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ARDEN HILLS PLANNING COMMISSION - MARCH 2, 2005 3 . appeared to him that whoever built these homes did not comply with the conditions of approval and because they did not comply, they were being asked to add two more access to this. Re indicated they had never tried this and now there would be no left turns. He stated it seemed to him that whoever did the initial construction did not follow the direction of the conditions of approval. Commissioner Larson stated since each of these homes were allowed to have an access to the street in front of it, the site could have been modified to allow a driveway for each of these houses and that could be approved by staff. Mr. Hellegers replied Council would have needed to remove the original condition of approval. He noted one of the problems with a shared access drive was the 20 foot access point, which was a tight access point. Commissioner Thompson asked if a turnaround option was looked at. Mr. Hellegers replied that option had not been discussed and he could not find any prior documentation regarding that option. Commissioner Zimmerman asked how wide the existing driveway was. Mr. Rellegers replied the existing driveway was 20 feet. Commissioner Zimmerman noted it appeared the driveway was at least 2 cars wide. Chair Sand asked if they had looked at the option of widening the existing driveway. Mr. . Rellegers replied they had not looked at that option. He noted both the County and the applicants had indicated it was a problem for a single access point and that was the reason they had not looked at that option. Chair Sand noted widening the existing driveway would save a lot ofthe vegetation. Chair Sand opened the public hearing at 7:35 p.m. Chair Sand invited anyone for or against this application to come forward and make comment. Email dated February 19, 2005 from Aladin Hassan, 1090 Amble Drive, Shoreview: "1. More driveways on Lexington Ave at that spot is creating more dangerous situation for everyone going south on Lexington from east of Amble Dr. because the only way to get to the free way 694 is to turn south on Lexington. 2. It is already very bad during rush hours at the present time. 3. My understanding everywhere is eliminating the number of driveway access on busy roads for PUBLIC safety reasons and the plan I received in the mail showed that there will be THREE DRIVEWAYS instead of ONE '!! 4. I'm sure it is more hazardous for that very busy main road. 5. How many driveways in very short distance (and close to two cross sections) the drivers on that Extremely busy rood (sic) will be watching ??? And if the city agree . on that whey (sic) they want to retain the existing driveway isn't bad enough now? I hope the city of Arden Hills does not approve that plan... Thanks." Kathy Rodziej, 43565 Lexington Avenue, stated they had lived in their home for six months and previous to them moving in the home had been owned by a single person.