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DateofAf plication: 12/16/98 Date Com^ ■ !ete: 12/16/98 120 day limit: 4/16/99 If the Homeowner's Association does not allow access and the City does declines opening Crystal Creek Road as a public street, the subdivider would need to redesign the plat to have access from Watertown Road. Generally, the City does not want to encourage more streets or curb cuts from an arterial road. Because of the topography, wetland location and narrow width of the parcel relative to its depth, alternate access may be difficult to achieve at this time without filling wetlands. Dedication of Right-of-way Access to Lot 3 is off of Watertown Road. The south 33' of the lot should be dedicated as right-of- way on the final plat. Road Length and Number of Residential Units The Cit> 's subdivision ordinance limits the length of a cul-de-sac to 1,000 feet and the number of units to be served at 10. Crystal Creek Road was built with a temporary cul-de-sac to serve 11 properties at a length of 1,400 feet. Access to Lot 7, the lot north of the proposed outlot B, has a 15' driveway easement over Lot 6 which was expected to be temporary until a road extension was built to tlie east from Crystal Creek Road. (See the Crystal Creek packet attached to this report). Cul-de-sacs The subdivision ordinance states that cul-de-sacs shall be discouraged. (Section 11.32, Subd. 2, B. 6). Proposed roadways shall be extended to the boundary lines of the tract to be subdivided, unless prevented by topography or other physical conditions or unless int he opinion of the City such extension is not necessary or desirable for the coordination of the layout of the subdivision with the existing layout or the most advantageous future development of future tracts. Construction of Roads The subdivision ordinance states that the arrangement of streets shall provide for continuation of streets between adjacent properties when such continuation is necessary for convenient moveme .it of traffic, effective fire protection, for efficient provision of utilities and wher such continuatio.i is in accordance with the Comprehensive Plan. If the adjacent property is undeveloped and the street must a dead-end street temporarily, the right-of-way shall be extended to the property line. The City may limit the length of temporary dead-end streets in accordance with the design standards. It was anticipated that Crystal Creek Road would eventually be connected to Wear Lane, according H2449 Hilbelink/Vogt 3020 Watertown Road PC-1/19/99 page-5