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Notice Notice was published in the Arden Hills/Shoreview Bulletin on Wednesday, February 16, 2005 . and notice was prepared by the City and mailed to residents within threc-hundred fifty (350) feet of the subject property, Site Overview Section 6F3c6 ofthe Zoning Ordinance which allows single family uses only one (1) access per property. The applicants are requesting a variance to allow the existing shared driveway to remain while installing two additional drivcways, one for each property. The new driveways would connect to the existing shared driveway and allow the applicants to more safely access their properties. The applicants have statcd that the property can be very dangerous to access in its current shared drive arrangement since oftentimes a vehicle will be trying to exit at the same time a vehicle is attempting to enter the driveway, In addition to the access issues, the applicants do not have any on street parking due to the location along Lcxington Avenue. Therefore, any guests that the applicants may have would need to park in the space provided in the driveway, The Zoning Ordinance only allows four vehicles to be parked in a driveway at a time, if those spaces are occupied it would bc very difficult to access either property, As part of thc Lexington A venue reconstruction project a center median will divide the northbound and southbound traffic directly in front of the access for these two properties. The applicants have been in contact with Ramsey County and the County has agreed to allow the three driveways to Lexington provided that the driveways are at least 60 feet apart. The Ramsey County project engineer stated that it is the . County's prefercnce to have vehicles entering Lexington Avenue front first rather than attempting to back out onto the roadway. (One of the resident comments included in this packet brings up a question about a home occupation. There are two types of home occupations in Arden Hills which differ based on the nature of the occupation, the area of the home occupied by the business, and whether customers visit the home occupation. In a situation where customers are visiting the home occupation, the home occupation is classified as a Class II Home Occupation and are required to be reviewed by the Planning Commission and City Council for a Special Use Permit. No Class II Home Occupation Permits or SUP's have been issued for the applicants' properties. Staff has begun looking into this but the home occupation question would be handled as a separate matter, not as part of this case). 1. Setbacks - Meets Requirement Driveway setbacks call for all driveways to be a minimum of 5 feet apart and may be constructed up to a property line. In addition driveways are not permitted to be any closcr than 3 feet from \\Earth\Planning\Planning Cases\2005\05-09 Radzicj and Sabot Driveway Variances (PENDlNG}\02-02-05 PC Report Rodziej and SabOl Drive'WaY Variances.doc Page 2 of7 .