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<br />Commissioner McAvinew asked if it would be possible for the city to develop Lafayette Street to <br />the railway right-of-way. <br /> <br />Paul Wood stated that there would have to be re-work of the drainage facility to drop a 36 foot <br />street within the right-of-way without impacting either adjoining property with an access <br />easement. <br /> <br />Commissioner Kalish asked how wide a drive way for a business in this area need to be. <br /> <br />Paul Wood responded that the minimum is 20 feet wide. Normally drive aisles are 24 feet wide. <br />Where large truck trips are expected at the CTC, a full 30-foot wide apron is required. A drive <br />aisle for Ms. Fickbohm would need to be a minimum of 24 feet wide if she put her own in. <br /> <br />th <br />Richard Lubischer, 55 East 4 Avenue, Denver, Architect for the project. Mr. Lubischer stated <br />that the south side setback from the property line is 15 feet from the proposed building to the <br />existing driveway. From the proposed building to the existing driveway would be approximately <br />17 and widens out to approximately 20 to 25. <br /> <br />Commissioner Lipton asked if Planning Commission and City Council approved the PUD if it <br />would still have to approve a Revocable License as a separate action. Paul Wood stated that the <br />Revocable License would be a separate action. <br /> <br />Commissioner McDermott does not see a hang-up here from a safety standpoint. <br /> <br />Members of the Public: <br /> <br />Cris Brewer, Fire Chief for the Louisville Fire Protection District. Chief Brewer has a <br />responsibility to ensure the safety of not only the citizens of Louisville, but also to the responding <br />firefighters that go on calls and their apparatus. There are between 45 and 50 volunteer <br />firefighters. They are not necessarily in house when a call goes out, they have to respond to the <br />fire station to man the appropriate apparatus. Whenever an alarm goes out there are up to 45 <br />firefighters, or more, responding. Currently the station on Main Street is not very active during <br />the day. Any type of traffic studies done currently have nothing to do with what could be there in <br />the future. The Fire Department’s plan is to get more firefighters to be able to staff both stations <br />24 hours a day. That would severely change the traffic pattern from the way it is at this time. <br /> <br />Chief Brewer believes that combining public motor vehicle activity with emergency response <br />vehicles in a driveway, which appears to be a private driveway regardless of what its legal status <br />is, is not a good idea. There is not enough room there to get the trucks and firefighters in and out <br />with the public there. There is no room for vehicles to pull over. A fire truck pulling in or out of <br />that property takes up the entire 36 feet. That means there cannot be traffic on that driveway and <br />expect it to pass. Chief Brewer does not think that making the driveway a little bit wider will fix <br />the problem. He feels very strong that mixing the public vehicular traffic on this driveway with <br /> <br /> 11 <br /> <br />