Engineer proposes hammerhead turnaround to allow 3–4 new lots on 69th Place; town to measure vehicle needs

At the Feb. 2 study session engineer Doug Redick presented a sketch plan to subdivide property at 935 Highway 330 into three or four R‑1 residential lots for landowner Donna Case. The proposal would keep the existing home on Lot 1 and create new 80‑foot‑wide lots to the south. Redick noted an adjacent platted 30‑foot sliver of right‑of‑way and asked the commission whether the town would accept a nonconventional turnaround to terminate 69th Place.

"We're trying to again, 1 of the things we wanna talk about tonight is would the town consider, like, a hammerhead turnaround or some kind of nonconventional cul de sac where we could still turn around a vehicle of a snowplow..." Redick said. He explained a full-size cul‑de‑sac (90‑foot curb radius/120‑foot right‑of‑way standard) would take too much room and risk making the lots infeasible; he suggested measuring the town's vehicles to design a smaller acceptable radius.

Commissioner Chris Rack and other staff raised operational concerns: plow, leaf and chipper trucks (and vehicles pulling trailers) require larger turning areas, and on‑street parking could reduce maneuvering room. Rack said a full cul‑de‑sac is the easiest operational solution but acknowledged parked cars would complicate a smaller turnaround. The commission recommended the applicant coordinate with Public Works (referred to as "Chad" in the discussion) to have town vehicles drive the proposed geometry and measure the minimum acceptable radius.

Redick agreed to obtain measurements and said he would return with a revised concept plan showing the turnaround geometry or additional right‑of‑way dedication as needed. The commission did not vote on the sketch plan during the study session; the discussion focused on designing an operational and cost‑effective termination for 69th Place while meeting frontage requirements for R‑1 zoning.

Next steps: applicant to coordinate with Public Works for measurements, revise plan accordingly, and return for further review.