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Community Development Director Trudgeon indicated they are 20 and 25 feet. He stated if they lengths of the driveways were not changed, they would all be 20 foot driveways with 5 foot sidewalks. Commissioner Van Scoy noted this would be allowable with the code change the Planning Commission is looking at tonight. Commissioner Brauer suggested they would only need to connect the driveways on those slices of' grass between the driveways. He stated Horton 2 does concern him because it could go all the way through to Rhinestone, but the other streets do not concern him as much. Chairperson Nixt stated this is not how he would envision a typical infrastructure. He indicated they usually have a public street through the infrastructure, and private feeder streets off it. He stated this does not have a public road and is inconsistent with other things approved. Community l)evelopment Director Trudgeon explained it does have public roads all around it, and is within thc Town Center, where they want to make auto-dependency less. He indicated StatT lind some concerns, but felt the public road all around it would be sufficient, and the private streets would only serve the development. Mr. Mcllenbach indicated he has had the pleasure for the last six years of living in a townhouse development on a private street. He stated they could get a sidewalk in there, but in his neighborhood people are walking at non-peak hours, and it is rare to see two cars on a street. He indicated people tend to walk in the middle of the street so they are far away from the houses. Commissioner Johnson agreed, indicated he lives on a street that does not have a sidewalk, and they wall< in the middle of the street all the time. Mr. Mcllenbach stated when you talk about a sidewalk cutting between driveways it is almost worse, because people see a driveway as an extension of a person's home, and do not feel comfi)rtablc walking across it. He indicated he feels pedestrians can get around safely for short distances without sidewalks, but they will work with whatever is recommended. Chairperson Nixt asked what was shown for this area in the concept plan for Town Center. Community Development Director Trudgeon indicated he believes there were public roads around it, with sidewalk and trail connections. He stated this development is laid out different than thc concept plan, but they did foresee private roads within the development. Chairperson Nixt stated he would see Herren 4, 3 and 1 as being public streets through the development, and believes they need to have sidewalks. Commissioner Van Scoy indicated he supports that idea. Planning Commission/April 21, 2005 Page 8 of 23