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Little Canada Planning Commission 24 February 1983 Page Two P.U.D. Site Design. The proposed interior circulation consists of a private street, which is a 30 foot wide road surface only with no public right -of -way that will be owned and maintained by the homeowners themselves. A private street is typically requested when the required street right -of -way width cannot be met. All homeowners are to understand via the Property Owners Association Agreement that the maintenance (repairs, sweeping, snowplowing, etc.) is their functional and financial responsibility. It should be clearly spelled out in the Development Agreement that at no time in the future will the City take any responsibility for the street. The acceptance of a private street would be a major policy decision bythe City and should probably precede dis- cussion of any other aspect of the project. The site has been graded very tightly behind each row of structures to a 30% slope which is the maximum slope that will support vegetation. Retaining walls have also been utilized. The proposed drainage pattern directs most runoff appropriately to the wetland north and will not increase amounts of runoff to the west and south. The City Engineer should also comment on the grading and drainage. Each unit will have a two car garage which meets the parking requirements for the site. The 40 foot width of the driveways exceeds the maximum 24 foot width allowed on a public street, which is of particular concern on Viking Drive. This can be an Ordinance modification allowed under the P.U.D. However, it is recommended that the Homeowners Association spell out how snow removal and deposition will be handled. The City Engineer should review the proposed utility plans and make recom- mendations on whether they should be public or private. We hope to have comments on this at your meeting on 3 March. The structures in a planned unit development need only meet respective district setback requirements at the front (30 feet) and side:. (15 feet) of the project site. The structures along Viking Drive right -of -way, the front of the property, do not meet this requirement (specifically, structures 0, L, J, A, B, C and D). However, this design may be alleviated due to the possibility that state -owned Viking Drive may be transferred to the City of Little Canada. The mechanics of this transfer will be discussed in a separate report. If this occurs, the right -of -way width could be reduced to a more typical 50 or 60 feet, in which case all structures would meet the setback requirement. If the Department of Transportation cannot make this transfer within a reasonable time period as judged by the applicant, or decides not to transfer the road, a variance will be needed from the requirement. Due to the excess of right -of -way in front of structures 0, L, and J, a variance appears justified since the land is basically otherwise unuseable. 42