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;,: ._ PLANNING COMMISSION JANUARY 22, 1980 PAGE 2 Walnut Ridge Multi-family Development, Kennedy Ridge and Columbia Road. Secretary J. Brown read a statement from the Police De- • partment in reference to the proposal: "On 1-10-80 plans were received and reviewed for the Walnut Ridge Multi-family Development, Kennedy Rige and Columbia Ro.ad. The proposed de'velopment has one driveway entrance-exit onto Kennedy Ridge Road. Kennedy Ridge Road is now a dead end street with light traffic. Entrance-Exi.t onto Kennedy Ridge Road from this driveway and Entrance Exit from the Kennedy Ridge Columbia stop sign intersection presents no special problems. With the future relocation of State Route 252 this inter- • section should have less traffic than it has at the present time. ' I find nothing wrong with this plan, from a traffic standpoint, and have no objection to its . approval. Motorists using this area, exercising a normal amoimt of caution, should have no special problem. Signed Captain R. A. Brow, Operations Division" Mrs, Brown also read the following from the Fire Department: "In order to provide access to all buildings with our apparatus, we would strongly recommend a second entrance at the east end of the development, Also because of the size of our equipment and the associated manuvering difficulty, we would suggest a set- back to any islands placed in the driveways. Signed City of North Olmsted Fire Department, Ray A. Bement, Chief. Mro Engel, representing the developer, explained that this alter- nate plan was divised because of the concern of some of the neighbors that two drives would cut up the residential neigh- borhood, and that the developer had no preference and would use whichever plan that the City preferred. The plan was studied. Mr. Engel advised that the developers were willing to make any adjustments, other than reducing the number of units, to alle- viate the Fire Department concerns if the Planning Commission was favorable to the one-access plan. Mr. M. Unik, whose pro- perty abutts the proposed boulevard-type driveway, objected to the one-access plan as dangerous. Mr. N. Webber and Mr. A. Slobzian, neighbors, preferred this plan and.stated that the Old Orchard Condominiums in Fairview had approximately the same number of units and only one access. Mr. Prokasy stated that thete were many single family developments with even more units with only one access and that there is ample foom for the equip- ment to get into the area, the difficulty might be manuevering the equipment to get it out. Mr. Engel stated that the side- walk requested at the January 8th Planning Commission Meeting would be included and that the fence request Uy the residents at the Architectural Board of Review meeting of Ilovember 19, 1979