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HomeMy WebLinkAboutPLANNING MINUTES 1997-07-01 15601 MINUTES OF THE 746TH REGULAR MEETING HELD BY THE CITY PLANNING COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF LIVONIA On Tuesday, July 1, 1997, the City Planning Commission of the City of Livonia held its 746th Regular Meeting in the Livonia City Hall, 33000 Civic Center Drive, Livonia, Michigan. Mr. James C. McCann, Chairman, called the meeting to order at 7:30 p.m. Members Present: James C. McCann Robert Alanskas Daniel Piercecchi Patricia Blomberg John Walsh Michael Hale Elaine Koons Members Absent: None Messrs. John J. Nagy, Planning Director and Scott Miller, Planner III, were also present. Mr. McCann informed the audience that if a petition on tonight's agenda involves a rezoning request, this Commission only makes a recommendation to the City Council who, in turn, will hold its own public hearing and decide the question. If a petition involves a waiver of use request and the request is denied, the petitioner has ten days in which to appeal the decision to the City Council; otherwise the petition is terminated. The "�.. Planning Commission holds the only public hearing on a preliminary plat and/or a vacating petition. Planning Commission resolutions become effective seven days after the resolutions are adopted. The Planning Commission has reviewed the petitions upon their filing and have been furnished by the staff with approving and denying resolutions. The Commission may use them or not use them depending upon the outcome of the hearing tonight. Mr. Piercecchi, Secretary, announced the first item on the agenda is a Motion to hold a public hearing pursuant to Council Resolution#419-97 requesting the Planning Commission hold a public hearing to determine whether or not property located on the west side of Newburgh Road, south of Ann Arbor Trail in the Northwest 1/4 of Section 32 should be rezoned from RUF to R-1. Mr. McCann: This is a petition by the Planning Commission to hold a public hearing on this matter. On a motion by Mrs. Blomberg, seconded by Mr. Walsh and unanimously approved, it was #6-109-97 RESOLVED that the City Planning Commission, pursuant to Council 1 Resolution#419-97, and pursuant to Section 23.01(a) of Ordinance#543, 15602 the Zoning Ordinance of the City of Livonia, as amended, does hereby establish and order that a public hearing be held to determine whether or not to rezone property located on the west side of Newburgh Road, south No.. of Ann Arbor Trail in the Northwest 1/4 of Section 32 from RUF (Single Family Residential-1/2 Acre Lot)to R-1 (Single Family Residential, 60'x120' Lot Min.); and FURTHER RESOLVED that, notice of such hearing be given as provided in Section 23.05 of Ordinance#543, the Zoning Ordinance of the City of Livonia, as amended, and that thereafter there shall be a report and recommendation submitted to the City Council. Mr. McCann, Chairman, declared the motion is carried and the foregoing resolution adopted. Mr. Piercecchi, Secretary, announced the next item on the agenda is Final Plat approval for Glenn's Farm Subdivision proposed to be located on the north side of Six Mile Road between Merriman Road and Stamwich Blvd. in the SE 1/4 of Section 11. Mr. Nagy: The Final Plat has been submitted by the proprietor of the Subdivision and is drawn in full compliance with the approved Preliminary Plat, and the financial assurances required have been deposited with the City Clerk and there is a letter to that effect. Also the Engineering Department has reviewed the Final Plat and in their letter of July 1, 1997 similarly is recommending approval. On a motion duly made by Mr. Alanskas, seconded by Mrs. Blomberg and unanimously approved, it was #6-110-97 RESOLVED that, the City Planning Commission does hereby approve the Final Plat for Glenn's Farm Subdivision proposed to be located on the north side of Six Mile Road between Merriman Road and Stamwich Blvd. in the Southeast 1/4 of Section 11, for the following reasons: 1) That the Final Plat complies in every respect with the Preliminary Plat; 2) That no City Department has objected to the approval of the Final Plat; and 3) That all financial assurances required by the City have been deposited with the City Clerk. Mr. McCann, Chairman, declared the motion is carried and the foregoing resolution adopted. 15603 Mr. McCann: This concludes the pending items on tonight's agenda and we will proceed with the miscellaneous site plans. Mr. Piercecchi, Secretary, announced the next item on the agenda is Petition 97-5-8-13 by John Del Signore requesting approval of all plans required by Section 18.58 of the Zoning Ordinance in connection with a proposal to construct a commercial building on property located at 39300 Schoolcraft Road in the Southwest 1/4 of Section 19. Mr. Miller: This property is located on the north side of Schoolcraft Road between Eckles and I-96 between the Knights of Columbus Hall and the Motor City Truck facility. They are proposing to construct an 18,000 sq. ft. multi- tenant commercial building on the site. Because the parking was calculated for commercial it would be utilized by such uses as furniture and appliance stores or service shops. The parking requirement is 46 parking spaces and the site plan shows 68 spaces, so they exceed the parking requirement. The landscaping required is 15% and the site plan shows 15%. Also since the Study Meeting, the petitioner has added landscaping along the wall that abuts the I-96 Expressway and landscaping along the front or entrance of the building. The front of the building which would face Schoolcraft will be brick and also the east and west of the building will have a 31 ft. wrap- around of brick. The remaining part of the building would be a combination of different types of block. Mr. Nagy: There is no correspondence other than what we reviewed at the Study Meeting. Mrs. Koons: We talked about the landscaping in the back at the Study Meeting. The landscaping in front, is that in addition or the same as we heard about at the Study Meeting? Mr. Miller: He did present the landscaping, but he didn't present the materials that would go into it. Now he has defined the materials that would go into that greenbelt. This area was suggested by the Planning Commission and he did submit plans showing this landscaping. John DelSignore, 14680 Fairlane: I am the petitioner. Mr. Piercecchi: At the Study Meeting we discussed the block and you indicated at that time that the block would be in harmony with the brick? Mr. DelSignore: Yes, the same color as this brick (showed a sample of the brick to be used). 15604 Mr. Hale: It will be scored block? Mr. DelSignore: Yes. r.. Mr. Hale: Do you have any tenants lined up for this? Mr. DelSignore: We have a couple of tenants. Mr. Alanskas: Do you have a completion date for this project? Mr. DelSignore: I would like to be done by November. We will start as soon as we're through Council. On a motion by Mr. Piercecchi, seconded by Mr. Alanskas and unanimously approved, it was #6-111-97 RESOLVED that, the City Planning Commission does hereby recommend to the City Council that Petition 97-5-8-13 by John Del Signore requesting approval of all plans required by Section 18.58 of the Zoning Ordinance in connection with a proposal to construct a commercial building on property located at 39300 Schoolcraft Road in the Southwest 1/4 of Section 19 be approved subject to the following conditions: 1) That the Site Plan marked Sheet 2 dated 5/11/97, as revised, prepared by Kenneth E. West P.E. is hereby approved and shall be adhered to; 2) That the type of uses for this building shall be limited to the type of uses outlined in number (19) of Section 18.38 Off-Street Parking Schedule; 3) That the Landscape Plan marked Sheet 1 dated 6/24/97, as revised, prepared by Kenneth E. West P.E. is hereby approved and shall be adhered to; 4) That all disturbed lawn areas shall be sodded in lieu of hydroseeding; 5) That underground sprinklers are to be provided for all landscaped and sodded areas and all planted materials shall be installed to the satisfaction of the Inspection Department and thereafter permanently maintained in a healthy condition; 6) That the Exterior Building Elevation Plan marked Sheet 3 dated 5/11/97, as revised, prepared by Kenneth E. West P.E. is hereby 15605 approved and shall be adhered to; except for the fact that the masonry material of the building shall not be painted and will be in harmony with the color of the brick. ti.. Mr. McCann, Chairman, declared the motion is carried and the foregoing resolution adopted. Mr. Piercecchi, Secretary, announced the next item on the agenda is Petition 97-6-8-17 by Wal-Mart Stores Inc. requesting approval to revise the building elevations and landscaping of the commercial building located at 13507 Middlebelt Road in the Northeast 1/4 of Section 26. Mr. Miller: This site is located at the northwest corner of Schoolcraft and Middibelt Roads. It is the former site of the Handy Andy Home Improvement store. This is the existing site plan for Handy Andy showing how the parking lot was laid out. The petitioner would like to refurbish the outside of the building by painting it and repairing, resurfacing and restripping the parking lot. They would like to extend the parking lot and add some landscaping to buffer the gas station and One Hour Martinizing dry cleaners. There will also be some landscaping to buffer Schoolcraft Road. With the new parking area, there will be an additional 37 parking spaces. Also, all the parking spaces will be conforming at 10'x20'. The petitioner has submitted a colored rendering tonight showing the painting to be beige, brown and some blue and red. The sign shown on here is conforming. They are allowed one wall sign not to exceed 405 sq. ft. and they are showing one at 373 sq. ft. The site plan also shows a conforming ground sign, so the signage is conforming. Mr. McCann: Mr. Nagy, is there anything new on this? Mr. Nagy: There is nothing except what was presented at the Study Meeting. Ray Frankenberg, Buescher Frankenberg Associates, Inc.: The tan color that you see on the rendering is the color of the existing building and it will be matched. The darker tan on the pillars and the columns in the garden center area is new and they will be darkened as an accent. The red accent stripe along the top and the blue background and the red Wal-Mart sign will also be added. Mr. Piercecchi: The cap on the top is going to be red and you have blue behind and a red sign. May I offer a suggestion? I think your red sign is getting lost in that blue. I think you would be better off if you had a blue boarder all the way around, perhaps fatter on the ends, and a white background behind that Wal-Mart sign. 15606 Mr. Frankenberg: Personally, I would intend to agree with that and, as we discussed with the staff earlier, I think I can bring that back to the merchandising people and see if they would agree with that. I think that would be a nice �•► effect and make the Wal-Mart name stand out a little better also. Mr. Alanskas: Are you going to have the entrance on the north side or the south side of the building? Mr. Frankenberg: The driveways will be the same as they currently are and the entrance will also be the same. Right now there are two entrance doors. There's a sliding door that we will be filling in with split faced masonry to match the split facing that surrounds it. There's also an existing entrance here on the south side which we will be filling in to match the surrounding. We will be strictly entering into two main entrances right into Wal-Mart in the middle of the building. Wal-Mart wants their customers to come into one spot. That way they will have a focal point in the way they lay the merchandise out. There will be, during certain periods of the year, for the customers to enter from the garden center and there will be checkouts at the end during certain times of the year. Mr. Alanskas: You will not be having any bulk item sales out in the front of the building where the entrance is? Mr. Frankenberg: No. Any bulk area sales will go strictly in the garden center. Mr. Walsh: We had expressed some concern about parking. Did you provide to the Planning staff a traffic study? Mr. Frankenberg: I have it here tonight. What we did, we had a traffic study done on Wal-Marts of similar size, and on the average week day, we are expecting 3750 vehicles for an entire day. During peak hours we expect 400 vehicles to change places. On an average Saturday, we expect 4500 vehicles throughout the entire day, and a change of vehicles to be about 500. Mr. Walsh: I would like to review that traffic study. What is going to happen to F&M in terms of their exterior? Are there any plans for improvement to that by the landlord? Mr. Frankenberg: I don't know of any plans for improvement. Right now the front of their building is in pretty good shape. They have apparently added on to their vestibule area in the last few years. The area of this brick is a nice contrast and we will be matching the color in front. 15607 Mr. Walsh: My concern is that you are putting a lot of money into this and you want the whole mall to look good. It sounds like you have the right plan if you are going to make it match. Mr. Frankenberg: Right now our plans are to match it, but if the contractor can't match the brick, what he will have to do is paint the front of F&M to match Wal-Mart. Mrs. Blomberg: When I was visiting the Howell store, I noticed that those shopping carts are parked outside on the lot. I don't see anywhere on these blueprints where these shopping carts are parked and I wondered where you will be having them. Mr. Frankenberg: Wal-Mart will have parking shelves in the store and a parking corral in each aisle of the parking lot. In the evening they will put the carts under the vestibule area and lock them up with a chain. Mrs. Blomberg: These were just out in the driveway of the store and were really in the way of traffic. Mr. Frankenberg: That is not typical of Wal-Mart. That's a store manager problem and he needs to get his parking lot better policed. Typically, once an hour an employee is sent out to empty out the cart corrals and bring them inside. Mr. Hale: I notice that you are going to resurface the parking lot as we discussed in detail at the Study Meeting. I noticed the cement bases on the lighting posts are in pretty bad shape. Is there anything planned along those lines? Mr. Frankenberg: Yes, they will all be replaced. We will be removing all of the old lights and replace them with the standard luminaire which is a shoebox with the light in the shoebox, so it's a cutoff fixture. We will be completely redoing the lighting and make it uniform throughout the lot. Mr. Hale: Is there any plan for an independent sign on the site? Mr. Frankenberg: What we would love to do is refurbish that present sign and put the Wal-Mart name up there with the F&M name, but I don't believe that meets the new signage ordinance adopted about 3 years ago. Our plans right now are to put a monument sign between the parking and the right- of-way in front of the building. Mr. Hale: Are there any plans to expand the facility? Mr. Frankenberg: No, no immediate plans right now. I believe we are at 110,000 sq. ft. for the Wal-Mart itself and that fits the Wal-Mart prototype now. 15608 There was no one else wishing to speak and Mr. McCann asked for a motion. N•10- On a motion duly made by Mrs. Koons, seconded by Mr. Hale and unanimously approved, it was #6-112-97 RESOLVED that, the City Planning Commission does hereby recommend to the City Council that Petition 97-6-8-17 by Wal-Mart Stores Inc. requesting approval to revise the building elevations and landscaping of the commercial building located at 13 507 Middlebelt Road in the Northeast 1/4 of Section 26 be approved subject to the following conditions: 1) That the Site Plan marked Drawing 5 dated 6/13/97 prepared by Buescher Frankenberg Associates, Inc. is hereby approved and shall be adhered to; 2) That all parking lot improvements as shown on the approved site plan shall be completed before the issuance of the Certificte of Occupancy; 3) That the Landscape Plans marked Drawings 6 & 9 dated 6/13/97 prepared by Buescher Frankenberg Associates, Inc. is hereby approved and shall be adhered to; 4) That all disturbed lawn areas shall be sodded in lieu of `.. hydroseeding; 5) That underground sprinklers are to be provided for all landscaped and sodded areas and all planted materials shall be installed to the satisfaction of the Inspection Department and thereafter permanently maintained in a healthy condition. Mr. McCann, Chairman, declared the motion is carried and the foregoing resolution adopted. Mr. Hale: I felt you were extremely well prepared and it was very helpful in coming to a conclusion, and I just wanted to thank you for that. Mr. Piercecchi: I want to welcome you to Livonia. Long overdue. Mrs. Blomberg: I was very impressed when I visited the Howell store and saw the copies of the checks that were given to local charities. I didn't realize Wal- Mart was so active in the community, and we are happy to have you here. Mr. Pierchecchi, Secretary, announced the next item on the agenda is Petition 96-6-8-9 by Lindhout Associates requesting approval to revise all plans that were 15609 approved in connection with the construction of an office building on property located at 15130 Levan Road in the Northeast 1/4 of Section 20. r,.. Mr. McCann at this time called for a break in the meeting to introduce Mayor Kirksey who spoke in recognition of Pat Blomberg's contributions to the City. This was Mrs. Blomberg's last Planning Commission meeting. Mr. Miller: This site is located on the east side of Levan between Five Mile and Jamison. They received site plan approval for an office building in July 1996. What they would like to do is revise the plans that were approved during that period. This is the site plan they submitted. The original site plan had a single access drive to the site. The new plan shows two drives accessing the site. The footprint of the building is basically the same. Because of the two drives, the parking lot layout had to change. The original plan proposed 237 spaces, and the new layout allows 247 spaces. The landscape plan has the required 15%, but the plant materials have been changed. The new exterior elevation plan shows a completely different building. The original plan showed a more residential looking building, and the new plan shows a building that typically looks like an office building. Mr. Nagy: There is no new correspondence regarding this petition. Mr. Pierchecchi: How much of that block of land is taken up? Mr. Nagy: It will take up all of the undeveloped land to the north up to the podiatrist' office to the residential Jamison Street where the homes are. The front of the building will face Levan. Frank Pierron, President of Lindhout Associates, 39201 Seven Mile Road, Livonia: I am representing the owners of this property, Levan Medical Associates, which is a conglomerate of 10 physicians here in the area. We are asking for your approval for the revisions that we have implemented to the exterior design of the facility previously presented to you. We have a video presentation that we would like to present to you which would explain to you what we have implemented. Mr. Piercecchi: Why the big change? Mr. Pierron: The facility itself was too large to put on what we would call the residential type of facade. I want to show you on this video some of the buildings that are on the perimeter of this area. None of those buildings except one are a third of what we are proposing. You take those dynamics of what would be a residential form of pitch roof and apply it to a much larger building and this is what was happening. So to reduce the impact of the scale of that, we felt the need to emphasize smaller areas of pitched roof lying 15610 within the realm of a flat roof around it. When you talk about the span of 96 feet that it would take, the superstructure of the truss that it would take to do that, it would get rather massive in size. We thought that it was in the best interests of the area that we are in to try to reduce the impact of the mass that we are producing here. If we put a hip roof over it, the ridge line would be at least 24' above where the position of the flat roof would be. We went from about 12' to 24'. Mr. Pierchecchi: So you went to what looked like a one story to a two story building? Mr. Pierron: That would be the appearance of it. Mr. Pierchecchi: We went to Woodside Street which is behind this structure and you can't even see Levan Road. These trees are going to be gone in the winter time. Have you given any thought to helping those people out who abut the property? Mr. Pierron: I walked the site this last weekend and I saw all the foliage. The trees that are on the site in the back will not be retained because that is the parking lot. Of course we will not touch the resident's trees. Mr. Pierchecchi: Are you saying none of that heavily wooded area is on your land? Mr. Pierron: (Showing the site plan) There is a tree line here and the majority of the trees that are on site will be removed. I know it seems like a shame, but when you start cutting into it, these trees are small and not all that stable, and when you take away their support, they will have some problems standing on their own. Mr. Alanskas: On the north side of the property, on the first site plan, we had a wall coming out. Are you still going to have that wall? Mr. Pierron: Yes. Mr. Pierron then presented a video of the proposed site and surrounding areas. We don't think it would be advantageous to the neighborhood to impact it with a large structure, so we have tried to diminish the impact of the mass. Mr. Walsh: To clarify, from the original site plan to this one, what is the height of the roof? Mr. Pierron: We would be higher than what was originally presented because we don't feel we could construct what was presented. It was not realistic. This is about 38' to the top. 15611 Mr. Hale: You said that there were not buildings in the area that are even a third of the size of what you are proposing to do. Obviously, this building is going to make a statement. Have you looked at any other ways to design this to �.. attend to the volume concerns you had while at the same time make it less choppy, not so many peaks and valleys in the roof line? Mr. Pierron: We felt that making a change in the planes and reducing the size of the forms, making a series of small forms was the way to approach what you are stating. Mr. Hale: There are some other buildings in the area that have some peaks and valleys, but there are none that have them to this scale, is that right? Mr. Pierron: Most of the other buildings are closer in scale to the residences they are neighboring. Mr. Hale: This design now is not going to be all brick, is that correct? Mr. Pierron: Brick, glass, and the metal siding on the roof that is the same siding on the roof of the medical building on Seven Mile and Newburgh. We are not into any wood or products that need taking care of. Mr. Alanskas: I think that the film you showed really helps in how the building is going to look compared to that picture we had. I, as one commissioner, would still like to see that berm on the east side of the property. I think that's a must for the neighbors and that's what they asked for. Mr. Pierron: We would pursue that berm with Engineering. They can help us with how to handle it. Mrs. Koons: When Mr. Walsh asked the height of the roof, you answered with the hip roof, 38'. What is the height of your roof? Mr. Pierron: Twenty-six feet at the highest area. Mrs. Blomberg: Is there no way you could use the green metal-type of roof and get a lower roof that flows? All these little peaks and then a flat roof looks to me like a roofer's nightmare. I think if it were a little less complicated, it would flow better. Mr. McCann: We are going pretty close into the residential here. We are going to be removing a lot of the brush. Even the hospital is kind of soft. I see the green roof and then I picture the Cookers, those types of buildings that are highly commercial and are really using the metal roofs to get some identity, that really want to be seen. We are pushing right into the subdivision with 15612 this one. There are very quiet types of buildings around it. The newest buildings have all been structured with a residential look. I can live with the architecture, but I would like to see something to soften it up. Is it v... possible to go with a shingle type roof? Mr. Pierron: Absolutely. We showed it to the doctors both ways. There was no one else wishing to speak and Mr. McCann called for a motion. On a motion duly made by Mr. Walsh, seconded by Mr. Piercecchi it was RESOLVED that, the City Planning Commission does hereby recommend to the City Council that the Revisions to Petition 96-6-8-9 by Lindhout Associates requesting approval to revise all plans that were approved in connection with the construction of an office building on property located at 15130 Levan Road in the Northeast 1/4 of Section 20 be approved subject to the following conditions: 1) That the Site Plan marked C-1 dated 5/20/97 prepared by Lindhout Associates is hereby approved and shall be adhered to; 2) That the Landscape Plan marked L1 dated 5/20/97 prepared by Lindhout Associates is hereby approved and shall be adhered to; 3) That all disturbed lawn areas shall be sodded in lieu of hydroseeding; 4) That underground sprinklers are to be provided for all landscaped and sodded areas and all planted materials shall be installed to the satisfaction of the Inspection Department and thereafter permanently maintained in a healthy condition; 5) That the greenbelt along the south property line shall be substituted for the protective wall required by Section 18.45 of the Zoning Ordinance; 6) That the Exterior Building Elevation Plan marked A8 dated 6/16/97, as revised, prepared by Lindhout Associates, is hereby approved and shall be adhered to; 7) That the trash dumpster areas shall be relocated to the north/south property line and are to be enclosed on three sides with the same brick used in the construction of the principal building, and the wooden enclosure gates shall open toward the petitioner's property, and when not in use, shall be maintained and closed at all times; 15613 8) That all light standards shall be shielded from the adjacent properties and shall not exceed 20 ftin height; 9) That all lights in the parking lot shall be extinguished at 10:30 p.m. or one-half hour after the closing, whichever comes first; 10) That the trash shall be picked up between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m.; 11) That the protective walls along the entire east property line and 60 ft. along the north property line shall be poured walls, simulated brick, and painted on the neighbors' side according to their agreement; 12) That this approval shall supersede the approval as set forth in Planning Commission resolution #7-142-96. Mr. Piercecchi: I would like to make an amendment that the roof be made out of asphalt shingles. Mrs. Blomberg: I just feel that this is much too different than the one presented to us in the first public hearing and I feel the neighbors should be notified when there is this much change, and therefore I won't be supporting it. I would like to make a tabling motion. On a motion duly made by Mrs. Blomberg, seconded by Mrs. Koons and approved, it was #6-113-97 RESOLVED that the Planning Commission does hereby determine to table the Revisions to Petition 96-6-8-9 by Lindhout Associates requesting approval to revise all plans that were approved in connection with the construction of an office building on property located at 15130 Levan Road in the Northeast 1/4 of Section 20 to the Regular Meeting of July 22, 1997. A roll call vote on the foregoing resolution resulted in the following: AYES: Blomberg, Piercecchi, Walsh, Hale, Koons, McCann NAYS: Alanskas ABSENT: None Mr. McCann, Chairman, declared the motion is carried and the foregoing resolution adopted. Mr. Piercecchi, Secretary, announced the next item on the agenda is Petition 97-6-8-15 by Paul H. Goldsmith, on behalf of 3M Incorporated, requesting approval of all 15614 plans required by Section 18.47 of the Zoning Ordinance in connection with a proposal to construct an office building on property located at 19460 Victor Parkway in the South east 1/4 of Section 6. Mr. Miller: This property is located on the east side of Victor Parkway between Seven Mile and Pembroke Avenue. It is located south of the Victor V office building and right across from the Embassy Suites Hotel. They are proposing to construct a two story office building, 30,000 sq. ft. on each floor. This property is zoned PO-I which requires the building to be over two stories in height. They had to go to the Zoning Board of Appeals since they were deficient in height. The petitioner has indicated they were on the Zoning Board tonight and have received the variance. They are required to have 131 parking spaces and they are providing 157, so they meet the parking requirement. They are required to provide 15% and they are providing 54%, so they far exceed the landscaping requirement. The building would be constructed on all four sides of brick There would be a rotunda area in the front of the building constructed with metal plates and have a metal seamed roof Mr. McCann: Mr. Nagy, is there anything new on this petition? Mr. Nagy: There is nothing other than what was presented at the Study Meeting. Paul Goldsmith, Harley Ellington Design: I have Thomas Biddle, the Executive Director of the proposed 3M auto industry center. Nothing from our presentation of three weeks ago has changed other than we did go to the ZBA and we did get a unanimous vote. There was no one wishing to speak on this petition and Mr. McCann, Chairman, called for a motion. On a motion duly made by Mrs. Blomberg, seconded by Mr. Hale and unanimously approved, it was #6-114-97 RESOLVED that, the City Planning Commission does hereby recommend to the City Council that Petition 97-6-8-15 by Paul H. Goldsmith, on behalf of 3M Incorporated, requesting approval of all plans required by Section 18.47 of the Zoning Ordinance in connection with a proposal to construct an office building on property located at 19460 Victor Parkway in the Southeast 1/4 of Section 6 be approved subject to the following conditions: 1) That the Site Plan marked SPA-1 dated 6/13/97 prepared by Harley Ellington Design is hereby approved and shall be adhered to; 15615 2) That all light standards shall be shielded from the adjacent properties and shall not exceed 20 ft. in height; 3) That the Landscape Plan marked SPA-2 dated 6/13/97 prepared by Harley Ellington Design, is hereby approved and shall be adhered to; 4) That all disturbed lawn areas shall be sodded in lieu of hydroseeding; 5) That underground sprinklers are to be provided for all landscaped and sodded areas and all planted materials shall be installed to the satisfaction of the Inspection Department and thereafter permanently maintained in a healthy condition; 6) That the Exterior Building Elevation Plan marked SPA-4 dated 6/13/97 prepared by Harley Ellington Design is hereby approved and shall be adhered to. Mr. McCann, Chairman, declared the motion is carried and the foregoing resolution adopted. Mr. McCann: As Mr. Piercecchi whispered in my ear, this one is a winner. It is a winner for the City of Livonia, it's a winner for 3M, and I can't think of anything better to go into that park to make it an international park. Good Luck. sow Mr. Goldsmith: We are excited to proceed with the project and get the facility open early next year. We are working towards the 21st of July, and I appreciate the relationship we had with the Planning Department and look forward to staying on a positive keel all the way to the end of the project. Mrs. Koons: Mr. Biddle, in the other part of my life I am an administrator with the Livonia Public Schools and just as you have progressed to a unique way of doing business, we have new and unique ways of business partnerships, and as part of your corporate citizenry, I hope you can be involved in that manner also. Mr. Walsh: I also have a different hat. I am Chairman of the Board of Livonia Chamber of Commerce and I want to extent our welcome to the City of Livonia and if there is anything we can do to help you, please let us know. 15616 On a motion duly made, seconded and unanimously adopted, the 746th Regular Meeting held on July 1, 1997 was adjourned at 8:40 p.m. CITY PLANNING COMMISSION C. Daniel Piercecchi, Secretary ATTEST: James C. McCann, Chairman /du r..