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Item 5 <br /> . REQUEST FOR PLANNING COMMISSION ACTION <br /> Meeting Date: September 17, 1997 <br /> Staff Report by: James Ericson, Planning Associate <br /> Planning Case No.: 503-97 <br /> Request: Variance from Maximum Width for Driveway Curb Cut <br /> Petitioner: Steve&Laura Lattrez <br /> Location: 8419 Spring Lake Road <br /> PIN No. 06-30-23-22-0010 <br /> Zoning/Land Use: R-1, Single Family Residential/ Single Family Home <br /> Applicable Regulations: Section 1121.09. Subd. 5: Standards for curb cuts and driveway <br /> openings. <br /> • Section 1125.02. Subd. 2: Criteria for granting variances. <br /> Attachments: Planning Application <br /> Zoning Map <br /> Site Plan <br /> Letter from the Applicant <br /> Planning Commission Resolution No. 530-97 <br /> Background: <br /> • •i ••f - • al ow a •riveway cur. cu opening o eet, <br /> eleven feet more than what is allowed by the Code. The contractor--Asphalt Driveway Co.--did <br /> not obtain a permit for the work, which has already been completed. The extra width was desired <br /> for the vehicles owned by the family and to accommodate for the vehicles of day care parents. The <br /> Lattrez's letter supporting their request is attached. <br /> Analysis: <br /> According to Section 1121.09, Subd. 5, driveway curb cuts in single family residential districts are <br /> limited to a 22-foot width. The applicant is requesting an additional eleven feet. The amount of <br /> • street frontage facing Spring Lake Road, the street from which the driveway access is gained, is 85 <br /> feet. The driveway is approximately 10 feet from the property to the north. <br />