4/26/1988 - Laserfiche WebLink

Home Browse Search

has occurred. The conditions today are certainly much more urban than they were when the zoning was initiated. Traffic has increased, the population in the service area has increased substantially, and commercial land use has developed in the surrounding neighborhood. It is the standard practice of the developer to study these conditions. With regard to the error mentioned by the Chairman, Mr. Park did not know of any that occurred, and staff comments contain no indication that any error was made in the past. Mr. Park continued that he had looked at the site itself in relation to its being at highways. He then cited out under Traffic System retail and service uses: 1) Served by an arterial the intersection of two arterial the following performance standards set in the Comprehensive Plan for commercial street preferably at a point where it intersects with other arterials or collector streets. (The site meets that test.) 2) Traffic ingress and egress should not disrupt through traffic. Mr. Park felt because you have access to two streets, the traffic can well be accommodated, and he did not believe anyone has suggested the traffic from an 18 acre shopping center is somehow going to be a disaster whereas 'a 10 acre shopping center is going to be entirely appropriate. Chairman Scurlock stated that he personally is suggesting that the lower intensity will be an improvement. Mr. Park estimated that with the 10 acre commercial center and then the multiple use in the back, the traffic differential might be only about 1/2 of 1%. He agreed that he is not a traffic engineer, but based this estimate on some rules of thumb. He continued that the final performance standard, is to minimize auto/pedestrian conflict and he did not see serious potential for pedestrian conflict in that location. Mr. Park then noted that if you try to reduce commercial development, you still are meeting the objective of commercial, 50 APR 26 1988 ih._ ROOK 72 Fm -,E 209