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Q nmmtttrr ■rpurt Zoning and Vacation Committee On tilt Q mmiwn fdounrtl of Up 014 of nut!! drub: The July 22, 1991 meeting of the Zoning and Vacation Committee was called to order by its Chairperson, Council Member Lee Slavinskas, at 4:34 p.m. in the Council Informal Meeting Room. Persons in attendance included Council Members: Zakrzewski, Duda, Coleman, Luecke, Niezgodski, Puzzello, Slavinskas, Coleman, Duda, Ladewski; Mike Dobson, John Byroni, John Oxian, Joanne Harper, Jim Pastor, two members of the public, a member of the news media, and Kathleen Cekanski-Farrand. Council Member Slavinskas noted that there were two items on the agenda for review. The first heard by the Committee was Bill No. 29-91 which was a zoning ordinance proposed for the property located at the Southwest corner of Ewing Avenue and Ironwood Roads. He noted that he would like to hold the public hearing in Committee and then would be recommending that it be continued at the regular Council Meeting to August 12, 1991. Mr. Mike Dobson the developer of the proposed site then showed a revised preliminary site plan to the Council. He noted that currently there is a two bay service station and that he would be adding a stockroom and new pump island with a canopy, with the new pump island to be placed to the West of the existing pumps. He noted that he is asking for twenty-three feet of forty-seven feet to be re-zoned commercial leaving a twenty-four foot residential area for screening. He noted that fifteen parking spaces are required four of which are proposed to be located on the West side of the property. Council Member Slavinskas noted that the residential lot is forty feet with seven feet of a vacated ally involved. It was also noted that the current underground tanks are six years old and do meet EPA requirements. Two concerned residents voiced opposition stating that they did not like the service bays to be located on the West side. They cited noise and odor problems which would result. They were also concerned with regard to the use of the alley which parallels Ewing. They voiced opposition to re-zoning the twenty-four feet of the forty-seven feet involved to C Commercial and voiced concern over losing a house in the area. John Byroni of the Area Plan Staff noted that they recommended that the service bay doors face Ewing in an