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Chairperson Nixt noted there are access rights to Highway #10 and Mn/DOT has preliminary indicated a willingness to provide at least one. Principal Planner Trudgeon noted the applicant is requesting an additional access but they are not required to provide a second access. He stated that he thinks a srl~afion can be Chairperson Nixt asked if one access is sufficiently distant from the interaction to reasonable deceleration and acceleration tanes. Principal Planner Trudgeon stated Mn/DOT has indicated they dr>~6'i:~'//f~:£or the location of the current access so he believes something will be worked out to:.~ir~ate it. Chairperson Nixt stated he does not like the locatiori~' 6~"the far W~stern access and would recommend it be removed. Mr. Winkel stated the distance from the intersection to the e~i,~tin~':~3cess is about 350 feet so moving it half-way in-between would add 150 feet or equal abou~:5P~i:~eet from the intersection. He noted the access would be 150 to 200 feet to the mobile home p~6~ .rty Iine:?He stated they can get an adequate mm lane as indicaf~a and moving it farther west wii~ ~ei:i~i:~Ven longer. Chairperson Nixt asked if Mn{~D0T ~:~!and~:~ {directs: ~ Principal Planner Trudgeon stated they:~to' have stanS~i-i~as a-i~-d :th~, i:&}Ponse from Mn/DOT will probably indicate what they are. ~:' :*~: Chairperson Nixt:f~tat~d that he does not I~/~:::~e access on the western side and would leave it up to Mn/DOT and' the aPPliCant to determir~i:~e appropriate location for an access. He stated he likes thegite:iayout and 6elii~ves it wilI tren~drt~-l~ improve the comer lot. Motir~i,b~ Cb~ission~er~7~, seconde~d:~-Chairperson Uixt, to recommend that the City Councll an :' Pprova 6 melpr°p'a_ ed' si e ian for a retail center contingent upon compliance with City Sta~,~¢~ie~ Letter da~¢d"-M;~:ch 30, 2001, and receiving a variance from the ~..~?:imperv!ous surfac'e~r~%trictions from the Board of Adjustment, contingent upon satisfactory .~?.i-".¢"'~r~gOlufirn: with Mn/Do~:!~on the~ location of one access off Highway #10 serving the property with appropriate easements b~aen Lots 1 and 2 should Mn/DOT request the relocation of the Motion carried!~ Voting Yes: Chairperson Nixt, Commissioners Reeve, Kociscak, Watson, and Wivoda. Voting,No: None. Absent: Commissioner Johnson. ~-:~;':Case #7: ~.:: i }._ :Request for Sketch Plan Review of Nordvik ~ddition; Case of Derek Nordvik c~un~iy Development Director Frolik explained that Derek Nordvik has submitted a subdivision application to split his 5.4 acre homestead into two lots. He intends to build a home for h'is mother on the new lot created. City Code does not require a public hearing for minor -36- Planning Commission/April 3, 2001 Page 16 of t8