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257 <br />258 Commissioner Hodder thought 6:30pm was good because then a person can <br />259 actually have dinner before the meeting. <br />260 <br />261 The Commission concurred. <br />262 <br />263 9. Street Design Standards <br />264 Assistant Public Works Director/City Engineer Jennifer Lowry reviewed the Street <br />265 Design Standards with the Commission. <br />266 <br />267 Chair Ficek indicated the minimum width for emergency vehicles is 24 feet, he <br />268 thought emergency vehicles only needed twenty feet. He wondered where the 24 <br />269 feet came from. <br />270 <br />271 Ms. Lowry indicated 20 feet is State Statute. <br />272 <br />273 Mr. Freihammer explained 20 feet is the Fire Code, so he was not sure where the <br />274 24 feet came from. <br />275 <br />276 Chair Ficek thought 24 feet seemed arbitrarily high. He thought 20 feet would be <br />277 adequate with room to move around another vehicle if necessary and it matches <br />278 State Statute. <br />279 <br />280 Ms. Lowry indicated 24 feet includes the gutters. She would not want to build a <br />281 road where snow storage could not occur. She thought a 16-foot road could be built <br />282 with gutters to meet the 20-foot State Statute. <br />283 <br />284 Mr. Freihammer indicated staff could check this out. <br />285 <br />286 Chair Ficek asked if there is a maximum width and should there be. <br />287 <br />288 Mr. Freihammer indicated the City does not have a maximum width and there are <br />289 not any City streets with a width larger than 24 feet, unless it is a State Aid road or <br />290 a County Road that was turned back to the City. <br />291 <br />292 Chair Ficek asked if the City allows hammer head cul-de-sacs. <br />293 <br />294 Mr. Freihammer indicated the City has a couple of them and those types of cul-de- <br />295 sacs are allowed. He noted staff takes these on a case -by -case basis and typically <br />296 is what the Fire Department will approve, and it is looked at from a maintenance <br />297 perspective. <br />298 <br />299 Chair Ficek indicated there are a lot of standards and it sounds like staff is applying <br />300 flexibility to them, case by case. He questioned how much of these are needed. <br />301 <br />Page 7 of 8 <br />Page 12 of 89 <br />