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Regulating the number of driveways and implementing access management practices are standard zoning and traffic safety tools. They serve a number of purposes including: oo Minimize conflicts and accidents with vehicle,pedestrian and bicycles using street. • Preserve areas for on-street parking. o In an August 25, 2020 email between the applicant and Diane Hankee, City Engineer, the applicant states, "If there is any way I could be allowed to have a 10 foot wide driveway from my new garage to Pinto Lane,please let me know. For the past couple years, I have been having issues with one neighbor who parks his work truck everyday in front of my 10' gate that I use to access my back yard from Pinto Lane. He refuses to move it when I ask him to which causes me to have to watch for him to be at work so I can get into my back yard with a vehicle. I would be more than willing to use any surface you would require for this driveway if allowed to have one." o There are currently conflicts with on-street parking and the illegal driveway. • Minimize impact and maintenance costs to public right-of-way and utility corridors. o An analysis by WSB on recent street reconstruction projects indicate driveway replacement costs range from$2,000 to $5,000 per driveway. • Maintain yard green space and enhance the streetscape. • Preserve street snow storage. • Minimize impervious surfaces. CRITERIA AND FINDINGS OF FACT Per City Zoning Ordinance Section 1007.018(1)(a): No variance shall be granted unless it meets all the criteria in paragraphs 1. through 7. below. The City shall make findings regarding compliance with these criteria. 1. The variance shall be in harmony with the general purposes and intent of the ordinance. The general purpose and intent of the Off-Street Parking ordinance is to alleviate or prevent congestion of the public right-of-way and to promote the safety and general welfare of the public, by establishing minimum requirements for off-street parking of motor vehicles upon various parcels of land or structures. The variance to allow for a second curb cut/driveway access is not harmonious with the general purposes and intent of the ordinance because it increases public right-of-way congestion, decreases safety and diminishes the general welfare of the public. 2. The variance shall be consistent with the comprehensive plan. Per the 2040 Comprehensive Plan, the property is guided for Low Density Residential land use. 4