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• • • Signalization The Hodgson/CR J intersection should be signalized. The City recognizes the need to plan for the right of way to accommodate signalization. The City also recognizes the need for inter jurisdictional cooperation because CR J forms the border between Anoka and Ramsey Counties and between the Cities of Lino Lakes and Shoreview. Discussions between staff from these jurisdictions have resulted in agreement that the signalization is needed and the recognition that it is a shared responsibility to accomplish this goal. Parcel Size In addition to access needs, the design of new internal roads should allow for the creation of parcels of property that are large enough to develop. The parcels must accommodate buildings, parking, access drives, and site amenities such as landscaping or other features. The street system must take into account existing uses as well as the potential for future development. Right of Way Road rights of way must be large enough to accommodate vehicle movement, pedestrian sidewalks or trails, utility easements, and landscaping. While it is possible to have utilities in separate easements, this uses additional land. It is most efficient to include utilities in the road rights of way. Additional right of way will be needed for Hodgson and CR J, especially at their intersection. The intersection of these arterials will need additional right of way for signalization and turn lanes. The specific dimensions will require further joint planning among Anoka County, Ramsey County, the City of Shoreview, and Lino Lakes. The City recognizes that providing access to land within the study area probably will take different forms. In the area between Hodgson and Ware Roads, the best approach is a new public roadway. One end would access CR J, the other end would access Hodgson. The access locations are shown on the Master Plan. To the west of Hodgson, the triangular configuration is not conducive to creating a complete road in a right of way. The study area only has about 300 feet fronting CR J, which does not allow for a public right of way without severely limiting development potential on the property there. The preferred solution there is for the parking drive design to create what would be, in effect, a backage road running up from CR J through property to the north and then out to Hodgson at the location described above. This would require access easements between properties, which would be required as conditions of development approvals. It is possible that such an approach would be appropriate in the eastern part of the study area, between Hodgson and Ware Roads. However, the access drive method requires a larger Draft: October 31, 2006 Hodgson/CR J Master Plan page 18