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. � r� - � �� � � <br /> �� �� ��� <br /> JANIE DELANEY <br /> 1315 WOODHILL AVENUE WAYZATA, MN 55391 <br /> TEL 952.473.4666 <br /> E-MAIL: JANIE@JANIEINC.COM <br /> June 15,2015 <br /> To:Planning Commission and Staffconcerning 190 Orono Orchard Road land use application#'15-3744 <br /> I am asking for further study and discussion on the proposed land use application#15-3744 for John Brunello, <br /> 190 Orono Orchard Road before an approval for the following reasons: <br /> Proposed Driveway Concerns <br /> • Neither my house or driveway at 1315 Woodhill Avenue appear on any of the plans.Will the planning <br /> commission lay a schematic over the topographical view in the packet so we can get a visual that will <br /> include 1315 Woodhill Avenue house and driveway?It appears the proposed 20'(?) double driveway is <br /> just across Woodhill and just to the right of my single driveway.Also, the proposed driveway is within the <br /> radius of the curve. Note that the city engineer is recommending that the driveway be moved to comply <br /> with Sec. 18-136 (e)No portion of a driveway approach, except the curb return, shall be construction <br /> within 100 feet of a corner. <br /> • I am asking staff to consider issues that may impact the neighborhood and neighborhood's safety. <br /> - The speed and amount of traffic rounding those corners particularly on weekends or when there is an <br /> event at Woodhill and members and guests are using the back entrance. It can be quite busy and traffic <br /> is unlike other similar roads given the club entrance. <br /> - Cars headed north on Orono Orchard Road and turning east onto Woodhill continually cut the <br /> corner. Less now that the weeds/grass have filled in and there is a visual,but every spring there are <br /> tread marks 3-4 feet over the curb. I have lived here close to 30 years and I have learned to be overly <br /> cautious with a driveway so close to the corner. I believe there is concern for a proposed second <br /> driveway in the same situation. <br /> - Since there are no elevation plans, another concern is the height of the driveway.Will the traffic <br /> coming and going from the new house have an impact on headlights shining onto the 1315 Woodhill <br /> Avenue residence. Right now there is a good amount of buffer growth,but there is NONE in the fall <br /> and winter and into the spring. <br /> - The proposed three car garage in front of the house and large driveway appears to be a lot of hardcover <br /> with little room for green space and extremely close to the lot line. <br /> Staff recommendation for approval should not consider city easements as reason for granting variance <br /> Staff is recommending approval of the variances based on a good 30 feet of city easement on the north side of <br /> Woodhill Avenue and easement on Orono Orchard Road those easements make the 190 property"appear"to <br /> have more green space. <br /> Some staff and planning commission members likely would not have been around at the time of the widening <br /> of Woodhill Avenue. At the time the road was widened,Woodhill Avenue moved toward the south and used <br /> most of the city easement from south side of the road. My northeast lot line is 3-4 feet from the road and 190 <br /> Orono Orchard Road south lot line is 30 feet from the road. <br /> At the time,the former residents at 1230 Woodhill came to every meeting with representation and did not <br /> want their walnut trees disturbed. My assumption is that in light of possible litigation,the city just approved the <br /> road and took little from the north side and the majority from the south side of Woodhill.We were never given <br /> a straight answer as to how or why that decision was made.They even moved the utility poles at an additional <br /> expense. <br /> Page 1 of 2 <br />