| car parking; there was no shielding for the lights shown; the |
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| ground-mounted sign was not shown; and adding a fence along Hessel |
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| had to be on the plan. He commented that the plan was one step above a |
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| napkin sketch, and it was really limited in the details. He needed to have |
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| more of a comfort level with what they would be approving. He believed |
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| Mr. Ahmed was a great guy, and he wanted to wish him the best of |
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| success, but if something went wrong and they had to go back and look at |
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| the plan, they would really question what they approved. He felt that they |
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| needed to see more details and more accuracy so they were all looking at |
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| the same thing and not approving a plan that was subject to 12 |
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| conditions. He did not want there to be any misunderstanding about what |
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| was approved. There was nothing in writing about what Mr. Ahmed said. |
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| Mr. Hooper stated that in his opinion, and to be fair, if the project moved |
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| forward there should be better clarity on the plan to address some of the |
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| significant issues. If they were going to have lighting on the building, that |
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| was fine, but it needed to be shielded, and it could not project onto the |
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| neighbor’s property next door. If they were going to add a fence along |
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| Hessel, they had to show what it would be made of, how high it would be |
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| and what it would look like. He did not want to see a chain link fence |
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| along Hessel. He would like to see a decorative fence so it looked |
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| presentable for the neighborhood. The parking area was not accurate. |
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| There should be a location shown for the ground-mounted sign, and even |
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| though it would be subject to a permit, the proposed location and size |
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| should be shown. It could not be put in the right-of-way, and Mr. Hooper |
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| was not sure where it could be put. |
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| Mr. Ahmed advised that he would put the sign on the building. Mr. |
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| Hooper said that Mr. Ahmed said he would be putting up a |
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| ground-mounted sign, and Mr. Ahmed said he would not do that right now. |
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| He was going to use the same signboard that was on the existing |
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| building. Mr. Hooper said that was another example of what he was |
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| talking about. He heard one thing, and Mr. Ahmed said another. If the |
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| proposed plan was approved, some people might say something was |
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| there they did not remember. He stressed that the plan needed to be |
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| accurate so the Commissioners knew what the applicants wanted. Mr. |
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| Hooper believed Mr. Ahmed was asking for an approval, saying that he |
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| would do something later on when he got some money. Mr. Hooper |
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| indicated that was fine, but for the starting point, things needed to be |
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| accurate. He summarized the issues that needed clarification: the used |
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| car parking; shielded lighting; signage on the building; details for the |
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| fence; and stating on the plan that there would be no parking on the grass. |
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| Conditions could include hours of operation. Mr. Hooper said that he did |
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| not want Mr. Ahmed to think he was opposed to the project - he wanted |
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| him to be successful. Mr. Hooper wanted to be sure that what might be |
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