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—8—. 1 The Building Chairman pointed out the hazards of having a driveway off Silver Lake 2 Road which had prompted the church planners to provide for an exit off 33rd Avenue 3 instead. Commissioner Hansen suggested, as he had at the October Commission 4 meeting, that the driveway be built as far away from the Silver Lake Road inter- 5 section as possible to avoid problems for drivers -turning left and he asked if any 6 thought had been given to allowing only right hand turns towards the west. 7 Mr. Hensel indicated he liked that suggestion very much because that would keep 8 the driveway from having to be built too close to the west property line where 9 it could cause a problem with water runoff onto the neighbor's yard. The church 10 spokesman also told Mrs . Koch there would be 38 parking stalls provided in the new 11 lot and he certainly hoped the parishioners would make- full use of them all . 12 With 'the 41 parking stalls on the north side and 66 in the west parking area, 13 there would now be a total of 145 parking places -to serve a church seating capacity 14 of 510. Mr. Hensel also told Mrs. Koch he would have no way of assessing the 15 impact a parking lot might have on the resale value of the homes across the street. 16 17 Mrs. Koch indicated she perceived requiring only right hand turns from the parking 18 lot would make it much easier for her to- back out of her own driveway and go 19 towards Silver Lake Road. Mr. Childs said the City could probably enforce the 20 sign if the church wanted to have it installed. 21 22 Mr. Porter said one of his major complaints about the church 's maintenance of its 23 property centered on the fact that there is no effort made to rake up the leaves 24 on the church property and they all end up on his yard. He told Mr. Carlson he 25 believed it was the responsibility of the church to dispose of any leaves on its 26 property whether or not they came from their own trees . • 27 . 28 Mr. McNulty said he' was not too concerned about the leaves from the trees next door 29 getting into his roof gutters because he intended to enclose those gutters anyway. 30 However, he said, the provision of screening, between the property was very important 31 to him,- as he had indicated to the church representatives who had come to see him, 32 and Mr. McNulty said, he would like to have the agreement regarding the fence 33 included in the approval 'of the permit. Mr. Porter indicated he perceived that 34 would be a good idea because when he had agreed to the parking lot being installed 35 next to him 30 years agog he had also been promised all sorts of landscaping which, 36 he said, had never happened. In regard to the durability of the bituminous already 37 on the church property, Mr. Porter indicated that some of the curbing on his side 38 of the parking lot had deteriorated and needed to be replaced. He also referred 39 to Mrs. Koch ' s question about the -impact of a parking lot on adjoining land values 40 by saying .herihad letters from three different reputable Northeast realtors telling 41 him that the proximity of his property to a parking lot did adversely affect the 42 value of that property. 43 44 Mr. Hensel said the church would not be arguing the point about installinga fence 45 between the parking lot and Mr. McNulty' s property during the construction period. 46 Mr. Erickson said he would be willing to work out a landscaping plan with the 47 neighbor which could be dated and submitted for Planning Commission approval . 48 49 Mr. Childs told Mrs . Koch there would be approximately a 25 foot setback from the 50 edge of the parking lot which would be planted with grass. When she expressed a 51 concern about the use of the parking lot by others than Nativity Church members, 52 Mr. Carlson told her it probably would be a good idea for the church to post the • 53 area as private property, as Commissioner Wagner had suggested, to protect the 54 church from incurring a liability if a "park and drive" situation shou Td evolve. 55