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NORTHWEST ASSOCIATED CONSULTANTS, INC. 4800 Olson Memorial Highway, Suite 202, Golden Valley, MN 55422 Telephone: 763.231 .2555 Facsimile: 763.231.2561 planners®nacplanning.com MEMORANDUM TO: Little Canada Mayor and City Council FROM: Stephen Grittman DATE: July 19, 2012 RE: Little Canada — Tim Mercil Front Yard Garage Variance Staff Report Supplement FILE NO: 758.09 —12.09 This item was considered by the Planning Commission at its meeting on July 12, 2012. At the meeting, the applicants indicated that they intended to retain the existing driveway on the north side of the property over the easement they current use which accesses the current detached garage. The plans specify that the existing garage is to be removed, but did not specifically address the driveway. The new garage to the south of the home would gain access via a privately improved driveway that was built within the right of way of Mitchell Trail, and unimproved City street right of way that was acquired in part from the subject property and adjoining lots, and in part from a plat of the Mitchell property to the south. Two issues came up at the Planning Commission that dominated discussion of this item. 1. The retention of the existing driveway would leave the applicants with two "curb cuts" — one to Twin Lake Road to the west, and one to Mitchell Trail to the south. In the usual condition, single family homes may have just one curb cut on a street, with a second curb cut allowed by Conditional Use Permit. However, the CUP provisions would make this option difficult to meet. Those provisions require, among other standards, that the street be of Minor Collector status, and that the property has at least 100 feet of frontage. Neither of these conditions exist for this site. 11