unfortunately this does not have some of the newer signage added that does include other colors So you're just seeing red right now. Unfortunately, REMAX, of course, has some color. Stein Mart, when it was there, was green. Then This

is an old view.

Yeah. So there are other colors. As far as the size goes, because that's one thing I was thinking about, like how does this actually fit in this band that you have right here? So Thai spice, it's kind of similar to Thai spice. It's going pretty much the entire height of it. The current lords and ladies is he's more centered, a little bit smaller.

Yeah. But so those those signs are they take up most of the height of this. And even though, you know, your square footage is calculated a little, you know well, first of if you took the emblem away, you'd be pretty close.

Yeah.

But the other thing is it's a much lighter font. And so I think it's not gonna be a big deal. So I don't have any big issue with it.

Okay. Thank you. Mister Jones?

The only concern I really had with it, aside from the timing of it, is just the fact that it blend it does blend pretty well with the building, almost too well. It's it's I I think I'd struggle I I think it's not gonna be super legible. But I guess that's really more their issue than ours. I don't think it's a problem to have it there as far as aesthetics. I think it'll work fine. I think that they might find that it doesn't stand out very well and might not serve its intended purpose. But that might also be a function of how this rendered out, too. Maybe it'll look a little more obvious when it's actually constructed.

So Right.

That's my only concern.

May I? Mhmm. I would like to add, that we do have LED backlights. So it it kinda does match the main sign, the Center Ridge Plaza sign right next door to us. So it it is visible.

Okay. Madam chair, may

I Sure.

Step ask one question. So can you go back to what what does the actual sign look like that's been constructed? Is it it's yep. It's Okay. So you already have the white face and everything in there. Yep.

Alright. Okay.

Thank you. Okay. Sure.

Anything else, mister Jones?

No. That's all.

Okay. Mister DelBregno?

Jim, what was the allowable signage that there for that addition? How much are we under right now? And then

It's yes. 50 it's a 57.1 square feet. The total allowable is 25 square feet. So it's an additional 32.1 square feet assigned area.

On the plaza itself though? Oh, 120,

almost 124 square feet of unused signage.

And then occupancy wise for that, is that

It's full, I think it's fully occupied with this. So there would be no need for more signage, I sent. Not.

So the Y 23 is still.

Oh. I don't think this is going to harm anyone from from needing that 32 square feet with theirs being this much.

That's all I have.

Okay. Anything else mister DeWagner? Nope. Okay. Thank you And I don't have any comments. I wish you would have obviously come to us beforehand Right. Because we could have helped you with some of the criteria, obviously. But I'm fine with it at this point. So I guess, does anyone from the public like to talk on this one or speak on this one? Seeing none, can I have a motion, please?

Yes. Based upon the findings of fact, I move to approve the exclusive men's salon sign plan with the following. One waiver from the master sign criteria for maximum sign area to exceed 25 square feet, maximum sign length to exceed 12.5 square feet, maximum logo height to exceed 24 inches, and to allow the gold colored sign returns and logo.

Thank you. Second. Roll call, please. Jones? Yes. Falcone? Yes. Del Reigno?

Yes.

Smith? Yes. Van Dyke? Yes. Motion carries. Great. Thank you.

Thank you all so much.

Good luck. Next item on the agenda is ordinance twenty twenty five one one seven conditional use permit for biohacking.

Yes. Nine seventy seven b Bassett. And this is for elemental performance center to be located in the Exclusive Industrial District. As you recall, you recommended approval of ordinance twenty twenty five fifty seven to add biohacking as a conditional use in 12/2003 for this very individual who's here tonight. And so this was the reason that you made that recommendation. And now this is the next step in the process. The code has changed. And now she's coming for the actual conditional use permit. So it's evidence based non invasive modalities to optimize physical, cognitive, and emotional health. She has more to add to this.

And I won't go through all of these things. But you know some of the things that I did take a look at. Hours of operation. Number of clients. You know basically parking. How much parking? Is there going to be enough? Is there any outdoor equipment such as liquid nitrogen tanks or similar things like that? Know how is is there anything that's going to occur outdoors? And I did learn that they will be able to use the stamped concrete patio.

It's fenced. It's reserved exclusively for their use. Other than that, things that we might be concerned about like liquid nitrogen tanks outdoors. Things like that they're not doing. And as far as the number of clients will have and parking with the clients and with their staff there should be no issues with that property to be able to absorb that many people. So with that said if you choose to make a recommendation I this time I don't have any recommendations. Great for conditions.

Conditions. Thank you very much. Would the applicant come forward please. Welcome.

Hello. Thank you. Elise Free, 23200 Lake Road, Bay Village. Thank you for letting me have this opportunity to speak to you all today. I've been in front of a couple of you before.

A human performance center facility that uses science backed protocols such as sauna, cold water immersion, breath work, red light therapy, and recovery modalities to support metabolic health, stress reduction, circulation, and nervous system regulation. These centers are already well established across Ohio and across our country. In our region alone, there are facilities such as Root Cause in Berea, Sacred Hour in Lakewood, Soul Space in Gordon Square, Sweathouse in Strongsville, and Drip in Avon. Nationally, the model is thriving in places like Toronto, New York City, Tampa, and Chicago. What I'm building here or wanting to build here in Westlake follows that same model but with a stronger emphasis on community education and safety.

The new 5,000 square foot human performance center will be an open concept facility which is important for both health and safety. The places I mentioned here in our region, none of which have an open concept. All of these are private rooms, and I'll get why that's important, especially when we're dealing with cold immersion. Our staff will always have a clear line of sight of people in the cold water. No private rooms where guests will be unobserved.

An immediate access if someone needs assistance. And a community environment that supports accountability and proper use of the equipment. In addition, every staff member at Elemental has already been certified through the Soberg Institute in the Thermalist Method, which is the leading global certification for cold and heat protocols. This means we follow internationally recognized evidence based standards for how to safely guide the public through contrast therapy. On top of that, our staff is trained in first aid, CPR, and AED use.

And we will have a defibrillator on-site. Safety is not an afterthought. It is built into the entire design and operation of this facility. Human performance of biohacking centers are not a trend. They are part of a rapidly growing global movement.

According to multiple market anal analysis, the human performance and recovery sector is one of the fastest growing categories in wellness, projected to grow significantly over the next decade. People are seeking natural science supported methods to improve their health, reduce stress, and build resilience. And Westlake has the opportunity to be on the forefront of that. This facility will not only bring high level wellness education to the community, but also a safe, regulated, and professionally staffed environment for residents seeking healthier lifestyles. I want the city to feel confident that when Elemental opens its doors as a human performance center, it will be operated as an expert level with science based protocols, trained staff, proper oversight, and a commitment to enhancing the well-being of the Westlake community.

I thank you so much for your time, and I'm happy to answer any questions.

Great. Thank you very much. I'll ask my fellow commissioners if they have any questions. We'll start with Councilman Van Dyke.

So, yes, thank you for coming here again today.

Yeah.

So I guess, licensing. Is there any licensing that's involved with this from the state?

There is not. I'm actually in talks with other people who are doing this in other states around country because with we are trying to get some sort of global standard, especially even for maintaining the proper equipment and for how to guide people. Florida, for instance, just initiated a five minute max on doing a cold a cold bath. And facilities around the nation, I visited over, accounted over 52 that I've been to throughout the nation. There is these two ways of doing it.

These private rooms with sawn and cold plunge in the private room, and then an open concept. And to me, I mean it's especially when we were with Doctor. Susanna Soberg who is the global expert, we actually flew to Sweden for three days to visit with her and her medical team. The first thing she said is, you should not do this with people being alone. You never know, you know, if something's going to come up.

And to make it to be this best protocol and the safety measures, you have to have your eyes on people. And every place here in this region that I mentioned, these are private rooms. And two of these five places got mad at me because I would not close and lock the door before I went in the cold bath. And I just wanted to make sure that you all knew that this, I believe, is going to be an issue moving forward. And I'm not bringing that to Westlake.

I am bringing open concept, the cleanest, most I mean, these the filter systems on the plunges, everything I'm bringing in is state of the art, And it's going to be an open concept based on community. We'll have classes that lead people through. The whole idea is to get people, safely in the water so that they can build up that resilience and do all the beautiful beautiful metabolic and chemistry and hormone balancing that it provides.

So when you but you did mention the word regulated. So what do you mean by that? Is how you know, since it's not licensed with the state, what would regulated be from your

For me, it would be the correct pro the protocols that we're bringing people through. The education and the certifications that the team has.

So as as part of our approval of this or review if we decide to, you know, do we, you know, you know, where does the where does the zoning code start and stop on some of this, you know, the idea of the open concept versus rooms, is that something that should be included as part of this if this is, you know, something so we can debate that a little bit here in a minute. Then the the other thing is so so, you know, our friends from Scandinavian countries, you know, have been doing saunas and then cold plunges. I mean, this sort of the same kind generally the same concept that has been done for

Thousands

of

years.

Yes. Okay.

Yeah. And a lot of that is coming to the forefront now because of the research that's been done, the scientific studies that have been done. One of the most famous studies recently was over 20 with 2,000 participants that proved at the end that sauna three times or more a week, and we're talking a session being seventeen to nineteen minutes, reduced cardiovascular issues by sixty seven percent. I was listening to the Ohio State game this weekend and obviously a lot of the commercials are pharmaceutical based. And I saw one was the little heart sitting on the couch with the therapist and saying, He's not taking good care of me.

And they're like, Oh, if you take this, pill, we it can reduce your cardiovascular issues by 23. And I'm like, twenty three percent? With all these side effects, you can sauna to sit in a hot room for three times a week for fifteen or twenty minutes and reduce it by sixty seven percent.

So just since you have this open concept, are tell me how many saunas and how many plunge pools

There'll you have. One traditional sauna. There'll be four plunges that can take four people each. And then I do have an infrared sauna that is smaller for 12 people. And the main reason I actually included the infrared, because you could easily do this with just a traditional sauna, which is also called a finished sauna, was because of firefighters. There's so many studies that have come out that if I can get firefighters from their smoke inhalation to the station, undress, shower, come right into me, We'll set them in the infrared. In one hour in the infrared, reduces all of their toxins by 62%.

A lot of fire stations are including

exactly what you have. But they're not using it. I talked to the North Olmstead guys.

I think it depends on which

Exactly. And that's a education too. So I actually talked to North Olmstead about just educating their firefighters on why this is so important for them to get in after a sauna. I mean after a fire.

And the, I'm calling it the plunge pool, how do you make it cold?

Oh Doug might be able to answer more of that. I'm actually working with the, honestly that's a really good question because a lot there's if you go online tonight, any of you could buy 2,000 different companies plunges. This is not what I'm talking about. This is not a personal plunge that is going to clean and cold the water. These are based with hydraulics and do you want to come up and talk about it?

So it's not just ice sitting in a bathtub?

No. It's actually no ice. It's just water. And we've visited the facility in Florida quite a few times. And the reason I decided to go with this particular company and this individual is because he's the one teaching me the most on what's going on throughout the nation as far as what different health inspectors are wanting. And his plunges can be custom designed for whatever Ohio needs. Even if today the standard is one thing, and then in a year from now they're like, you know what, we're gonna add you have to have this filter. You have to

have this

contraption. These are so custom that we can handle anything.

The way that they're gonna

be Can state your name real quick?

Can I address things? Don't Ford. 872 Woodside Drive, Westlake, Ohio.

Great. Thank you.

The way these plunges are constructed, each one is going to have, its own filtration and sanitation, in a maintenance room. So it's kind of like your commercial pools are where they have the pumps and filters and everything in a pool house, we're gonna have a room that has four pumps, four different filters, four different chillers, four different ozone sanitation stations for each plunge. So each plunge will have its own I mean, are they are the size of a regular pool pump. The supply lines are inch and a half supply lines that take the water in and out. We can drain and fill a plunge in about four minutes.

Eight minutes.

Eight minutes.

Because it's using hydraulic even, not just gravity to drain it.

Then what we got they're chillers that you know, it's like a one horsepower, one and a half horsepower chiller. These tanks are actually pretty small. They're only about a 165 gallons a piece. So they're they're not real big, the the thing. So they the the requirements to keep them clean aren't as much as if was a, like the liquid lifestyles pool with like 20,000 gallons.

And is all the equipment inside or some of it got end up outside?

All of it's inside.

All of it's going to be inside, yeah.

And then what's the temperature of the water? It

varies. Deliberate cold exposure is anything under 60. So normally with obviously four different plunges, I can have four different temperatures. The more you get cold adapted, sometimes the colder you want to do. If you want to meet us Saturday, we're going to be plunging outside at Bradstreet Landing. Last we did it last the first Saturday in November, the water was 56. And this Saturday, it'll probably be about fifty fifty two. And then in January, we're going to do it in January too, it'll be 38. But I'll probably keep them between forty and fifty nine.

So the general question is, is there any other things if we move forward with this then is there anything else that we should as a Planning Commission put in here as requirements or guidelines or however you want to or is it do we keep it broad and so I'll let everybody else debate that one.

So

that's all I have. Thank you very much.

Thank you. Mr. Jones, your comments?

Yeah. So to answer that question, my opinion is we keep it broad and largely because of the fact that they are still kind of developing their standards. So right now, we have it in our code as a conditional use, which we already debated and supported previously. And I think that, you know, she's made a case for this particular one. I would certainly support moving forward with it. But I wouldn't support making any changes to to the ordinance that put make that a conditional use. Not yet. You know, at some point, if the standards ever change and it's brought to our attention that the standards have changed, well, then at that point, maybe we revisit it. But I'm fine with it the way it's been submitted.

Okay. Thank you very much. Mister Dobregno?

May I echo mister Jones? I agree. I think we leave it open for now, and allow it to vet itself, since it's so new. And I also am supporting it the way it is.

Thank you. Mrs. Smith?

I agree with Councilman Van Dyke that it's good to be cautious. However, we it's not regulated by the state yet. So and we've already, Commissioner Jones said, debated this and supported it once before. So I would support moving forward with it.

Great. Thank you. Yes, I would agree with my fellow commissioners. I think it's a great concept, and I'm very interested to see it come to fruition. Do I have any comments from the public on this one? Seeing none, can I get a motion?

Yes. Based upon the findings of fact, I move to recommend approval of ordinance twenty twenty five dash one one seven.

Second. Roll call, please. Belcone? Yes. Del Rechno?

Yes.

Smith? Yes. Van Dyke? Yes. Jones?

Yes. Motion carries. Great. Thank you. Thank you for your presentation.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Next item on the agenda is chancellate sign plan.

Oh, yes. 24650 Center Ridge Road. Two facial wall signs, 18.6 square feet each. They're non illuminated letters. They're in the corporate branded font and colors. It's three eights inch thick laser cut black acrylic with digital blue colored vinyl overlay to them for the chance that you can see there as well. Mounted to aluminum c channels affixed to the exterior wall. I have a condition that they're painted to match the wall. It's a standard condition of ours. Unless there's some design thing that I'm not seeing there that they that it would look better not painted, but that's typically what you require.

They're on the north elevation of the building. It's near their two entrances. So they identify the business. They should assist with way finding as well. There's no master sign criteria for this building. So only the chapter twelve twenty three regulations apply. This does allow up to a 160 square feet of signage and the signs could be a 100 square feet apiece. So know what their size there's no issue with that. Maximum letter logo height 48 inches. They're at 28 inches.

So that's fine. It's about 10 feet or it's no more than 10 feet above grade. So no issue with the height on the building as well. So this is another one that meets the code and really just with that one condition unless there's, as I mentioned, a reason to not paint them to match the building.

Great. Thank you, mister Riddell. Welcome.

Hi. Paul Lang with Sina Raman North Olmsted, 26747 Brook Park Road extension. Our intent was to match the color of the building on the rails in the first place so that's that's not an issue on our end at all. Beyond that you pretty much stated everything I would have stated.

Okay. Thank you. Mister Jones, do have any comments on this one?

No. I do not. I think it looks fine.

Mister Del Ragneaux?

I'm good.

Missus Smith? No comment.

I agree. Nice looking sign. Councilman Van Dyke?

No comment.

Great. Alright. Anything anyone from the audience would wanna comment on this one? Seeing none, can we get a motion?

Yes. Based upon the findings of fact, I move to approve the chancellate sign plan with the following. One, condition that mounting rails are painted to match the building. Second.

Roll call please. Del Reigno? Yes. Smith? Yes. Van Dyke? Yes. Jones?

Yes.

Del Cone? Yes. Motion carries. Great. Thank you very much.

Thank you.

Next item on the agenda is the chancellate site improvements. I believe we're gonna table that to the 01/05/2026 meeting.

Uh-huh. Yes.

Can I get a motion for that?

Sure. Move to table chancellate site improvements to the 01/05/2026 meeting.

Roll call, please. Smith? Yes. Van Dyke? Yes. Jones? Yes. Bellcombe? Yes. Del Rechno?

Yes.

Motion carries.

Thank you. Next item is the La Center development plan for the pavilion, and that also will be tabled to the 01/05/2026 meeting. Can I get a motion, so

moved

second roll call please Van Dyke yes Jones yes Del Cone yes Del Reigno

yes

Smith yes motion carries

great thank you and we're gonna since we're still pretty early in the meeting, we're gonna bump Viola Park up next? So bump these next to Viola Park and Ordinance twenty twenty five dash one twenty four up, and then we'll jump back onto the agenda. So let's see. If applicant the would like to come forward for the revised design guidelines.

Yeah. And I'll run through the slides as soon as I can.

Welcome. Hey. Hi. If you wanna go ahead and state your name and address for the record, that'd be great.

Thank you. Karen DeBenedetto, 33368. Karen Dry, Avon Lake. Danielle DeBenedetto, 33667

Great. Welcome.

Thank you

for having us tonight.

We'll let mister Vidal do his presentation, then we'll get your comments.

Okay so the purpose is to add more material choices and include colors and finishes that were chosen by the home builder. And they reflect client preferences. They're practical, available, they elevate attractive standards set by the current design guidelines. So you have an expanded range of colors and materials. The selections remain harmonious and provide variety that helps avoid a monotonous appearance within the community.

It's the same design for each unit. There's seven units there total. And so one way to break that up is to allow a variety of materials so that they can be personalized but still everything still blends. So that was the reason for this. They also there's the guidelines in addition to the other materials does also include the building elevations.

They're not changing the building elevations except to a lot of different materials. So the current guidelines are very simple. Just all white hardy board siding, weather ledge stone on all four sides, black windows, standing seam metal, one color metal roof, and an asphalt shingle that's also one color. So they've expanded siding, choice of Hardy or vinyl shake, five color options. Vinyl by the way is not included as a siding option in twelve thirty seven point zero four C3 so this would require modification for vinyl.

And she can explain why that is a good choice for these. Stone five options and they would like the homeowner to choose how many sides to apply stone but we think that there should still be at least stone on one side. The current design does show stone at the base of on all four sides. Windows Windsor wood casement or vinyl casement three color choices right now it's just one window again. Roof standing seam metal there's three different colors for that.

And asphalt shingles there's a variety of asphalt shingle colors as well. Garage door flush style four color choices. Lighting in front door this is something that would be left up to the homeowner to select. And the current design guidelines provides only one wall fixture and does not specify the front door selection at all. So we'll probably want to come back to the screen at some point.

But these are all the different selections that are being presented. And as I mentioned, there's a couple drawings just so that we can remember what they would look like. So if you are able to approve this, there's a modification to allow the use of vinyl shake siding and a condition that the homeowners may determine the number of building sites to which stone is applied provided that stone is installed on at least the front facade of the dwelling. Thank you.

Thank you. Welcome again. Would you like to add anything to Mr. Vidal's report?

Thank you Jim very much. So the reason that we wanted to do this was when Chad Chelimi first came to me and asked us to do this for him. He did not realize when they came in the first time that it was only supposed to be one color because it was not his vision. Because I I said to him, I go, you do realize this only has one choice. And he said, I did not realize that.

I thought that I was going to be able to let my homeowners, kinda warm up instead of just a stark black and white community. He wanted to have, he had a vision of them having their own selection, their own colors, but he wanted to keep it very simple and, he wanted it to gel. So he loves the light gray tones and the beige tones and and the white, just making it just a nice community that you wanna drive into and see and giving the homeowner some choices. And the one thing about the vinyl siding, which thank you for bringing up, Jim, was the reason for the vinyl siding is I have found out talking to a lot of the homeowners that are interested development, that, you know, today, things are very expensive, especially the Hardie siding. And I did not wanna lose the integrity of the development by just putting the straight slat vinyl siding.

I I it was not our vision. So wanted to offer the shake siding because it's a lit you know, it's a little more upper class. It it it will blend very well with the stone samples that I have here. And I feel it would be a a good option for them especially, you know, if they're retired or their new family's starting. It it gives them a way to save a little money and that was the same concept of not having them have to use stone all the way around.

We wanted to mix up the stone and the vinyl on the front and they still have the option if they want to put the stone around, I mean, some people might, but it also give them an option to save a little money if they want to use the vinyl siding or stone partially around.

Great. Thank you. Anything else to add?

I just have one thing. So this is in the motion. This is unusual in that this is something that the Planning Commission actually approves. Council will have to approve it as well but the way it's written it does actually say that it's submitted for for approval by the Planning Commission and City Council.

Thank you. And then do you have design samples you want to pass around to?

You can walk that around. I can take that. Yeah. We have two two of the samples.

Okay. Great.

They're just They're basically the same color.

Started and end. That would be great. And while they're looking at that, I think we'll start with our fellow commissioner's comments. Mr. Del Ragnell?

First is there's a Volkswagen SUV outside with their lights on.

I don't

know if anyone drove an SUV Volkswagen, but your lights are on. It's

fine. No

problem. That's my public service address. The one question I do have is lighting in front door. We're kind of particular on our lighting and

want to

make sure that everybody understands what we're looking for as far as lighting goes. I don't know if you have if you're giving them different fixtures to try or to pick from or what.

I can limit it.

Yeah. I think I think it would be best to work with Mr. Beadell on

That's fine.

The lighting for that. Sure. And then the you're also looking at front door and garage door, I believe, are four styles on the garage door. But the front door, what are we doing with that? Is that

So I'm envisioning more for the front door to have a little bit of glass

Mhmm.

And then letting them I mean, honestly, I'm fine if you guys just wanted to have the glass door with the panels. I'm fine with that. I think that'll be a beautiful look for the front door.

Don't think we want to necessarily I think we we don't wanna go like, we're trying to do it a little bit less expensive for an individual. And if we give them a door options, there's as you know, there's numerous door options that are much more

Right. I was kind of of limit them.

Okay. Then on the shake siding on the vinyl shake, have one you is are you familiar with installation on that? The second part of it is, I found that because of the, what I'll say, a three-dimensional to it, it does tend to become more brittle over time as opposed to the flat panel, which I don't like flat panel. I like to shake. But I just want to make sure that you're aware that I've come across that personally.

That's interesting. I haven't come across that one yet. But thank you for that.

Other than that, am good for now.

Oh, thank you. Sorry. Gonna stay out today.

Okay. Another. Any other questions, mister Dahl right now?

No. I'm good. Thank you.

Okay. Missus Smith? I think

the colors look great. I think you've done a good job preselecting Thank you. The the choices for the the potential homeowners so that they could pick almost anything and have it go with the other. Have you preselected the garage doors? I think I missed some of this.

I believe we did. It's the one that is shown in the picture up there. We're going to keep all the garage doors the same. Okay. Yeah, with those color choices, correct.

I don't have any other questions right now.

Okay. Councilman Van Dyke.

Yes. Thank you. So this project you have here is actually one that was, I believe, the first of doing

Plaster.

With our code. We did some code enhancements here over the last few years, and this was the first project that sort of fits under that Mhmm. Those guidelines, let's say, or requirements. And I will tell you we've we debated an awful lot about materials and so so I'm gonna first I want to get a clarification about so mister Biddell so the original plan that we approved was that each of these units were the exact same architect the same layout and building elevations on

one style that was provided. There was only one thing. So, yeah, that

See, I I for some reason, I you know, I thought it was a that there was at least with the elevations that there was variation in the actual elevations of the units.

I think it was the renderings just showed the way they positioned it and the renderings, the different views made it look like there were more than one unit. But no, was just 100% sure about it. 100% sure, yeah.

So all the units are intended to be the same exact design.

Correct.

So well first of all I guess I'm not so sure about that. But, alright. So the

I don't want to speak for Karen, but I think you would like to have more than one style. Right? You didn't have to build the same unit over and over seven times, you'd be happy with that. Right?

I would have been, yes.

Right. So and I'll just tell you, so there are a couple of the developments that we've discussed over time and all I think kind of like are things like Clubside, you know where that is off Detroit Road? That was done by Chandler years ago. So all the units were white brick and stone and they used the same materials but they're very each unit was a little different. It's the same architectural style but different layouts and configurations.

And then the another one was was Century Oaks. Same kind of thing. So each unit is different but they're really pretty similar materials. So there was some consistency to them. So so my first concern is is because this especially since this is such a small development, is having it be too busy in terms of colors and materials and all that. And while you've picked out materials that are sort of compatible, I would say, there's still you could have seven different schemes over there.

Possibly.

Yeah. So, you know, should should the should we limit it a little bit? Should we say you can have three or, you know, four or two? Or so that's one concern I have. And the second concern is the with the materials themselves.

So I understand, you know, we purposely didn't want to have vinyl siding because we've had a lot of, know, multifamily units being built here in the city that are all vinyl sided, giant vinyl siding, lots of vinyl siding. So we wanted to get away from that. And and also we and and so the concern I have with if we say, okay. Well, vinyl siding's okay on this one, we might as well just say it's okay on everyone after that. Because every time we do something here, we set the precedent. Every single time. And everybody says, no. No, Duane. The next time, it's different. But then the next one comes along and says, hey.

You let them do it here. Why can't we do it here? So that's, I guess, a concern I have. Because if we we might as well just say, vinyl siding on all the multifamily going forward. We're done. Because the next person's gonna ask the same thing for the same reasons. We wanna control cost and all that kind of thing. And it's not that that shake siding is, you know, pleasant enough looking, but my point still is that it's final siding. So I guess I'm I'm I'm not quite there with what you've proposed here today. And so tell me, first of all, with with the units being different and if you could, you would you design them slightly different? Or what what what's your thoughts on those?

Well, I would have liked to have designed them all differently, but it was already plotted out on every one of the lots the same, which would mean I'd have to start from scratch all over again.

Yeah. Alright.

And so we just don't have time or

Right. Yeah. Yeah. But even on the I mean, are you sure I thought we had like, they were gonna do some with clipped some were gonna have peaks, some were gonna have clipped gables, some of that. I thought we had that. That was part of the proposal.

Don't I don't recall that.

The the two peaks are clipped a little bit. There's

Right. Just soften it a little bit, but I thought there was some break. Right. Okay. Yeah. Yeah. I don't know.

I'd be glad to I mean, if if that would, you know, make a difference if I had to use the Hardie, I mean, that would be fine. We could stick to the Hardie. And

and I'll just go then let's talk about the stone a little bit. Again, part of the reason we were trying to put stone on all the elevations was because these I don't particularly like it in sub developments where you just have the front where it's decorated and the sides aren't. But in these cluster homes where they're you're gonna see all force all the sides around them. I mean, it's not like there's a you know, there's there's sides and backs and fronts that are all facing some street. So that was the reason for trying to work some stone into each of the elevations.

But I'll just say this, I'm only one vote here. So let's see what the rest of the council wants to do here. Our commission, I should say.

Thank you, mister councilman Van Dyke. Mister Jones?

Thank you. Yeah. I can understand councilman Van Dyke's concern about it maybe getting too busy with too many choices, but I kinda feel like the the choices that they've offered are all kind of in the same family. I mean, it almost like, if I look at the three different stone options, you know, to an untrained eye, the bottom two almost look the same to me. The top one definitely has some variation in size and shape. But the colors are all kind of in the same family. I think you could say the same thing about the vinyl shake and the hardy board. I think those are all kind of in that same you know, they're all in the same family at least. So I don't think you're gonna have a situation where there'll be so much variation that it's starting to clash. You know, like I I don't see that happening.

I think giving a few different options is good particularly since it sounds like they're gonna be sticking with the idea of all of the units being basically the same floor plan or, you know, layout, whatever. So I think just to give them a little bit of variation in that regard, I think I think makes sense in this case. I'm with you. I'd rather they be able to offer multiple multiple different, you know, layouts, models, whatever. But if that's not how it is gonna work out, then, you know, I I think this is a good way to, you know, sort of, you know, let people personalize a little bit and give give some variation in the neighborhood.

So I I'm okay with all that. As far as the material selections, you know, I mean, I I I would defer to the architects on that. But, you know, I do. I can totally understand, you know, the rationale for including vinyl. I do appreciate that they've limited it to just the vinyl shake, which I think has a much different look than, you know, your standard vinyl siding, which, you know, full disclosure, I have a new house with some of that vinyl siding on it. And thankfully, I was able to put it on there because otherwise I wouldn't be living in a new house. They they get too expensive after a while. Right? So I think and again, I think it can be made to look nice. I mean, think I think vinyl gets a bad rep personally.

I I think that, you know, if it's if it's done properly and in the right locations on the structure, you know, as long as you're not talking about doing the whole front that way, which they're clearly not looking at looking to do, I I think that this I think that it can work okay. So I I don't have a problem with it. I would I would support moving forward with these that they've submitted.

Thank you. Thank you. I just have a question on the garage door. So the picture you're showing, that's not really a color choice. Right?

No. No. That's just the style.

Style. Okay. Good. I was like, I don't like that color.

No. Yeah. Agreed.

I was

gonna say, like, it's a

good point. I didn't

like that either. Okay. Good. They're all

they're all in the same family, like, grandsort. Yeah. No.

I'm getting I'm getting

it now. Okay. I guess, what's the price point of these houses again? Remind me.

I believe they'll be in the 7 6 to 700,000 Okay. Dollars Not including the lot.

Yeah. Yeah. So and the difference between vinyl versus Hardie is or how much? I mean, what's the difference between?

Significant. It's probably 30% higher.

Okay. Yeah. Yeah, I guess guess I'm okay with it too because I'd rather get people in houses. Mean, and again, it's gonna vary the neighborhood obviously a little bit if it's you can make a house a little bit cheaper. So I guess I'm okay with it.

Any other comments? Any comments from the public on this one?

Anything else? I do have one more comment.

Sure. Go ahead.

So then in that case, if final's okay here, then we should just make vinyl okay for all of them. Because otherwise, every single time we have a project come in, it's gonna have the same request.

Well, I will say this. One of the only reasons I'm okay with it in this particular case is because they've limited to a certain style of vinyl. I'd So still like to have the ability to review these things and look at them and have it be case by case. I I don't I don't necessarily think that it's gonna be appropriate in every single instance, but I think it works here based on

what they've submitted. Because it's a shake.

It's a shake.

Yeah. Yeah. A seven inch

that everyone's or six inches everybody puts up. Yeah. And I also don't wanna just say vinyl shake only. Like, somebody might come to us with another style of vinyl that looks better than the the what we think of as the standard just, you know, vinyl planks. You know? So I'd I'd like to continue to continue for us to have the ability to look at it and review them on an individual basis.

And it is only seven houses. That's another idea of mine. It is a small development. I mean, it's not

It's a smaller element.

It's a smaller development. It's a smaller element.

Oh, smaller development. Yeah. Both.

Yeah. Mhmm.

Alright. So what about the stone, though?

I like the stone. Like having more stone. Mhmm.

Right. But what are we saying? That they can put stone just on the front if they want? Or

Well, I guess that's a compromise. Yeah. I prefer to see it on all three on three sides. I mean, would. Yeah. But Agreed.

I'd like to see it on street frontage. I mean, the you know, some of these houses have double street frontage. Right? I mean, I'm trying to remember how the how the street lays out. Right.

But what you don't want have is just, you know, like two sides and not two sides.

Know. It's either it's going to be

Yeah, I know.

It has to be the three sides?

Deliberate. Well, is it

Not doing the back?

I don't have a problem with no stone on the rear on these things at all. Right. I I think that's a waste of money, personally. But I can see the argument to having some on a side that you see when you're pulling on the street.

So here's another question. Should

it I be agree.

Should it be another approach would be to say then rather than just the this Wayne's I always say it incorrectly Wayne's cot or Wayne's code.

I say Wayne's code and I'll probably pronounce it.

What do the AI tell us?

Right. Right.

You know, maybe it should be just if you're gonna do it on the you know, say, okay, you can do it on one side, but, you know, you have to do a more not just a little short band. Maybe you take a portion of the elevation or something like that. It would be a thought.

Wayne, like you would do like this this whole bump out right here would all be stone.

Or maybe something like that. Right? Yeah. So but I don't know. Or just do it on the front as a base and be done with it. Just then always looks like it's tacked on. Alright. Well, if you guys make a motion, then we'll

see here.

Let's see what the motion says. Will you show will you show us the motion again? Make sure we have okay.

Conditional

So you're saying put more GT sports. The wrong one. Yeah.

Oh, that's the right it's just the name. Yeah. The modifications are right. Yeah.

I don't

know yeah. Sorry. I don't know why that's

No worries. We'll fix it.

But are you saying me to put something in there? Let's see.

Stone is applied.

Talking more about how many sides the stone is. Councilman Van Dyke, is that something you

wanna Yeah. I don't know. I mean, I think it's

Do we wanna look at the layout of the street so that we can kinda see which is face street facing?

Do you

do you happen to have that?

Yeah. Yeah. Do you have that? I actually might

have that with me.

So that I kinda agree that if it's street facing

For me.

Stone should be added?

No. You're gonna put it

right at a seal. I'm gonna zoom in.

On the seal. Right there.

The table.

On the seal. Right there. Right

Right Upside

down?

No. There you

go. There you go. Okay. Oh, I

thought this is where you come down the street there.

Where's center? Center's on the left here.

Left side.

Right here.

Is it

so hard? Really is kind of in a nook back there, so you're not seeing a ton of sides other than the first couple.

But if we look at number seven, for example, would we do yep. And do the Vuela Court side and Vula Way side since they're both streets. That makes sense. Well, you know what?

I would agree with

that. Yeah.

And the same with four?

But see, I you know, architect in me either says do it on the front or do all four sides, but not this you know, if you do partial sides, then it's I think it'll look even.

See, to me, 7 faces Villa Court. Villa Way is a dead end at that point that nobody's ever gonna drive on those.

And look at numbers. Look at Lot 4.

Center Ridge.

Lot 4. Vula Way and

Vula Way. You know, I there might be some And same with Lot 1. Lot 1 for sure because Lot 1 you'll see from Center Ridge.

So the rear of Lot 1, you'd see from Center Ridge.

Yeah. It's yeah. You'll see all of it.

All of it. Yeah.

Other than the north side, which is a side you know, the left side.

I'm deferring to the architects. Yeah. This is architectural things.

Why did I get involved in

this one?

If if we said stone if we were to say Stone Wainscot on three public facing sides, does that that seems like it would cover the corner of Vuela Court and Vuela Way. Are we splitting hairs there?

Or I I would just that's fine. I just leave it the way it is where it's, you know, let the homeowner decide one or at least it's on the front. And then if somebody wants to run it around the I I don't wanna do partial. I think he gotta do the whole thing or

Okay.

Or one one or four.

Probably right.

Do you

know what I'm saying?

Mhmm.

Not two. Okay. My opinion.

Okay. Do we have a motion then?

Thank you. Sure.

I fixed it. Oh, nice.

Thank you.

That was quick. Based upon the findings of fact, I move to approve the Villa Park revised design guidelines with the following. One, modification to allow the use of vinyl shake siding. Two, condition, homeowners may determine the number of building sides to which stone is applied, provided that stone is installed in at least the front facade of the dwelling.

Second. Roll call, please. Jones? Yes. Del Cone? Yes. Del Reigno?

Yes.

Smith? Yes. Van Dyke? No. Motion carries.

Thank you for your time.

Thank you.

Thank you so much. I really appreciate it.

Mhmm. Next item on the agenda is ordinance twenty twenty five dash 124 code amendment for office permitted uses and office lab districts

yes so this was referred by council last month on the twentieth. Purpose is to add salon to the schedule of permitted conditional accessory uses in the office lab zone. It allows an existing salon in the zone to also provide micropigmentation, medical tattooing it's called sometimes. There's a definition from Google up there. I won't read it.

But you've got it in your report as well. So this was actually presented at the Planning Zoning Legislative Committee, PZL Committee, back on the twelfth. It does differ from decorative tattooing. And offering unlicensed services could jeopardize her professional license. So this is not something that could become a tattoo parlor, in other words.

It's a very specialized medical thing. It's something that actually health insurance certain insurances will cover as well. In addition to the micropigmentation position, her business includes two stylists and a nail technician. And there were some enforcement concerns raised by PCL members. The law director confirmed that such procedures fall under state jurisdiction.

So the proposed text amendment would classify this as a conditional use. And if it's adopted then she would be back here in the future to secure a conditional use permit. And the city of course retains a discretion to approve deny or impose safeguards as part of that process. So it's pretty simple. You're just adding salon to the list of conditional uses.

Why is that happening? Well it's happening because when somebody is wanting to do micropigmentation or medical tattooing, the County Board of Health contacts our office and they ask us about zoning. And we check to see if the zoning will allow that. And so in looking at this, salon does need to be added in order to have medical tattooing at this location. So it kind of makes it possible.

Right now it wouldn't be possible. So if you do approve of course there's always the standards for evaluating conditional use permits. It's not an automatic thing at this or other locations. But those are the main safeguards I'm sorry standards that would apply. Those are safeguards and conditions.

Now I'll take a look at zoning by the way this is a it's kind of interesting so it's a it's a those are all individual units are all condominium units she actually owns her unit in that location. Office lab is not expected to result in many similar facilities in this zone. There are only 17 properties that are zoned office lab and 10 are unlikely candidates due to their their use as large single tenant industrial buildings Energizer being an example of that. Or because they're part of other operations such as the crown treatment facility where there's some vacant land. Highly unlikely that you would see that there.

So you know at most you could have seven other locations where these would occur. So we really don't think this is going to be impactful for this zone or for any of the other zones where it would be allowed. So with that said, this is a you know it's a zoning text change so it's really you're gonna recommend approval or not approval.

Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you for seeing me tonight. Your name and address, please? Angela Tempest. 507 Lindbergh Boulevard, Berea. Great. Do you have anything to add to mister Biddell's report? No. I think he covered it. Okay. Great. We'll ask the fellow commissioners if have any comments, mister Del Ragneaux.

I sat through zoning, so I'm okay.

Thank you, missus Smith.

I have no comments. Councilman Van Dyke.

So I also sat through the Planning Zoning Legislative Committee. So just a couple of things I would like to highlight. Mr. Bedell, can you go to the zoning, big zoning map there? And just so if if this if the applicant was located in F Or H which is so I can read it office is F right right Or H is general business. If the applicant was neither of those locations, they'd be fine.

For general business, yes. For office, I will have to I don't think so for office. Check on that. But definitely for general business. Let's see what else do we have here.

H is general business in here.

Yeah. And then G that you see there, which is shopping center. So definitely could go in G would work. And then I, which is interchange service, it would work in I as well.

Yeah. I guess my point being maybe if I I thought f also it was included. But in other words, this is adjacent to a zoning district. Actually, the property touches the that's similar zoning district on two sides. So it's not like it's a not spot zoning. It's Right. It's consistent with what is we that area would be.

Yes. I I would agree.

So I think that, you know, in my opinion, make makes it, an easy decision. So

Great. Thank you. Mister Jones?

Thank you. I I would add to that. You know, I also consider this this proposed use to be pretty comparable to the use that she's already allowed to have in this location. So I mean, if, you know, if if it was gonna be like a comparable use determination type thing, which I'm not sure if they if you guys even do comparable use determinations here that's like work running to that in other communities that I work in. I I think that it probably would have passed muster just under that standard. I have no issue with it. I think it's a great thing that you guys are doing. So

I would agree with my fellow commissioners. I think it is a a good use, and I'm willing to support it. So yes. Any comments from the audience on this one? Seeing none, can we have a motion, please?

Yes. I move to recommend that council approve ordinance twenty twenty five dash one twenty four. Second.

Roll call, please. Belcone yes Del Reigno yes Smith yes Van Dyke yes

Jones yes

motion carries

great thank you very much good luck thank you thank you

thank you

next item on the agenda is the Scheibond Park

actually if you wanna just take this just to

Oh,

sure. Don't worry about it later.

Ordinance twenty twenty five dash one twenty three is a conditional use permit for a bank.

And the applicant did ask to be tabled?

Yes. So we'll table it to the January 5, 2026 meeting. If I can get a motion?

So moved. Second.

Roll call, please. Del Bracknell? Yes. Smith? Yes. Van Dyke? Yes. Jones?

Yes.

Holcomb? Yes. Motion carries. Great. Thank you. Now we'll move on to the Cheyenne Park revised preliminary development plan. We'll have mister Bodell do his presentation first.

Okay. I think most of this we went through last time. All buildings could be up to 30 feet tall except Building 1 at 30 about 35 feet and Building 3 at about 18 feet. The only real change in terms of parking is in front of the building is a row on the west side of the lot. The rest of the things you see highlighted we've gone are italics we've gone over before.

So just kind of focus on what has changed for tonight. Which actually let's see. Yeah. We have a little bit more information in terms of how buffering would be handled. Did receive a kind of a last minute change.

And it just included some more numbers. And I have asked them to load their presentation on the computer. Because I'm not able to enlarge this. So it's a little hard to read some of those numbers. I'll let them go through that. Great. But for tonight what they will go over with you are some of the site line study to go over. Showing the berm, showing vegetation and how that will work, contextual elevations, line of sight studies. And they can explain this a lot better than I can. So with that said, I'm gonna

Thank you. Switch Would the applicant come forward, please?

Welcome. Are

these new submissions? Or is this what you already submitted for the packet?

I believe it's the same thing as the

So they've already received these then.

Had the walk through last last time, so this is kind

of a

Friday is this

what you submitted?

These are glosses of what submitted.

So it's the same thing though?

Correct. Okay.

Okay.

I'm Brady Matheny. I'm the attorney for Scheibin Park's application.

Great.

To my right is Roberta Vega Peralta. He is the architect. To my left is Chris Scheibin. And then to my far left is Jason Scheibin. Great. Do you need our addresses?

Yes, please.

Okay. So mine is 107th Avenue, Suite 150, Chardon, Ohio 44024.

32506 Gurse Road

and Avon Lake. 822 Current Court, Brunswick, Ohio.

16394 Pepperwood Court, Strongsville, Ohio.

Great. Welcome. Thank you.

Thank you.

We were

just gonna walk through actually the Perfect. Okay.

Alright. Can you hear? Yes.

Please use the mic. Okay.

We really appreciate your feedback from the last time. I think it was really clear that you wanted to see three things. You wanted to see wanna

push the mic just over a little bit more. Thanks. Yeah. I can hear you at home.

Again, sorry about that. I'm gonna do my best to have my voice here heard. So there were there were three key things that that you wanted to see from last time. This includes aerial views, contextual side diagrams, and elevations, and that line of sight studies. Right?

That's what we always spoke about for for last time. So I think most importantly, what I wanted to highlight highlight from the plan is that the concerns were well received about the neighbors, especially the residential neighbor and neighbors to the north and and to the east. So with with that in mind, we're having we have added a substantial berm and fence in addition to the abundant tree foliage cover that we have on this end of the project. And so what this creates and what I did with the diagrams here is that it creates a very clear visual story of how we really take the the serious comments made by by both the planning commission and the and the residents, the neighbors, to to keep that in mind. Obviously, we have a a very commercial corridor in Crocker Road and Crocker Park with a history and a legacy of of of of entertainment, of dining, of retail that is part and parcel of Crocker Park and of and of the the place where we reside here.

So this is this is completely unchanged. We we've respected the 155 foot setback that was one of the requests that was made of of the development even though right across the street, it's just 85 feet or so across the average in Crocker Park. It's a 155 foot setback coupled with the water main line and other easements that are present in the in the site really force our hand to be able to develop a building and development into a cohesive whole as you see it here. It's it's it's the most western, most available amount of development that we can do. The the water main easement prohibits us from doing any developments along here, and the storm and sanitary sewer easements prevent us from doing any development, and we we we've respected your 155 foot building setback requests.

So with all of this in mind, our best approach was to, like we said, provide that berm and fence and trees to provide that visual and acoustic separation. So with the sight lines that that you that you requested, this is what the view would be for the proposed view from the residence at Farmington Road. So if you were standing on this property's backyard, this would be the view, and here's a key kind of explaining where Farmington Road is. Then if you went up north for the residence at Sunset Drive, if you were to stand at one of the residences' backyards, this is the view that you would see. As you can see, we have successfully removed in its entirety any view to the development whatsoever.

And that was, again, the main concern that was brought up about having any visibility. We wanna also provide peace and comfort for all the residents on the planning commission that, no, we are not planning six, ten story office buildings as as as some of the residents expressed and some of the planning commission expressed. There were those concerns that that is not happening in this development. This is only a one story to at most a one story with some form of a mezzanine development that is very low in its in its stature, and yet it provides the level of luxury and experience and retail that we've we've promised to to deliver on from the very first day that we stepped in here about almost two years ago now. So we've kept we've kept true to the to the story and

to the

spirit of the place, and there's not much more to add other than than the exhibits that we've been requested of. So that's what we've produced and we're more than happy to answer any questions or anything else.