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Senn Lots Analysis Memo 4-3-03 Page 4 IV. Potential Alternatives for Access A primary issue for development of Lot 1 is access, and that access will have impacts on development of Lot 2. Assuming that variances would not be granted to allow the driveway to parallel the creek within the 75' hardcover/grading setback, but assuming that a wetland/creek crossing point within Lot 1 would be approved, then a 30' corridor along the east boundary of Lot 2 could be used for the driveway. An issue is the 20' high hill near the back of Lot 2, which would require a major excavation to make it into a driveway... As an alternative, access to Lot 1 could be sought from the Boyer property to the west of it, avoiding any new wetland impacts. However, such a driveway would require the cooperation of the owners of the property to the west, which is in the process of subdivision and has received preliminary plat approval. The potential issues with this alternative include: 1. Possible significant negative impacts to the adjacent Boyer building site by constructing a driveway through it. 2. City codes would require that access through Boyer be via an Outlot, requiring new approvals of preliminary plat. 3. City codes would require that for a level of three users, the Boyer driveway would have to become a road, bringing significant extra costs to the table, including issues with the width of the wetland crossing. V. Potential Solutions a) Gain access to Lot 1 from Boyer site, thereby avoiding driveway within the creek setback and avoiding the wetland crossing. b) Gain access to Lot 1 via a driveway thru some portion of Lot 2 outside the 75' setback, still requiring creek crossing variances. Might require platting of a new corridor within Lot 2. Must leave Lot 2 with at least 2.0 acres of contiguous dry buildable land. C) Attempt to obtain variances to build driveway and crossing as approved in 1990. d) Combine Lot 1 with adjacent Boyer lot to make Boyer lot abetter site. e) Same as d) but do a lot line rearrangement between Lot 1 and Lot 2/Outlot A, so that the dividing line approximately follows the centerline of the creek (this gives ownership of all land on east side of creek to Lot 2).