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I I I Council Meeting Minutes December 12, 1995 Page 3 Public Hearin~. continued The property is located west of Silver Lake Road and north of Co. Rd. E and is zoned B-1, Limited Business. In 1991, Council indicated in the Comprehensive Plan that a day care facility would be an acceptable use in this district. The Kindercare site would occupy the northern portion of the six-acre site. The building would have three outdoor play areas and landscaping will screen the building from adjacent properties. The parking area would be located in front of the building parallel to Silver Lake Road. The wetland area located in front of the parking lot would be remediated and reconftgured. The applicant has been working with the Rice Creek Watershed District (RCWD) on the wetland reconftguration. Access to the site would be a right in/right out type of access off Silver Lake Road. Left turns will not be allowed from traffic traveling north on Silver Lake Road, and Ramsey County supports the traffic circulation. The applicant and the property owner have worked out a realignment of the southern parcel which will take the stub road and run it further west, down to the south, and out to Co. Rd. E. Samuelson asked if the access road would be an exit only or will there be an entrance/exit onto Co. Rd. E. Mattila believes it would be an entrance/exit situation because the 24 ft. wide road would be two way. Gunderman asked the road widths in the Wexford Heights subdivision. Mattila said the road widths are either 30 ft. or 32 ft. Minimum widths for a driveway in commercial/industrial districts is 18 ft., but if two way traffic is allowed then the minimum width is 24 ft. Mattila conftrmed that after the subdivision, there will be 3.5 acres remaining. Gunderman questioned if future development on the vacant lot would necessitate reconfiguration of the road. Mattila said the proposal involves a private driveway which will serve that area and is not a public road. If it were a public road, the City would need to access 60 ft. of right-of-way and maintain the roadway. The driveway was proposed because the Planning Commission recommended no further curb cuts on Silver Lake Road. So the alternative was to establish some type of access road that will service the business. Any development on the property to the south would access onto this road to Co. Rd. E. Benke questioned if this access will be adequate for persons traveling from the east, west and south. Mattila said Council could recommend that the applicant construct a paved road, and when the southerly property is developed, concrete curbing would be installed. Benke noted the steep grades and asked if excavation will be performed. Mattila believes excavation will be performed on the property when the south parcel is developed, and the grading plan will be approved by the City Engineer and RCWD. Samuelson asked if the median on Silver Lake Road would prevent cross over traffic into the Kindercare entrance. Mattila said the median is located north of the entrance, and traffic traveling north would not allow cross over into the south bound lane. Mattila noted the County recommendation that a southbound turn lane is not required for right turns into the site, but an adequate radius should be constructed to provide a smooth flow for right turns. Larson noted the preference for a right turn lane, and asked if a No U-turn sign could be posted to prevent access into the property. Mattila said Fire Chief Mark Frieden feels the access is adequate, but recommends the access road lengthen 30 ft. to the west for an emergency vehicle turn around. The applicant will conform to this recommendation. Puhlic Hearin~ Kindercare Report 95-237 Resolution 95-11 0