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Home My WebLink AboutComments PWT 3/14/2007 , . Memorandum City of Springfield Date To March j4, 2007 Lmda Pauly, pjanner II Gary McKenney, P E , TransportatIOn pjanmng Engmeer SUB2006-00066 - Benson, Dove Estates SubdIvIsIOn From Subject The TransportatIOn DIvIsIOn has revIewed the matenajs provIded wIth the subject apphcatlOn The recommended findmgs and condItIOns outjmed bejow are provIded for your use m prepanng the land-use decIsIOn General Fmdmg Approvaj of thIs proposal would allow creatIOn ofa j4-jot resldenhaj subdIvIsIOn on a 2 ] -acre parcel located at the southeast corner of Centenmaj Boujevard and Anderson Lane (Map 17-03-33-11, Tax Lot j 0 I) An eXlstmg house on the sIte woujd be rejocated to remam on Lot jO TransportatIon System Impacts Fmdmg The development sIte has approxImately 280 feet of frontage on Anderson Lane and 330 feet of frontage on Centennlaj Boujevard Centenmal Boulevard IS a five-lane mmor artenal street The Centennlaj Boujevard sIte frontage IS fully Improved, and no subdIVISIOn access IS proposed onto Centenmaj Anderson Lane IS a 36,foot wIde asphalt locaj street wlthm a 60-foot nght of way, opposIte the subdIVISIon sIte the west sIde of Anderson Lane IS fully unproved WIth curb/gutter, sldewajk and street hghtmg The apphcant proposes to construct full pubhc Improvements on Anderson Lane southward from CentennJaj Boujevard ajong the sIte frontage Fmdmg No proposed street hghts are depIcted m the submItted project pjans To proVIde for safe pedestnan and vehlcujar access, street hghtmg IS needed that WIll adequately Illummate the pubhc travel ways wlthm and adjacent to the development sIte The cIty's street hghtmg standards, whIch are based on the Illummatmg Engmeenng SocIety (lES) Amencan NatlOnaj Standard PractIce for Roadway Llghtmg RP-8, specIfy the hghtmg type and reqUIred hghtmg levels for street and pedestnan areas Fmdmg Based on jTE Land Use Code 2j 0 (Smgje-Fmmly Detached Housmg) tnp generatIOn from devejopment on the property woujd be as follows . Average Weekday = 13 dwellmg umts X 9 57 tnps per dwelhng umts = j24 tnps . PM Peak Hour = 13 dwejhng umts X j OJ tnps per dwellmg umts = 13 tnps jn addItIOn, the assumed development would generate pedestnan and bIcycle tnps Accordmg to the "Househojd" survey done by LCOG m 1994, j2 6 percent ofhousehojd tnps are made by bIcycle or walkmg and j 8 percent are by transIt bus These tnps may have theIr ongms or destmatlOns at a vanety ofland uses, mcludmg thIS use Pedestnan and bIcycle tnps create the need for sldewajks, pedestnan crossmg slgnajs, crosswalks, bIcycle parkmg and bIcycle janes Date Received Planner. Al 3/0a>7 , f SUB2006-00066 - Benson, Dove _~\a\es SubdivISion March 14, 2007 Page 2 of 3 Recommended Condition Public Improvements Plans for Anderson Lane and Dove Lane shall Include street lighting that meets adopted city street lighting standards Fmdmg As condItIoned, eXlstmg and proposed transportatIOn faclhtIes woujd be adequate to accommodate addltIonaj tnps generated by the proposed development m a safe and efficient manner SubdivISion Access and CirculatIOn FIndmg InstallatIon of dnveways on a street mcreases the number of traffic conflict pomts The greater number of conflict pOInts mcreases the probablhty of traffic crashes EffectIve ways to reduce the probablhty of traffic crashes mclude reducmg the number of dnveways, mcreasmg dIstances between IntersectIOns and dnveways, and estabhshmg adequate VISIOn clearance where dnveways Intersect streets Each of these techmques permits a longer, jess cluttered Sight distance for the motonst, reduces the number and difficulty of deCISIOns dnvers must make, and contnbutes to mcreased traffic safety SDC 32080(1) (a) stIpujates that each parcejls entItled to "an approved access to i! pubhc street" Fmdmg The applicant proposes to construct a new 28-foot wide cuj-de-sac jocaj street (Dove Lane) extendIng eastward from Anderson Lane on a centerhne located 190 feet south of Centennial Boujevard ThIS street would serve jots I through j 0 and woujd termInate In a hammerhead-type turnaround A 90-degree turn In the street at the entrance to the turnaround has a proposed centerline radlUs of 65 9 feet The Impacts on dnver Sight distance from the narrow street WIdth and restncted turnIng radms reqUire that on-street parkIng be restncted In the vlclmty of this turn jn additIOn, Spnngfiejd Fire and Life Safety Department typically reqUires that parkIng on 28-foot Wide streets be hmlted to one SIde of the street, and prohibited WithIn turnaround areas Recommended Condition Public Improvements Plans for Dove Lane shall Include signs and markings as necessary to prohibit on-street parking east of property line separating Lots 13 and 14, and on the north Side of the street In the remaining section FmdIng Lot jj woujd have approximately 70 feet of tangent frontage on Anderson Lane south of the curb return at Centenmal Boujevard SDC Table 32-4 speCifies that resldentIaj dnveways onto local streets shall be separated from the nearest IntersectIOn curb return by a mmllnum of 30 feet Traffic safety consideratIOns IncludIng traffic speeds on Centennial Boujevard and the locatIOn of Lot jj In rejatlOn to the Centennlaj Boulevard/Anderson Lane IntersectIOn reqUire that dnveway access to Lot jj be jocated as far from the IntersectIon as IS feaslbje Recommended Condition Dnveway access to Lot 11 from Anderson Lane shall be located at the southern boundary of the lot " , . " SUB2006-00066 - Benson, Dove Estates SubdivIsion March 14, 2007 Page 3 of 3 Finding As condltlOned Ingress-egress pOints wIll be planned to faclhtate traffic and pedestnan safety, aVOId congestIOn and to minImIZe curb cuts on pubhc streets as specIfied In SDC ArtIcles 31 and 32, apphcable zoning and or overlay dlstnct ArtIcles, and apphcable refinement plans Please provide a copy of the draft Decl!>ion for my review prIOr to IssullIg the final deciSIOn. Date t<8celvea 3j;';/2tJ177 Planner AL