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Mounds View Planning Commission October 17, 2001 Regular Meeting Page 17 Corrununity Development Director Ericson indicated the Commission needed to decide if it should recommend denial of the request based on the requirement for access onto an approved street or approve the request and allow the use of the City's access drive. Commissioner Johnson asked if Knollwood Drive could be improved for the length of the easement. Community Development Director Ericson indicated that the access drive stops at the back of Knollwood Green and said the units are pretty close to the property line and does not leave enough room without deviating the street onto the adjacent praperty: He then indicated that ihe access drive was not meant to be extended. - Chair Stevenson indicated the access drive is not a standard'City street width. Community Development Director Ericson indicated it is 25 feet wide and a typical street right- of-way is 66 feet wide. Chair Stevenson expressed concern for allowing the resident to make a turn onto a narrow access drive. - Mr. Diehl indicated tha# the access drive was designed for emergency vehicles and said that 25 � feet is wide enougii for a driveway: Chair Steverison indicated that reTatively little would have ta be done to the access drive other than movirig'the'gate. ' Chair Stevenson suggested the property owner to the south mzght be concerned with headlightis. Commissioner Jol�nson commented that he gets all tiie headlights from Knollwood Green. A resident in attendance aslced what is to stop others from asking for access if this is granted. Chair Stevenson noted tYie next property north back ups to Knollwoad Grean making it landlocked. He then sa'id that granting this usage would not entitle anybody else to usage of the access drive. Cornmissioner Zwirn reminded the Commission that the resident at 7851 was considering developing her property until the costs of widening the street entered into it. Commissioner Miller asked how the City could satisfy the requirament of the Code for abutting a publicly dedicated street. Commissioner Johnson suggested requiring that a piece of land be dedicated for a cul-de-sac to be put in at a later date to allow for future development.