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Original Message <br />From: Stephen Grittman [ mailto :sgrittman@nacplanning.com] <br />Sent: Wednesday, May 14, 2008 3:10 PM <br />To: Joel Hanson <br />Subject: RE: Fire Access Roads <br />We could amend this section in June - Lee Rossow is not yet approved, so we could impose <br />it on him during the current cycle. <br />I am wondering, however, if a fire -code qualified fire lane is really important for this <br />use. The fire code appears to make this requirement for proximity to "facilities" or <br />"buildings ". We have added a modified fire lane access to our requirement for outdoor <br />storage, which appears to be a good idea on two levels - fire access with an added benefit <br />of resulting in a more orderly site <br />If the outdoor storage were a parking lot with angled stalls and one -way traffic, you may <br />aisles as narrow as 14 feet between cars - a completely acceptable arrangement of cars in <br />a parking lot. In short, it seems to me that requiring a 20 foot tire lane - wni.Le it may <br />be convenient if a fire truck needs to get into a site, is not actually required in the <br />fire code, and is not applied to a comparable situation (parking lots). <br />It actually seems kind of punitive on these small lots, that we're saying they get 6096 <br />outdoor storage, but in fact, as much as half of that is likely to be consumed by "fire <br />lane ". <br />And as an aside, I'm conflicted, since I would not recommend allowing outdoor storage in <br />any case. If were going to take a firestorm of heat for the outdoor storage regulations, <br />then I think it should be because were getting rid of it. But if we're going to say it's <br />an allowed use, we should make reasonable regulations rather than load it up with <br />conditions that make it almost certain to be ignored. Let me know what you'd like to do. <br />-sg <br />Stephen W. Grittman <br />Northwest Associated Consultants, Inc. <br />4800 Olson Memorial Highway, Suite 202 <br />Golden Valley, MN 55422 <br />763.231.2555 <br />sgrittman@nacplanning.com <br />