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<br />Staff Comments: Edgewood Drive can handle the additional <br />traffic from the apartments. <br /> <br />Staff does not recommend that a traffic study be required, <br />because no access is proposed onto Mounds View Blvd, nor Co <br />Rd H2 (options are limited). <br /> <br />Ramsey County Access Management Policy7 recommends a <br />minimum 660’ (1/8th mile) distance between Co Rd H2 and a <br />driveway or side street. If a driveway were at the south property <br />line, this would be about 450’ from Co Rd H2. 660’ distance is <br />equal to Bel Rae’s main building entrance. It is not practical for <br />Crossroad Pointe to share an access with Bel Rae. <br /> <br />If applying the county’s policy to Co Rd H2 (city street), a driveway <br />onto Co Rd H2 is not supported. The Edgewood Dr intersection is <br />about 475’ from Mounds View Blvd (e.g. less than 660’ spacing). <br /> <br />Sidewalk to be added along Co Rd H2, with buffer between it and <br />the street. The hammerhead dead-end on Greenfield Ave needs <br />to accommodate backup movement of fire truck/vactor truck. <br />Dimensions need to be confirmed, but generally allow for 50’ X 20’ <br />area + snow storage. <br /> <br />Planning Commission Comments: Address pedestrian visibility <br />along sidewalks on Edgewood Dr, and Co Rd H2. Provide an <br />enhanced experience for pedestrians (e.g. landscaping). <br /> <br /> <br />Landscaping A minimum of 15% (0.5 acres est.) of the property must be <br />landscaped open space.8 The amount proposed is not known. <br /> <br />Plantings (est. minimum): <br /> <br />84 Overstory deciduous shade trees <br />84 Coniferous trees <br />152 Understory shrubs 9 <br />23 Ornamental trees10 <br />Item 03 <br />Page 5 <br /> <br /> <br />7 Ramsey County Access Management Policy, Figure 3.2 (Category 5B). Policies: “A parcel has the legal right to <br />one access from a public street. If access can be obtained from an adjacent street, rather than from a County <br />Road or County State Aid Highway, access should be directed to the minor street.” <br />8 City Code, Section 1129.05, Subd 5(b) (Landscaping) <br />9 One (1) understory shrub for every three hundred (300) square feet of building (i.e. 45,520 sf building area / 300 <br />sf = 152 shrubs) or one (1) shrub for every thirty feet (30’) of site perimeter, whichever is greater (i.e. 1,973’ <br />perimeter / 30’ = 66 shrubs). <br />10 One (1) ornamental tree for every two thousand (2,000) square feet of building (i.e. 45,520 sf building area / <br />2,000 sf = 23 trees) or one (1) ornamental tree for every two hundred feet (200’) of site perimeter, whichever <br />is greater (i.e. 1,973’ perimeter / 200’ = 10 trees).