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MINUTES CITY COUNCIL MARCH 22, 2006 Murphy noted that at the Planning Commission meeting, the Commission supported the Text Amendment and agreed that backing out on a busy street was a safety issue. Murphy noted that County Road B -2 is a busy street consisting of vehicular and pedestrian traffic. She further noted that they do not have the ability to install a T turnaround in their yard given that a large spruce tree would have to be cut down. She also noted that there is not enough room between the house and the street to install a T turnaround due to the tree location. Montour felt that there were other streets in the City just as busy as County Road B -2. He noted that he lives on DeSoto Street which has a lot of pedestrian traffic to Pioneer Park. Backing out onto streets with pedestrian traffic is an issue and drivers must be careful. Allan felt there was some room on the Murphy property to install the T turnaround without disturbing the tree. Murphy disagreed and indicated that the turn would be too tight. Murphy again pointed out that the Planning Commission recommended approval of the Text Amendment. She noted that the two dissenting votes only opposed the Text Amendment as written and felt it should be available to more property owners and not as limited as drafted. Murphy stated that they can understand the concern for aesthetics as well and limiting impervious surface. She indicated that they have already submitted a landscape plan for the horseshoe driveway, and would have no problem changing their plan to utilize pervious surface. Murphy indicated that they want to pull out on County Road B -2 for safety reasons. She also noted the point their driveway intersects with the street makes it difficult to back out and drive up the County Road B -2 hill during the. winter. The property across the street has the same situation, and that property was granted a Variance for a horseshoe driveway. Murphy pointed out that several property owners have gone ahead and installed horseshoe driveways over the years without asking for the City's permission. Keis noted that if the City sees a horseshoe driveway being put it, it is stopped. The City Administrator noted that several have been requested, and City staff has told these property owners that they are not permitted. Chris Cardinal, 2755 Lakeside Court, reported that horseshoe driveways have been permitted on County roads. The City Administrator indicated that while the County issues curb. cut permits on County roads, property owners are still required to obtain necessary approvals from the City. Cardinal reported that there is a great deal of pedestrian and non - motorized vehicular traffic around the lake, and consequently on County Road B -2 East. He felt this was a safety issue and that the request for the 7