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� ROSEVILLE PLANNING OFFICE HOIIRS 7/24/91 4. Brian Kinder, 1347 Burke Avenue 3 Mr. Kinder's home is on the corner of Burke and Hamline, facing Burke, but the garage door opens out the side of the house facing Hamline. With the reconstruction of Hamline Avenue, there will be only 12' of yard between the garage door an� the new sidewalk, which is less than a foot from the right-of-way line. This is not enough space to park or maneuver his 20' pick-up truck as he had done in the past. The home was built many years ago within 11' of the right-of-way line without a variance, which did not present a serious problem as long as Hamline was narrower, but with the widening Mr. Kinder faces a dilemma. The County has agreed to work with Mr . Kinder and accommodate a reasonable solution that would give him adequate access to the garage as part of their construction project. We discussed a number of alternatives, but agreed that the most reasonable one would involve building an extension of the driveway from its current location across the corner of the lot to connect with a new curb cut on Burke. This way Mr. Kinder could enter his lot off Burke, pull up to the current driveway pad and back into the garage, giving him full visibility of the sidewalk and Hamline Avenue in the process. He could then exit the garage directly onto Hamline, also with full visibility. This solution would put a new . curb cut and a portion of a driveway in place if and when Mr. Kinder might remodel the garage to have its door face Burke. Ramsey County has agreed to draw up the plans for Mr. Kinder and do the construction as part of the Hamline Avenue work. City engineering staff are investigating the possibility of f inancing the work and assessing the property. 5. Pacific Mutual Door We reviewed plans that were submitted by Pacific Mutual Door in anticipation of their appointment with us on July 31. The plans are for the expansion of their building at County Road C and Fairview onto the adjacent Reilly Tire site, and modifications to the site necessitated by the building expansion and by the additional right-of-way dedication on Fairview Avenue. The plans are an improvement to ones presented some weeks ago, but still have serious shortcomings. The Pacific people have showed a sincere interest in developing a high quality project, but we surmise there may be a problem in communicating specific information and requirements to their architect, whose office is in Kansas. The current plans show a discrepancy in certain dimensions, resulting in a new parking area proposed in front of • the building addition that is located about 20' back from where it could be. We made notes on the plan, illustrating clearly the proper dimensions, and will send this information to them.