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DRAFT -10- 481 there is erosion and scouring that takes place as it exists now. I would say the pond may help 482 that situation to allow some of the stuff to settle out. We will use standard erosion control 483 practices to maintain the dirt on our site. When the construction is going on, and this is a low 484 density project which is about 15% impervious if you look at the total site acreage which is less 485 than 24% and we discussed it with the county stormwater and Terry Hackett said it would be 486 fine as far as our plans for treatment. There is a system that will catch water that will help 487 reduce the water from the well issues and use some of the rain water to wash down some of the 488 kennels and play areas. Then there are the traffic and driveway issues. This road is a bad road 489 all together from an engineering standpoint. You can look at the picture on the bottom right and 490 it is hard to pull out on any point on that road without being in a dangerous situation. We feel 491 that the access at the easement location is the most optimal point to maintain. As an engineer, 1 492 am supposed to maintain the public health, safety, and welfare and the point we have chosen to 493 access this property is the best point. It is located on the outer radius of a horizontal turn. In 494 traffic terms that curve is a horizontal curve so when you pull up to it from the driveway, you will 495 be able to see all the way to the curve which isn't optimal but it is the best situation at this site 496 without moving further. If you try to move the driveway this way, when you get into this 497 horizontal curve, on the inner radius of it, you have to look behind your shoulder and by the time 498 you turn back and check this one, there could be someone coming the other way. This location 499 is the most optimal location. 500 501 David Blankfard: Looking to the right, is that the picture on the top? 502 503 Chad Abbott: Yes sir. There you also have a vertical curve and this is as far south as you can 504 go on the property without going off the property but at the same time you would not want to be 505 closer anyway because of that car stopping on that hill. 506 507 David Blankfard: What is the site distance between where you are exiting and the hill? 508 509 Chad Abbott: The distance is shown on the plan to be about 250 -300 feet to the crest of that 510 hill. That is about the best we can get there but we would like to optimize the distance coming 511 from the other way because that is the immediate adjacent lane of impact if something were to 512 happen coming around here. 513 514 Larry Wright: Is this subject to DOT approval? 515 516 Chad Abbott: Yes. I have corresponded with DOT. Anytime you have a commercial operation 517 they would like for the site distances to be 500 feet. We might get close to 500 feet looking 518 back that way (due north) and we discussed that with them and they are in concurrence that you 519 can only deal with what you have got so we have responded. You can't be denied access to 520 your property; you have to explain what parameters you can meet and why you can't meet the 521 ones you can't. 522 523 Bob Hornik: The top right hand photo is from the approximate location of the driveway looking 524 southbound on Millhouse. The bottom right hand corner is from just south of the driveway 525 location looking northbound on Millhouse and the photo on the bottom left is looking eastbound 526 down the proposed driveway across the street (Mr. Kirshner's house). 527 528 Chad Abbott: The view of the lower left photo is not the view which someone would be coming 529 towards that drive. That was the view to show the screen and the pipe area and the location of 530 the adjacent property because the drive is coming at a skew so it is not pointing perpendicular 531 to the road like my camera was. I would also like to point out with respect to the site distance at 532 the top of the hill that the traffic coming from that location is also coming from a four way stop 533 and going through a tight curve, almost a 90 degree turn before you top that hill so you won't be 534 traveling quite as fast. That is just the exhibit we had shown shows the angle of the driveway OC Board of Adjustment — 5/14/2012 Page 10 of 41