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