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Mounds View Planning Commission November 3, 1999 Regular Meeting Page 3 • marked as "exit only," and the building has been resituated so that it complies with all setback requirements. He added that signage shall be in compliance with the City Code and approved conditional use permit. He indicated although these conditions are listed under the stipulation that the site plan be revised,the condition pertaining to the signage does not necessarily apply to the site plan revision. He suggested this condition be removed from the listing and indicates as a separate stipulation. Milo Pinkerton, representative of MSP Real Estate, the app ', .nt ins0:40 as necessary that the entrance to the site on County Road I be marked as e y." H.... t k .ut that vehicl:,a, could not cut across the median and cross traffic, and inqui gif eastbo . w , enter at s location. Planning Associate Ericson explained that with the speer k '` on County Roa' V merging traffic from Mounds View Drive, and the close proximire uperAmerica entrance to this location, there were concerns that vehicles slowing de• a Via: e site might cause some confusion. He explained the Planning Commission belied ed it w ;; .eaner, safer solution to mark this entrance as"exit only." • ., 3 . Chair Peterson added bymarkingthis access"• onl " less: kel that westbound traffic Y, � ._ .�.� � �- y on CountyRoad I would drive the wrongg ction a' '' : ; edian to enter theproperty. ,., .�. g He pointed out it was conceivable that ,. ', eone !,17 t atte .;`o this, and particularly with the • traffic along County Road I travel'gire. a fair ignifica Akpeed, there would be a potential for accidents. Commission.,. aube stated ; e concern a 8 �.g the Mounds View Drive exit. He indicated he had ob, >:. = semi t i in the S a.$ : -rica driveway, blocking traffic that would take a left to ' :,` - °_ -d se -*Ark;ize both the SuperAmerica and the strip mall driveways, and the exits fo , i t , a zLake `otritiFfii4,1 homes are in the same close vicinity. He suggested the Mounds View s e mar i ' urn only." Commiss' 0`0; < . # a other exit from the site was a"right turn only" onto County Road • - . i-.• 1. •011 elrtit . s• - _. sill •e-site-werereturns-only, vehicles woul• hav- travel down Hi ' o LongLake Road to get over to Mounds View Drive. He stated l� '�;,. t ' • •uld be very difficu� o enforce, in terms of those residents who live in the area, as they would h . o travel almost •vele, in order to go a block. o stated this location would be very difficult to exit from at many times during Chair Peterson stated the northbound exit from County Road I could be marked "right turn only" from the parking lot, and if an exit was allowed from that point, a sign could be placed on the other side, facing County Road I indicating no entrance for westbound traffic. He pointed out it might be somewhat restrictive to indicate the County Road I as an"exit only," and perhaps "right turn only" • would work just as well.