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Planning Commission Minutes Page 7 April 26,2016 • Conditional Use Permit to establish Planned Unit Development— Case No. CU 16-02 • Preliminary Plat Approval — Miske Meadows, Case No. P 16-02 The staff report was presented by Chris Leeseberg. Staff recommended approval of the request with the 17 conditions listed in the staff report. Chair Johnson asked if architectural design standards will be required. Mr. Leeseberg stated, yes, standards will be included in the developer agreement. He noted that the potential for driveway"creep"will also be addressed. He provided photos of what has happened in other developments with smaller lot widths. He stated that staff has no objection to the driveway widths increasing once beyond the property line,but not at the street. Mr. Leeseberg stated that staff's intent for conditions regarding distance between driveways is to provide adequate street parking. Commissioner Larson-Vito asked when the traffic studies mentioned in the staff report were conducted. Mr. Leeseberg stated they were dated 2003 and 2011. Discussion followed regarding the street width and requirements for snowplowing, emergency vehicles,and garbage trucks. Mr. Leeseberg noted that the city's winter ordinance requires that vehicles be moved from the street after a significant snowfall. Before opening the public hearing, Chair Johnson reviewed issues of concern that the Commission received at the March Planning Commission public hearing on this matter, including: intersection of Lincoln Street and the County Road being dangerous,narrow streets and lots,impact on the characteristics of the existing neighborhoods,impacts on property values,and the connection of Lincoln Street and the proposed development. He asked that only new issues be brought up during the public hearing, since the identified comments were thoroughly covered. Chair Johnson opened the public hearing. Pat Voltzke, 19172 Kennedy Street NW—stated she has lived at this location since 1988. She stated she did not feel the traffic counts were accurate and are much higher. She stated there have been 29 accidents on Twin Lakes Road between 181'Avenue and 201'Avenue in a one-year period. She questioned how this many additional residents from the proposed development can be approved without doing another traffic study. She stated that opening an access from the development to Sunset Ridge would ruin it. Ms.Voltzke stated that the site lines on Kennedy at the County Road were just as bad as they are at Lincoln Street. Kevin Ford, 19138 Lincoln Street NW—stated that the reason he purchase his home moved his family to Sunset Ridge was because of the large 2 '/a - 3 acre rural lots. Denis Roberts, 19203 Lincoln Street NW—stated he felt there was a huge disconnect in the traffic study and did not understand how the counts could be right. He stated that with the increased activity of joggers and bikers, a speed reduction on the County Road was needed for safety.