Letter to David Keller from Roger Knutson 11-18-05
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November 18, 2005
Mr. David G. Keller
Grannis & Hauge, P.A.
200 Town Centre Professional Building
1260 Yankee Doodle Road
Eagan, Minnesota 55121-2201
2 2 2005
RE: JERRY AND KARON STORY
Dear Dave:
I was directed to respond to your November 11,2005 letter to the Mayor and City
Council. The City cannot support direct driveway access onto Powers Boulevard
which is classified as an arterial roadway. City Code Section 18-57(L) provides:
(( Where a proposed subdivision is adjacent to a limited access highway,
arterial or collector, there shall be no direct access from individual lots to
such highway or streets. To the extent feasible access to arterial streets shall
be at intervals of not less than one-fourth mile through existing and established
crossroads. Access along collector streets will be restricted and controlled at
the final plat. "
Your clients' proposal would violate both the no direct access requirement and the
spacing limitation. Existing accesses onto Powers Boulevard are within a quarter file.
In addition, the City Engineer does not think a new access would be safe.
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Roger N. Knutson
Chanhassen City Attorney
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Todd Gerhardt, City Manager
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