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Board denies driveway variance for safety reasons
Summary
The Mills County Board of Supervisors denied a driveway-variance request for Doug and Brenda Gray at 60315 Kit Road because stopping sight-distance requirements (500 ft at 45 mph) could not be met; staff recommended denial and the motion carried.
The board considered a request from Doug and Brenda Gray for a second driveway at 60315 Kit Road. County staff reported stopping sight-distance rules require 500 feet at a 45 mph limit and that the available sight distance at the proposed location was only 450 feet, a shortfall of approximately 50 feet. Given the safety concern, staff recommended denial.
Supervisors discussed alternative locations but noted the property line limited options and moving the driveway closer to the existing entrance would defeat the applicants' purpose. The board made and seconded a motion to deny the driveway variance; the motion carried by voice vote.
"With the speed limit being 45 mph, our stopping site distance ordinance is 500 ft even and the most we can get is 450 ft," staff said when recommending denial.
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