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TUESDAY, JANUARY 10, 1989 thereof) to the extent that off-street parking spaces per 1,000 square feet of gross building areas within shopping centers containing gross building areas in excess of 300,000 square feet will be reduced from the present requirement of 5.5 spaces to that of five (5) spaces. Council was informed that ~ request for a variance to this extent from the Zoning Ordinance requirement, sought by the petitioners to be able to accommodate a fourth "anchor" store at their Liberty Fair Mall, now under construction off Commonwealth Boulevard (west of Liberty Street) and for which only three "anchor" stores were initially contemplated, has been denied by the City's Board of Zoning Appeals and that the requested ordinance amendment ~s now before the Planning Commission for its consideration and recommendation, on which the Commission will conduct a duly-advertised public hearing on January 19, 1989, with the Commission's recommendation thereon presumed to be available to City Council at or before the Council's forthcoming January 24th meeting. Council was also informed that most area shopping malls are currently required to provide no more than five (5) parking spaces per 1,000 square feet of leasable area. Council called for a duly- advertised public hearing to be conducted by Council~on this proposal and request at Council's January 24th meeting. Several members of the City School Board, with Board Chairman Worth H. Carter, Jr., as spokesman, accompanied by members of the City School System's administrative and teaching staffs, appeared before Council and presented--and commented on--exhibits (developed and prepared by Mr. Ronald B. Epperly, Director of Business & Finance, Dr. Larry J. Kellogg, Administrative Assistant for Instruction, and Mr. J. Michael Rolen, Administrative Assistant for Special Services, all with the City School System) comparing the number of the City