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Committee Chair Davis asked the petitioners and presenters to give a brief synopsis and update on any changes or amendments to the proposal. Angela Smith, Area Plan Commission, stated, The property in question is the property located at 3720 Lincolnway West. The petitioner is seeking to rezone from SF-1 (Single-Family)to MU (Mixed-Use.)The site plan has changed with the building shifting to the west side of the property, and all other parameters of the site fit within the MU standards. Committee Chair Davis asked Ms. Smith to show where the building was in the previous site plan,to which Ms. Smith used a laser pointer to highlight the boundary of the building from the previous site plan. Ms. Smith continued to state, It still meets the MU guidelines requiring that fifty percent(50%) of the facade be located within the maximum setback. This comes to you from the Area Plan Commission(APC)with a favorable recommendation. Allowing the property to be rezoned will help the transition from the more intense commercial uses west of the site to the Single-Family residential to the east, all in compliance with the comprehensive Westside Mainstreet Plan. John Wojtila, 14600 Detroit Ave., Lakewood, OH, introduced himself as the presenter and representative of Zaremba Group. He stated, What we have is a colored up version of the site plan. It does show the building placement on the west edge of the site,parking is to the east and south, with one entry to the building located at the northeast corner. We worked closely with staff on changes to the building and the site plan, the biggest one being the location of the building. We committed to constructing a public walkway along with a dumpster closure next to the building. We agreed to additional landscaping including shade trees, a hedge row along the parking lot, and seasonal plantings. Windows have been added on both side walls and added a nice cornish detail to the street-facing wall. One of the requests the staff came up with was to revise the awning above the entry doors, we are doing that and are fine with that. That summarizes all the major changes to the site design. We are indifferent to how far the setback is from the road. Andrew Rossell, 4664 Campus Dr., Kalamazoo, MI, introduced himself as a representative of AR Engineering that works with Zaremba Group. He stated, We have done several of these lay- outs to figure out what works best,both from a staff and surrounding standpoint. We've taken quite a bit of time to show these exhibits of existing and proposed sightlines from automobile traffic. The black line represents the cars traveling both east and west bound. Existing sightlines are two hundred thirty-seven(237) feet from the east. There is an already existing privacy fence that limits visibility to one hundred ninety-six (196) feet. From the west, the existing unobstructed view is two hundred thirty-one (23 1) feet. If we construct,we will actually be removing a bit of vegetation to make the new sightline approximately four hundred(400) feet, which is quite more than already there. Another point we would like to make is most people looking for business aren't necessarily looking for the building, but they are looking for the sign. The sign is located right next to the right-of-way and you can see the sign almost all the way down Lincolnway. 2