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#2466 Renckens & Winston <br />May 21,1999 <br />Page 6 <br />2.Dead-end Roads (Permanent). Where a road does not extend to the boundary <br />of the subdivision and its continuation is not required by the City for access <br />to adjoining property, its terminus shall normally not be nearer to such <br />boundary than fifty (50) feet. However, the City may require the reservation <br />of an appropriate easement to accommodate drainage facilities, pedestrian <br />traffic, or utilities. A cul-de-sac shall be pre nded at the end of a permanent <br />dead-end street in accordance with the City’s construction standards and <br />specifications. For greater convenience to traffic and more effective police <br />and fire protection, permanent dead-end streets shall, in general, be <br />discouraged and where allowed be limited in length in accordance with the <br />design standards of this Chapter. <br />Crystal Creek Road was noi intended to be a permanent dead-end street. This is evidenced <br />by: <br />the fact that its length greatly exceeds the 1000' standard <br />the fact that it was platted to the property boundary rather than stopping short <br />of it <br />the fact that no cul-de-sac was platted, but merely an easement granted for a <br />temporary cul-uc-sac <br />the fact that the March 19,1991 staff memo clearly indicates this is consistent <br />with the City's planning to connect to a roadway system to the east <br />- the fact that, as Carlson points out, the owners of lots in Crystal Creek had fair <br />warning via their covenants that Crystal Creek Road could potentially be <br />extended to adjacent properties <br />Crystal Creek Road should, based on all of the above code sections, be platted through the Renckens <br />property to the next property to the east, just as Council decided on April 12. <br />Comprehensive Plan Excerpts <br />The Transportion element of the Orono Community Management Plan also supports the creation of <br />a 50' road outlot based on the following: <br />BASIC TRANSPORTATION CONCEPTS AND PRINCIPLES, P.7-2: <br />"The basic responsibility of the City b the protection of ib citizens’ health, safety and <br />welfare".