HomeMy WebLinkAboutRE_ [External] Permit for curb-cut for drivewayFrom:Michael D Olmstead
To:Bruce Kullberg
Cc:Kurtis A Weber; Melanie Curtis; Brant D Kough
Subject:RE: [External] Permit for curb-cut for driveway
Date:Monday, August 22, 2022 3:14:57 PM
Cheryl,
The county could “approve” an access to a land-locked property. However, it would not
be responsible for any of the costs. All costs of the access, including the curb cut,
would be at the expense of the property owner.
This property has never had an access. When Hennepin County did the improvements
and widened the road, it built a wall to support the existing hill and replaced the
original steps that were there. To access this property from Shoreline Drive, you will
have to have an engineering plan to adjust the timber wall significantly to allow grading
of a reasonable slope up to the level of the home. This significant grading and
restructuring of the timber wall would have to be approved by Hennepin County and
the City of Orono. This would not be a simple plan. The wall functions to hold up a hill
where the house sits over the road.
Please let me know if you have any questions.
Mike Olmstead
Permits Supervisor
Hennepin County Public Works
Transportation Operations
612-596-0336
From: Bruce Kullberg <laundry33931@yahoo.com>
Sent: Monday, August 22, 2022 2:46 PM
To: Michael D Olmstead <Michael.Olmstead@hennepin.us>
Subject: [External] Permit for curb-cut for driveway
Hi Michael,
The city of Orono informed me that you are the Superviser responsible for processing permits to
authorize “curb cuts”
Currently, the property at 3468 Shoreline Drive, Orono, Minnesota is 100% landlocked. It does not
have an easement nor driveway.
Hennepin County had upgraded with sidewalk & wood retaining wall, but did not provide
drivable access to the property.
Would appreciate the correct protocol to obtain permit to obtain a driveway to this property.
Furthermore, given the property history, please advise on whom the legal responsible party is to
pay for the access. Would this be the county?
Thank you,
Cheryl Kullberg
239 699-0663
laundry33931@yahoo.com
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