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• a i s V CONSULTING ENGINEEFS Maier Stewart & Associates Inc. April 18, 1991 File No: 260 - 000 -00 Ms. Tamara Miltz - Miller City Clerk /Administrator City of Centerville 1694 Sorel Street Centerville, MN 55038 RE: AMENDMENT TO ORDINANCE #8 REGARDING RIGHT -OF -WAY AT CUL -DE -SACS Dear Ms. Miltz- Miller: Please consider this correspondence to further identify our position on the issue of cul -de -sac right -of -way requirements and as to lot width at building set back on curvilinear streets or cul -de -sacs. 1. Radius of Cul -De -Sac Required by Ordinance #8. Presently, Centerville's Ordinance #8, Article 26.10 establishes the required radius of street right -of -way in a plat in an area to be established as 75' and the radius of paving width to be 46'. The ordinance further requires that on a local street, the street right -of- way be 60' and paved surface be 32'. In a typical local street, the street scape is mirrored either side of the street centerline to be 14' bituminous, 2' of concrete curb and 14' of boulevard. The minimum home set back is a further 35' beyond the 14' boulevard to the property line. (Homes on a street straight- away now sit 49' = 35' + 14' behind the curb line.) Theoretically, Ordinance #8 presently would provide the following cul- de -sac street scape 44' bituminous, 2' concrete curb and 39' of boulevard. The 35' home set back now means that the home sits 74' behind the curb. We suggest that the cul -de -sac right -of -way be amended to reflect a 60' radius, providing 44' of bituminous, 2' of concrete curb, 14' of boulevard and 35' of set back. Thus maintaining consistency with the straight -away. In fact, all developments which have been approved during the past 6 years incorporated by default the 60' cul -de -sac radius. 1959 SLOAN PLACE, ST. PAUL, MINNESOTA 55117 612- 774-6021 Equal Opportunity Employer