Planning Commission Minutes 2000 05 18

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the existing and potentially expanded future emergency vehicle and fire fighter access traffic is not in the best interest of public safety and firefighter safety. He would recommend and request that the Planning Commission denies approval for this project until a separate access point can be somehow figured out. Chief Brewer went over the turning access with the Planning Commission. Mark Weber, 211 South Tyler Avenue, Louisville, CO 80027. Mr. Weber is presently elected to the Board of Directors for the Louisville Fire Protection District and serves in capacity of President of the Board of Directors. Mr. Weber wanted to make it clear that the only opposition that they have to the project is the shared access of the current and existing driveway located next to Station 1. Mr. Weber voiced all opposition to the proposed joint use of the concrete driveway located next to Station 1 located at 1240 Main Street. The driveway currently sits on property owned by the City of Louisville and in 1983 the Fire Protection District entered into a licensed agreement with the city to construct a driveway for the purpose of enhancing emergency services provided from Station 1. It has been the Boards position since February of 2000 that shared use of this driveway created a public safety issue. Shared access will ultimately put a firefighter or a firefighting apparatus in direct contact with individuals who use the driveway to enter or exit the proposed business. Sharing access will lead to delayed response times for the Fire Department and create a potential liability scenario that the District is not willing to undertake. These are the reasons that the Louisville Fire Protection District Board of Directors is opposed to the proposed driveway for the proposed project. This is a safety issue. There are safety issues that are going to happen and the District does not feel that they should be required to assume the responsibilities for those actions should this be approved. They would go as far as to look for the applicant to assume all of those responsibilities for any future problems that may occur if it is considered and passed. Staff Summary: Paul Wood stated that Staff is recommending approval of the Special Review Use and Final PUD Development Plan with six conditions of approval. Applicant Summary: None. Public Hearing Closed / Commission Comments / Vote: Commissioner McDermott asked how they currently exit and enter with only 24 feet at this time. Chief Brewer stated that they have to use both lanes on Main Street. Commissioner Lipton thinks this is an attractive proposal in terms of the aesthetics and the 12