05-09-2019 Planning Commission Minutes

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MINUTES PLANNING COMMISSION MAY 9, 2019 the shoreline and impacts of that disturbance. With the information submitted, the City Attorney has indicated that it would be hard to justify one lot and the justification does not appear to have been met for two lots. The Associate Planner stated the City engineer's comments were included in the staff report, and she has not heard back yet from the Ramsey Washington Watershed District or the DNR. She stated that based on the information provided by the applicant, staff recommends denial. She reviewed the findings of fact that support the recommendation of denial for reduced lots widths on Lots 1 and 2 along Labore Road. The Associate Planner stated that a copy of a letter from the neighboring owners who are asking to not allow the Labore Road access to be reestablished was provided to each Planning Commissioner tonight. Johnson stated that she will be abstaining from voting because she lives four houses away from this property. Buesing stated that he feels the driveway widths on Labore are a big concern with the snow storage issues. Zekeriya Yargici, owner of 675 Keller Parkway, stated that coming in to the property.off of Keller Parkway is difficult due to the grade going uphill. He stated this is an opportunity to improve the land usage. He noted that he compared the access off of Labore Road and Keller Parkway, and stated that coming in off of Labore Road is almost flat so it would eliminate any disturbance to the slope on the Keller side. He stated that during construction of the homes, it would negatively affect traffic on Keller Parkway. He stated that if the homes accessed Keller Parkway the owners would have to enter the home with steps, but would not be required if accessing from Labore Road, and driveway access in the winter would be more difficult off Keller Parkway. He noted that most people would not prefer a tuck -under garage style home, but would like a walk -out basement style that could be built if accessing off of Labore Road. He stated that he is open to having a shared driveway off of Labore Road. Ie,wapick asked why Mr. Yargici is not subdividing in to two lots instead of three. Mr. Yargici stated that three lots is the best usage of the lot. Mike Fahey, 651 Labore Road, stated that the Council has not approved a shared driveway for 40 years. He stated that there is no reason to approve any variances for this property because there is plenty of area on Keller Parkway for driveway access. He reported that applicant has created the need for variances. He stated that there was a contractual agreement that was put in effect in 2006 to not allow access from Labore Road that should be enforced. He indicated that he has submitted a letter from the neighbors