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• • Planning & Zoning Board September 11, 2002 Page 11 Staff is asking the P & Z to consider the following information and then give staff direction on whether or not Carl St. should be connected. Based on that direction, staff will work with the applicant on the design of the plat. Staff stated the applicant hired a consultant to prepare a traffic study. The study was summarized at the August meeting. At that time, staff had not had the opportunity to review the traffic study. The City Engineer now has had the applicant's traffic study analyzed. That analysis is attached (TKDA memo from Steven Elmer, August f3). Note that several assumptions and conclusions in the study may not be universally accepted. Staff noted the majority of P & Z members voiced opposition to connecting Carl St. to the new development. At the same time, most P & Z members expressed support for new air park lots that would each accommodate a home and a hanger. Staff indicated it would seem that the best way to incorporate new air park lots would be to design them to be part of the existing air park. If this is to occur, they should be connected to the existing air park lots along Carl St. If Carl St. does not connect, the new air park lots will be separated from the rest, which would seem to violate the concept of an air park "neighborhood ". Staff indicated therefore, if new air park lots are to be created with the Behm's plat, Carl St. should connect to the new plat. Staff stated existing air park lots on Carl St. are 373' deep, with widths ranging from 123' to 178' (1.1 acre to 1.5 acre). The hangers can be up to 3200 s£ The size of any new air park lots should accommodate the houses, hangers, and taxiways. Staff noted one of the options presented by the project applicant is the future creation of a road along the powerline easement to provide access to 4th Ave. and a connection between 4th Ave. and Sunset Rd. At the August meeting, discussion included the likelihood of future opposition to this connection by residents of the new Behm's neighborhood —the neighborhood that will be created by the plat under consideration. Staff believes that the opposition that will occur will most likely prevent the connecting road from being constructed. Staff indicated there are physical design issues to consider as well. The powerline easement is 90 feet wide. If a road is built along the northern edge of the easement, the powerline easement will cover the front 90 feet of the lots fronting on the road. The houses will have to be setback at least 90 feet to be out of the easement, with 90' driveways. The front yards will have high voltage powerlines crossing them. This does not seem to be a very inviting neighborhood design. Even if the paved road is offset as close as possible to the towers, at least 50 -60 feet of front yards will be under the powerline easement with the wires overhead. Staff stated since the property on which this hypothetical road is located is not being developed, we have no design that shows a road and plat layout that could be workable. Lacking this, it is impossible to know the feasibility of developing the property with a road connecting the Behm's development with 4th Ave. APPROVED MINUTES