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. The monUllJent fence will have a total of 6 lights made of prefinished metal to match the e fixtures at the Community Life Center (CLC) parking area. (Exhibit C 3/5). The fixtures are designed to be more decorative than functional and will be at a smaller watt bulb than those used at the CLC parking area. The applicant has stated the lights will comply with the lighting standards of the Zoning Ordinance. East Entrance Gate. Staff has three concerns with the proposed gate at the east entrance: it may cause a problem for motorists that are not familiar with the gate location, the service drive would be reduced to 20 feet where 24 feet is required, and it does not conform with the master plan and gate discussion with planning case 95-18. The applicant has provided the following comments pertaining to the entrance (Exhibit B 1/11): The purpose of the gate is to prevent access to the campus from Snelling A venue while at the same time allowing internal traffic to and from campus and the areas served by the service road. The gate location shown is the only economically feasible solution and moving the gate further into Bethel property would not be practical. The existing entrance gate (which prevents traffic to campus but not onto the service road) is closed at night. Therefore, area motorists are already aware that the campus cannot be accessed at night. Bethel will issue a notice to students and staff informing them of the future _ gate and hours that the gate will be closed. .. Three reflectroized red warning signs mounted on the East Side of gate will give advance notice to motorists that the gate is closed. The gate will close from approximately II :00 p.m. to 6:00 a.m. every night. According to a 1995 MnDot traffic count (attached), traffic on southbound Snelling Avenue averages approximately 658 vehicles per day. During the hours that the gate would be closed, traffic averages approximately 86 vehicles per hour or 87 percent less than the average. They have provided analysis showing that a passenger vehicle will be able to stop and turn back onto Snelling Avenue after seeing that the gate is closed. With Planning Case 95-18 a "control gate" was discussed. At that time it was noted in the memo dated August 2, 1995, to Planning Commission that the service drive, as a public street, provides for an uncontrolled access to the college. The uncontrolled access has been and is a security issue for the campus. If the college were to obtain the service drive, then the "control gate" would be relocated from the proposed parking lot to the intersection ofthe service drive and Bethel Drive. A "control gate" was shown on an attachment in Planning Case 95-18 (Exhibit C 1/5). A condition was placed on the approval of Planning Case 95-18 that if Bethel College relocates the "Control Gate" to the intersection of the service drive then a modification of the south corner of the parking lot would be required. The proposed gate will reduce the width of the drive at the corner to approximately 20 feet where 24 feet is required. e