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yV^MINUTES OF MARCH 19, 1990 PLANNING COMMISSION MEETINGZONING FILE #1503-WOODHILL COUNTRY CLUB CONTINUEDMabusth Si*id that thers is no doubt that the cul-de-sac will impact the Carpenter property. Mr. Bergquist stated that Woodhill objects to the City's request of turning the existing driveway into a road. The existing driveway easement is currently 33' wide with 16' to 20* of pavement. Woodhill feels this should be adequate to serve the existing and one additional property. Bergquist said, "The Country Club bought the Pillsbury property to keep the entrance way in its present form without having some other developer in there. They would prefer to keep this under control by keeping the property in their ownership. The one new lot that they are creating is off to the west of the entrance road quite a bit and should not distract from what the Country Club is trying to create on the entrance way. We feel that widening the road as proposed by the City would take out quite a few trees for the road itself. The turn-around would take out a tremendous amount of trees and require substantial grading. The City Engineer, in his zeal to protect the City, wants a road created where Woodhill wants a country lane. Woodhill, at this time, has no further intentions to subdivide the remaining property." Mr. McNellis opined that the future owner of the new lot will want to preserve as many existing trees as possible. McNellis felt that in order to do this, the property owner would opt to park on the street rather than construct a driveway. McNellis was concerned that due to the street width, any on street parking will create a road block. Mr. Bergquist did not expect on-street parking to occur on a *requent basis. There were no further comments from the public regarding this matter and the public hearing was closed. Kelley explained that two of the Planning Commissioners present this evening were members of the Woodhill Country Club and would therefore abstain from any discussion or voting on this matter. It was moved by Kelley, seconded by Johnson, to bypass any further discussion of this matter by the Planning Commission and have the matter go directly to the City Council. Johnson asked whether it was appropriate to request a site plan or building footprint with a Class III subdivision. Hanson felt it is important to acknowledge Woodhill Country Club's concerns about the "country lane atmosphere" and the possibility of future variance requests for this property. Hanson stated that he would object to any variance requests. Motion, Ayes-3, Hanson, Nay, Motion passed. ' - 3 -