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LAKE ELMO CITY COUNCIL MINUTES AUGUST 20, 1985 Page 3 not normally required except in cluster type developments. The City as well as the County discourages driveway entrances onto thoroughfares. For this reason the applicant is proposing to construct common driveways to decrease the number of accesses onto the County Road. Bohrer referred to his letter to the Planning Commission recommending that the common driveways be constructed by the developer as part of the development. In that way there is some control of the width of the driveway so that two cars can pass, and it will be in the right location and have the right culvert size. M/S/P Christ/Mazarra - to adopt ordinance #7973 amending the Lake Elmo Municipal Code section to rezone the westerly 1,500 feet of the property from R1 to RR. (Motion carried 5-0). Jerry Mirage, representing the Oakdale Gun Club, asked to go on record requesting that potential buyers of these properties be informed of the existence of the Oakdale Gun Club and the nature of their activities. The developer agreed to place this information on any purchase agreements. M/S/P Mazzara/Christ - to approve the preliminary plat contingent upon the developer constructing the common driveway entrances to City and County standards and satisfy the VBWD drainage requirements. (Motion carried.5-0). C. Preliminary Plat Approval for Clapp-Thomssen/Don Bishop located South of CSAH at the intersection of Ideal Ave. The applicant is asking for preliminary plat approval of a cluster development on a 145 acre site in the southwest corner of Stillwater Boulevard and Inwood Avenue. This was before the Planning Commission and it was recommended that a preliminary plat be approved for a cluster development in a RR Zone. The only variance that would be required is the variance to the maximum lot size of two acres in a clustered development. After the preliminary plat is approved, the variance will be granted. The City Engineer stated that he has not received the review letter from the County Highway Department regarding access yet and there are still some requiremets of the VBWD that have not yet been met. Therefore, Bohrer requested that any approval be contingent upon those two items. M/S/P Dunn/Mazarra - to approve the preliminary plat contingent upon the VBWD drainage issues such as velocity of water and access conditions from the County Highway Dept. (Motion carried 5-0). D. Legion Pond - Update from Larry Bohrer At the last Council meeting some of the Legion Avenue residents appeared and requested several actions from the City Council, so City Enginner Bohrer has put together engineering data for those items.