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Commission approves buffer reduction at 8666 Mentor Avenue after agreement to relocate dumpster and update landscaping
Summary
After a neighbor objected to a proposed dumpster location near his bedroom, the planning commission approved a buffer-reduction request at 8666 Mentor Avenue with amended conditions requiring the dumpster be relocated adjacent to newly added eastern parking spaces, surrounded by a six-foot vinyl enclosure and updated landscaping plans.
The Mentor Planning Commission unanimously approved a conditional-use permit to reduce a landscape buffer at 8666 Mentor Avenue after commissioners negotiated a revised dumpster location, additional parking and updated landscaping requirements.
Applicant Jeff Rosenthal, the tenant at 8666 Mentor Avenue, told the commission his office has grown since moving in three weeks ago and that he needs more parking. "Simply put, we need more parking," Rosenthal said, adding the applicant hopes to add about six spaces.
Neighbor Randy Nichols opposed the proposal, saying the plan would put a dumpster "within 10 yards of my bedroom window." Nichols urged the…
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