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Mounds View Planning Commission October 17, 2001 Regular Meeting Page 14 ________________________________________________________________________ Planner Atkinson indicated that there was enough frontage on Oakwood Road for a driveway but said there is still a question as to whether the driveway would come out exactly onto Oakwood Road as it may be on the access drive. Chair Stevenson indicated he thinks the Commission could allow the subdivision with access onto Oakwood Road. Commissioner Miller indicated that the access drive was only for use at Knollwood Green. She then questioned whether the applicant would be using that access for his driveway. Chair Stevenson indicated that the gate may move back a few feet but said the function of the gate would not change. Janet Schultz of 7887 Spring Lake Road indicated she had lived in Mounds View for 40 years and said that when Knollwood Green was put in was the time to get a road in to develop the back of their lots but, when Knollwood Green was approved as it is, the City landlocked the homeowners to the north making it impossible to develop their lots. Chair Stevenson indicated he was opposed to Knollwood Green when it was put in. Ms. Schultz asked if the access drive was City property. Chair Stevenson indicated that the access drive is City property. Ms. Schultz asked if the City would ever allow it to become a real road. Chair Stevenson indicated that he would not personally vote to approve it as a roadway. Jim Gould of 7879 Spring Lake Road indicated that by opening up the requested lot the City would be opening a can of worms because the rest of those lots are landlocked and cannot be developed. Brian Diehl of 7841 Spring Lake Road clarified that he and his wife are building a house on the land and would be removing as few trees as possible to build the house. Chair Stevenson asked where Mr. Diehl’s preferred access would be. Mr. Diehl indicated that he would like to move the southern most gate 20 feet to put in his driveway and run it out on the southern part of the access road. He then indicated he had been working with the City since February and also with Knollwood Green and had reached an agreement that would make him responsible for snow removal and require that his actions not lessen the condition of the access drive. Commissioner Zwirn asked how far the driveway would overlap into the access drive.