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Commission Business Chairperson N[:<t called the regular meeting of the Planning Commission back to order at 8:39 A.ssismnt Community Development Director Trudgeon advised he would suggest that the Commission recommend approval of this preliminary pint contingent on either the applicant being able tic get an access to line up with 147~h Avenue, or platting the right-of-way m 148~ Avenue. Staff will then be able to continue dialogue with the county. Chairperson bfixt quesnoned ho~v that would solve the problem with the parce! on the comer. ,Assistant Community Development Director Trudgeon replied it does not. Commissioner Brauer stated he could not approve access off of 148tl~ Avenue that would run through the neighborhood. Chairperson Nixt indicated there should not be access through the residential neighborhood. He commented it would be preferred ~hat the access line up with 147th Avenue, however, since that will not be a~lowed, the only [ogical access would be as a right-in/right-out at 148t~' Avenue where it is proposed to line ft up. He indicated he does not think they need the right:of-wa? if [45~' Avenue ends in a cui-de-sac and there is no ingress or egress to this site fi'om the ne [ghborhood. Commissioner Braum- suggested the Commission state that they do not want the access through the residential neighborhood and that the Commission approve the plat with the applicant to work out an access with the county. It should be stated that the Commission is in agreement with the applicant regarding the access at 147t~ Avenue. Mr. 5cbunidt t-eviewed a letter from the county dated February 16, 1996 recommending that the access ar 147 Avenue remain. He stated there is already access at 147rh Avenue on the west, and he does not think the county has wiggle room to take. the access away from this piece, coupled ,,vtth the [ %_ acre piece. Fie thinks this letter dictates to the county that they will have to approve dtis. [t will probably rake pressure fi'om county commissioners, but he thinks he can get that. He is com~brtab[e with the Commission approving this with him working with the county. He does not want to run traffic ~hrough the residential neighborhood. He suggested that the Commission recommend an otttlor be created to create access to the parcd co the south. He exp[aineci he can use that for leverage with the county. He noted the other issue is that, staff has discusst:d making a cid-de-sac where 148m Avenue comes into his property. This would impact setbacks for him substantially and he would lose up to ! 8 storage units. This is a substantial :equir~ment bein~ imposed on r, tre'propeny. He is willing co drop his privacy fenszes back about 30 [eet to allow the plow to drop the snow on the boulevard, which is what is cu~endy done. Chairt;enion Nixt suggested :he possibility of a setback variance. This would provide the ?e:'manent 5un-hoe :md d~e applicant would have a variance for a ~,,v- units so ~s not ~o lose ,.'~venuc. [-[e hxdica~ed staff can work this issue out to require the minimum cui-de--sac necessary. P!anning Commission/Aug,asr 5, 2t)t)4 Page 16 of 44) 27