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Memorandum
City of Springfield
Date:
To:
Subject:
January 13, 201 0
Steve Hopkins, Planner II
Jon Driscoll, E.I. T., Transportation Engineer in Training
DRC2009-00049 Taco Bell
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The Transportation Division has reviewed the materials provided with the subject application.
The required findings and conditions outlined below are provided for your implementation into
the land use decision.
General
Finding: Approval of this proposal would allow construction of a building 2,556 square feet in
place ofthe existing 1,800 square foot building situated on a 16,816 square foot redevelopment
site. The new facility is anticipated to employ from 25-30 people. There are no future expansion
plans.
Transnortation System Imnacts
Finding: Abutting the subject site to the west, a Mohawk Boulevard is a 58-foot wide paved
roadway within a IIO-foot wide right of way. It is a minor' arterial with three lanes, improved
with curb, gutter, sidewalk, and LPS street lighting. It provides three motor vehicle lanes (one in
each direction, and one turning lane), and one bicycle lane in each direction. Average daily
traffic along Mohawk Boulevard is estimated to be approximately 16,900 trips per day.
Finding: Based on ITE Land Use Code 934 (Fat-Food Restaurant with Drive-Through Window)
the total trip generation from this development upon completion of the proposed development
would be as follows:
. Average Weekday = 496.12 trips/IOOO sq. ft. x 2556 = 1268 trips
. PM Peak Hour = 33.84 trips/IOOO sq. ft. x 2556 = 26 trips
In addition, assumed development may generate pedestrian and bicycle trips. According to the
"Household" survey done by LCOG in 1994, 12.6 percent of household trips are made by
bicycle or walking and 1.8percent are by transit bus. These trips may have their origins or
destinations at a variety ofland uses, including this site. Pedestrian and bicycle trips create the
need for sidewalks, pedestrian crossing signals, crosswalks, bicycle parking and bicycle lanes.
Finding: The changes in the orientation of the building has allowed for a deeper driveway throat
and a much longer queuing in the drive through without interfering with the ingress/egress of
vehicles onto the mall site. The new development creates a much safer site than the existing
layout from a transportation perspective.
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Finding: At the exit point of the drive through, the radius of the inside curve near the "site
lighting" (i.e. the curve in which lies the most westerly "Do Not Enter" sign) is approximately
four feet. Using the passenger car design vehicle template from the AASHTO (American
Association of Highway and Transportation Officials) "Green Book" (See Exhibit 2-3, page 21),
it is apparent that a passenger car exiting the drive-through will strike the inside curb in
positioning itself to be in the driveway's right turn lane.
Condition: The final site plan shall show an enlarged inside curve radius at the exit point of
the drive-through lane that will allow for AASHTO's passenger car to maneuver into the
driveways right-turning exit lane without encroaching into the adjacent left-turning exit lane.
Finding: To provide for pedestrian and vehicle safety, street lighting is necessary to illuminate
street and sidewalk areas adjacent to the proposed development site to an adequate level during
night time hours. Currently, low pressure sodium lighting has been installed on power poles
along Mohawk Boulevard. This type of street lighting does not meet current City standards.
However, it is not practicable or justifiable to require the applicant to bring the street lighting on
Mohawk Boulevard up to current standards at this time. It is appropriate to require an
improvement agreement for street lighting so that the property owner pays a proportionate share
of costs when the City upgrades the street lighting system.
Required Condition: Execute and record an Improvement Agreement for street lighting on
Mohawk Boulevard.
Finding: Section 2B.05 of the MUTCD requires a stop sign ir'engineeringjudgment indicates
that, among others, the following condition exists: "Intersection of a less important road with a
main road where application of the normal right-of-way rule would not be expected to provide
reasonable compliance with the law."
Finding: The driveway entering onto Mohawk Boulevard functions as a less important road
entering onto a main road; and entering vehicles will need to stop before entering the roadway.
Required Condition: In order to maintain safe entrance onto Mohawk Boulevard, the final
site plan shall show a stop sign at the driveway with Mohawk Boulevard for vehicles exiting
the site.
Finding: As conditioned above, existing and proposed transportation facilities would be adequate
to accommodate additional trips that would be generated by the proposed development.
Date Received:
Planner: SH
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