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<br />. . <br /> <br />. March 23, 2005 <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />Mr. Peter Hellegers <br />City Planner <br />City Of Arden Hills <br /> <br />Dear Mr. Hellegers, <br /> <br />This letter is in response to the concerns of the Arden Hills Planning Commission from the <br />meeting dated March 2, 2005, Planning Case #05-09. The homeowners would like to address <br />the following three areas of concern: <br /> <br />1. The need for detailed plans and the dynamics of the accesses, Please note the enclosed <br />detailed pictures showing distances between accesses, tree removal, and driveway details, The <br />existing access would be a shared entrance, The mailboxes mark the entrance, with address <br />numbers, and address signage to show a potential visitor where to turn into the properties. The <br />requested accesses would be for exiting the properties and would not have address signage on <br />them. The correlation of the access to the properties is not obvious because the homes are <br />screened by foliage. Designating an entrance and exit for the properties would eliminate the <br />dangerous situation of a vehicle exiting the existing access and a vehicle traveling south on <br />Lexington turning into the access with inadequate turn radius requiring them to stop on <br />Lexington while the exiting car moves into traffic. The danger from two lane traffic traveling at a <br />speed of 40 mph or higher towards a stopped vehicle and a vehicle hurrying to exit could be <br />fatal, Homeowners and visitors will utilize the main entrance because of high signage visibility <br />and homeowners verbal instruction and they will exit because of ease of traffic pattern. <br /> <br />2, The second concern was the original condition of developing the property with turnarounds, <br />This condition was imposed on the original builders and was not enforced when the properties <br />were developed, Both homeowners were unaware of this condition and neither property has <br />area planned for a turnaround, Other properties in Arden Hills are allowed at a minimum of one <br />access each. The homeowners are not asking for three accesses for one property but 1 1/2 for <br />each property. Most homeowner that live on a residential street can back out of their driveway <br />onto the street and do not require a tumaround. Because the properties would back onto <br />Lexington, a busy, county road, this is not a safe option, The Commission could suggest each <br />property owner have a separate access but this would require both homeowners to destroy <br />additional trees as each would be required to construct driveways that are a minimum of 20' <br />