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. This ordinance is enacted for the following purposes: . To promote the general public health, safety, comfort and general welfare of the inhabitants of the City of Arden Hills, Minnesota. (I ,B, I) . To promote the propcr use ofland and structures, (1,B,6) . To fix reasonable standards to which buildings, structures and land shall conform for the benefit of a]] (I,B,7) The stated purpose of the R-]: Single Family Residential District as stated in Section S,D,I is as follows; . To establish areas for the development of single family detached housing at a maximum density of approximately 3 units pcr acre. . To reserve development areas for single.family housing, . To restrict encroachment of incompatible uses, . To maintain density limitations. . To take advantage of municipal utilities. . To preserve opcn space, (YES) The applicants' proposal is consistent with the R-1 District and the Zoning Ordinance purposes, The applicants are requesting the variances due to the reduced access (created by the new center median that will be instal/ed in Lexington Avenue) and concerns about difficult)! accessing their properties. J7w standard/or one driveway . access per propertv is inlended to limit access on residential properlY 10 mainlain (] residelltial appearance/or single-lil/ni!.y homes. f-loi-vever, there is a large d!lJerence between acslhetie impact on (] residential property on a typical neighborhood ,m'eet ,,,here the lrajJic is only traveling 25 or 30 miles per hOllr, verslls a property on CI major urlerial whcre tra(fie is traveling 45 to 50 miles per hOllr, 3. Could the property in question be put to a reasonable use without the granting of the variance? (NO) The properties were subdivided and granted a lakeshore sethack variance in 1995 subject to 3 conditions of approval. One of the conditions was the shared access drive; another was the instal/at ion oj one turn-around Jor each property. While the shared driveway was constructed, it appears that the turn-a rounds were not. However, with the limited amount oJspace between the homes and Lexinglon Avenue, a turn-around may intelfere with the limited ojJstreet parking areas. In addition, the residents have stated that there have been several times where one vehicle is exiting and another is attempting to enter the drive. the shared driveway makes it difficult to access the properties. Traffic that has to wait on Lexington Avenue to access the property presents a real saJety hazard Jar the applicants and Jor others traveling on Lexington Avenue, \\Ea11h\J'lanning\Planning Cases\2005\05-09 Rild7iej and SabOl Driveway V;:nianccs (Pt:ND!l'Gj\02^02-0:; PC Report Ror.J,-:i<:j and Sabnl . Drivew;JY Variances.doc Page 5 oI7