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City Council Meeting Minutes February 18, 2014 Page 9 of 23 Michael Perkins, 229 Vulcan Street, Louisville, CO urged Council to not allow subjective alternatives. He supported consistency and erring on the side of safety. He felt the more conservative alternatives should be kept in place. Alexandra Bradley, 1385 Caledonia, Louisville, CO read a letter written by Paula Palmer, who resides at 1603 Cottonwood Drive, Louisville, CO, which addressed her concern over the changes to the Building and Fire Code. Ms. Bradley reminded Council of the petition she presented at the last meeting, which had 51 signatures, asking the City Council to deny the Code changes, which would decrease safety and have impacts later on. City Attorney Light reviewed the optional language for fire lane requirement, which Planning Director Russ referred to earlier as follows: If City Council wishes to maintain the secondary access requirements currently located in subsections 15.12.110, C & D of the Louisville Municipal Code (LMC). B. In addition to the requirement of Appendix D, no platted street in multifamily, industrial, business or commercial development ending in a cul-de-sac or some other design shall exceed 300 feet in length without providing a secondary fire lane access. C. In addition to the requirement of Appendix D, no platted street in a single-family area ending in a cul-de-sac or some other design shall exceed 500 feet in length without providing a secondary fire lane access. Jean Morgan, 1131 Spruce Street, Louisville, CO commented on the narrow streets proposed for new developments, which are purported to be slower and safer streets. She begged to differ and stated the streets must be wider to be safer. She noted certain conditions such as ice, children running into the street, bicyclists, drivers exiting their cars and larger vehicles such as fire and trash trucks make narrow streets more dangerous. Debbie Fahey, 1118 W. Enclave Circle, Louisville, CO concurred with the comments voiced by other residents. She wanted the standards to be ideal instead of minimum. She felt there should be a minimum street width and if a request came forward for something different, they could apply for a variance. Matt Berry, 740 Garfield Avenue, Louisville, CO, Vice-Chair Board of Appeals, addressed sprinkling systems for single-family detached homes, and felt there is a quite a difference between technical rules and effective rules. He felt the building codes are getting deeper into private structures, which may cause residents to ignore the building permit process. He felt the City should use rules in place and the building division willenforce them. He thought the requirement might extend to residential remodels. Planning Director Russ stated the Planning Division received an email from Garrett Mundelein relative to the fire sprinkling issue, which would be made part of the record.