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Tos Planning Commission Chairman Kalley <br />Orono Planning Commission Members <br />City Administrator Bernhardson <br />From:Jeanne A. Mabusth, Building & Zoning Administrator <br />Date:May 16, 1991 <br />Subject:#1645 Albert J. Graf, 2008 Sugarwood Drive - <br />Request to Vary From Special Development Requirements <br />of Sugar Woods Planned Residential Development - Second <br />Curb Cut <br />List of Bzhibits <br />Exhibit A <br />Exhibit B <br />Exhibit C <br />Exhibit D <br />Exhibit E <br />Exhibit P - <br />Exhibit G <br />Exhibit B <br />Exhibit I <br />Applicant's Request <br />Site Plan <br />Applicant's Hardcover Fact Sheet <br />Landscape Plan (Existing) <br />Amended Hardcover Fact Sheet per Council <br />Approval 11/26/90 <br />Pages 3 and 4 of Staff Memo for Review of Lot 2, <br />Block 2'8 Looped Drive <br />Staff Memo and Exhibits 11/14/90 <br />Sugar Woods Plat and Grading Plan <br />Resolution #2917 <br />Rofvlew of Af^llcatlon - <br />^l®®se review Exhibit A, the applicant reviews his reasons <br />for seeking special consideration in requesting a second curb cut <br />for a looped drive. He notes current curb cut is located just <br />below a rise in the road creating a lighting problei for <br />motorists driving west. The most pertinent finding is the fact <br />that the placement of the Island in the one-way east/west lane <br />adjacent to the property creates access problems to and from the <br />Staff remembers little discussion concerning the islands <br />this roftdwAy^ nor thu^ there would be one-way lanes within <br />these Island areas. This traffic pattern or plan has obviously <br />created problems fcr this resident. Motorists traveling eastward <br />who wish to access the Graf site would have to turnaround in a <br />westerly direction to use the existing access. This is a concern <br />that will arise again for other persons limited to a one way <br />approach lane. <br />As I recall, one of the reasons for the creation of the <br />islands was to allow the developer the chance to save several <br />mature trees that would have been destroyed wlt*^ the road <br />®®*'®^^'*ction. It certainly is more aesthetically pleasing to see <br />the island area filled with trees and plantings rather than black <br />bituminous paving. The problem of this residence as with other <br />lots that achieve access from the one-way lanes will be that <br />Sugarwood Drive is not a one way road. Another alternative but <br />less attractive would be the removal of these islands so that <br />future requests for looped drives will be eliminated. <br />te: <br />9 <br />/