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City of MEMORANDUM
Elk River
TO: Planning Commission
FROM: Scott Harlicker, Senior Planne
DATE: September 26, 2000
SUBJECT: Case No. CU 00-37
Request by Vanman Companies for LeFebvre Trucking Amendment
To a Conditional Use Permit— Public Hearing
Request
Consider a request by LeFebvre Trucking Company to amend their conditional
use permit to allow a 60 foot wide driveway
Location
• Northeast corner of 171st Avenue and Ulysses Street, Lot 1, Block 1, Leon
LeFebvre Second Addition
Zoning/Land Use
PUD (Planned Unit Development) / LI (Light Industrial)
Attachments
• Location map
• Site plan
Overview
The applicant is requesting an amendment to their conditional use permit to allow
a 60 foot wide driveway. The driveway provides access to their site from 171st
Avenue and is currently 36 feet wide. There is a second access to the site from
Ulysses Street. In 1996 LeFebvre Company was granted a conditional use permit
for a 16,000 square foot trucking facility. As part of the site plan for that
conditional use permit, two 36 foot wide driveways, one from Ulysses Street and
one from 171st Avenue were approved. In 1998 LeFebvre Company replatted
• their property and amended the conditional use permit to expand the tractor and
13065 Orono Parkway • P.O. Box 490 • Elk River, MN 55330 • TDD & Phone (763) 441-7420 • Fax (763) 441-7425
Memo to Planning Commission/CU 00-37 Page 2
September 26,2000
trailer storage area. The amended site plan did not include widening the
411 driveways.
The applicant has indicated that the need for a 60 foot wide driveway is driven by
their use of 110 foot tractor/trailer rigs. At the time of the 1996 approval and the
1998 amendment, they did not use these larger rigs. A 36 foot wide driveway is
not wide enough for the larger tractor/trailers to make a right or left turn from
171st into the site.
The site plan includes an extended concrete apron outside of the driveway curb
on 171st Avenue. With this extended concrete apron on both sides of the
driveway, the driveway width at the curb line is 130 feet. The proposed driveway
width at the property line is 60 feet.
The plans provided show that trucks making a right turn into the site will have to
start that turn from the center east-bound lane. The applicant has indicated that
they need the 60 foot wide drive so that tractors/trailers would not have to cross
the center line in order turn into the site. Since 171st is a major east/west arterial
street, staff does not feel it is appropriate and is not comfortable recommending
approval of a driveway that is designed to have tractor/trailers crossing the center
line in order to make a right turn into the site. It appears that even a 60 foot wide
driveway is not wide enough to provide suitable access for tractor/trailers that are
110 feet long. The applicant has indicated that expanding the driveway from
III Ulysses is not an option. It may be that this site is not capable of handling
tractor/trailers that are 110 feet long.
The City Engineer will be in attendance at Tuesday's meeting to answer any
questions.
Recommendation
Staff recommends the Planning Commission deny LeFebvre Company's request
to amend their conditional use permit to allow a 60 foot wide driveway from 171st
Avenue based on the following findings:
1. The proposed driveway expansion would encourage traffic movements
that will create congestion, interfere with traffic flow and create traffic
hazards on 171st Avenue.
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