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. . . ARDEN HILLS PLANNING COMMISSION -OCTOBER 4, 2006 4 ML Scherbel stated the last time the City was out there, the grading was not completed and a final inspection had not been completed, He noted the City had required other residents to change their dual access and to put in an impervious surface, ML Lis stated the crushed rock was on the building plans, He stated he had submitted the plans to the City. He indicated he did not know there were things still outstanding and none of the things were on the last inspection notice he received, ML Scherbel stated he had personally contacted ML Lis two or three times to close out the inspection. Mr. Lis responded he did not remember receiving any messages from the Building Official, Chair Sand stated they had to look at if there was a hardship, what the plan said, and what the Zoning Ordinance required. Mr. Lis stated nobody told him the driveway had to be paved. Chair Sand stated there was no dispute that the plan he submitted did not show a two driveway access. ML Lis responded there was no dispute regarding that; his dispute was the requirement for a paved surface, Chair Sand stated he realized there were other properties in the City that had crushed rock driveways and those propelties were probably grandfathered ill, ML Lis staled he understood that issue, but he believed he had a hardship. Chair Sand stated he was having a difficult time finding a hardship because it was not on the plan and there were alternative ways to improve lhe driveway, such as expanding the section without having access to the street to allow a turnaround, ML Lis stated the reason they put in a crushed rock snrface was to save the trees. Chair Sand stated he believed they could take down the smaller pine tree to the right and not take down the oak trees. ML Lis stated he did not want to take down any trees. He noted the neighborhood had signed a petition in support of his variance, even though they were against his house when it was constructed, in order to protect the trees by his driveway. He stated the neighborhood did not want 10 see any more trees taken down, Commissioner Thompson asked if the trees were on the City right-of-way, ML Lehnhoff responded they were very close. Commissioner Thompson asked what the minimum and maximum driveway width is for a residential area, ML Lehnhoff states that the minimum is ten feet and the maximum is twenty-two feel, Commissioner Thompson asked how big the driveway on the western side was. ML Lis indicated it was fifteen feet. Commissioner Thompson stated irom a hardship prospective that the length of the driveway for backing out was typical and this was not a busy street. She stated she had concerns allowing this when the Ordinance did not allow it. She stated the two entrances