Minutes - Planning Commission - 06/21/1995 - Special Meeting

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Commissioner Deemer again argued that County Roads gl 16 and #56 and should be taken out. Mr. Jankowski spoke of a compromise and said he sees this as if the City sees one foot as an adequate setback, if the County decides to have 50 feet, that's all they need. Commissioner Hendfiksen stated you take property away from me when you add the words "whichever is greater"; you take valuable buildable property away from me. Commissioner Thomd stated that on County Road gl 16, the policy is 60 feet from the center line of the right-of-way, not center of the road. It does not say "whichever is greater". Mr. Jankowski stated his desire was to illustrate the difference of what the County is recommending and what the Commission has gone on record as recommending. Commissioner Deemer stated that if we do not add onto that 60 foot setback, that's fine. Mr. Jankowski inquired that if the normal setback is 40 feet, would you allow less than that. Commissioner Deemer replied no. Mr. Jankowski stated that by taking the position of 83 feet from the center of the fight-of- way, you are saying that. Commissioner Deemer asked what is the structure set back in the rural or urban area of a house on the comer lot. Ms. Frolik replied that on a county road, it has to be 50 feet from the right-of-way. If it's the side yard, it would be 10 feet (comer lot - 20 feet). Commissioner Deemer stated that the County has adopted a policy where you can't access a County Road if the City road is available. We have a policy about no accesses on MSA streets, but the County is so adamant we had to have access on an MSA. Mr. Jankowski commented that if you have a choice of a busy street and a busier street, you go with the less busy street. Commissioner Deemer stated he is saying we can have houses closer to County Roads. Motion by Commissioner Deemer and seconded by Commissioner Hendriksen to delete #3 in the case information which reads "On County Roads gl 16 and #56 - adopt the County policy of 60 feet from the center line of the fight-of-way plus the City's standard setback and to the 4th sentence - remove the punctuation after center line and add "of the fight-of- way". Further discussion: Mr. Jankowski stated there is probably a 17 foot difference between the County's policy. If you have a situation of a 66 foot fight-of-way, and then you would have single family homes in the rural district - normally that house would be located 83 feet from the center line but under the County proposal, it would be 100 feet. Commissioner Deemer stated that depends. Commissioner Hendriksen stated that the County did not take 120 foot right-of-way when they redid County Road #56. Commissioner Deemer stated Planning Commission/June 21, 1995 Page 9 of 10