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Home My WebLink AboutAgenda Report - August 3, 1994 (43)VDO' (,, CITY OF LODI COUNCIL COMMUNICATION AGENDA TITLE: Approval to Waive a Requirement of the City Public Improvement Design Standards for On-site Turn-arounds for Lots 1-14 and 20.24 of Lodi West, Unit No. 1. MEETING DATE: August 3, 1994 PREPARED BY: Community Development Director RECOMMENDED ACTION: The Planning Commission recommends that the City Council give approval to waive a requirement of the City Public Improvement Design Standards for on-site turn -around for Lots 1-14 and 20-24 of Lodi West, Unit No. 1 BACKGROUND INFORMATION: In Late May Ben Schaffer, agent for Robert Batch, the developer of Lodi West Subdivision, corresponded with the Planning Commission and requested that the Lodi West conditions of approval be modified to eliminate the condition whereby lot owners are required to provide a turn -around on-site and are not permitted to back directly into the street. Specifically, the lots were 1-24 which face West Elm Street between Lower Sacramento Road and Evergreen Drive. At the Planning Commission meeting of July 11, 1994 it was determined that the on-site turn-arounds were not a condition of the tentative map, but rather a requirement of the City Public Improvement Design Standards. Only the City Council can modify or waive the Design Standards. The Planning Commission heard the request and recommended that the City Council waive the turn- around requirements on Lots 1-14 and 20-24. The Commission felt the requirement should remain on Lots 15-19 because of their proximity to Lower Sacramento Road and its Montage road. FUNDING: None required. Mchro er ommunity Development Director 1BS/ck Attachments THOMAS A. PETERSON ,ecrcleA nape, CCCD94 11 DOC City Manager CC. i ' *r' Schaffer Suess OA Better & Boyd, r 4mm i T /d Hand Garden May 31, 1994 Mr. Craig Rasmussen, Chairman Lodi City Platt Commission 221 W. Pine St. Lodi, CA 95240 Re: Lodi West Development Dear Mr. Rasmussen, We request a change of the Lodi Weal Conditions of Approval, whereby lot owners are required to turn around on their own lot and not back out on the street on those lots facing Elm Street. This condition affects Lots 1 dim 24 of Lodi West Unit No. 1. We sell lots to individual buyers and contractors, we do not build homes. We have run into total resistance from buyers to purchase these lots, due to the condition requiring turnarounds on their lot. These lots are all over 5,000 square feet and provide quality building sites. This location on Elm Street is the very West end of Elm Street due to the pant basin and the Woodbridge irrigation canal bordering this development. Elm Street on this development has been reduced from 80' to 60' wide. While Elm Street is designed as a collector street in Lodi, this portion is the beginning of the collector system. It is our belief that normal backing out of your driveway would not create a more than normal hazard than any other development. It is our hope that the planning commission will approve this request. cc: fan Schroeder Robert Batch Glen Baumbach rr' MEMORANDUM, City of Lodi, Public Works Department (1) To: Community Development Director From: City Engineer [date: July 7, 1994 Subject: Lodi West Subdivision - Elm Street Turnarounds Public Works staff has reviewed the developer's request to eliminate the tentative map condition to provide circular or hammerhead driveways on Elm Street west of Lower Sacramento Road. Elm Street west of Lower Sacramento Road is designated in the Street Master Plan as a major collector which calls for two travel lanes (one in each direction) and a continuous left -tum lane. The street is designed with additional width just west of Lower Sacramento Road to accommodate four travel lanes and a left -tum lane at the traffic signal (see Exhibit A). The additional lanes will not be installed until development on the. south side is completed or when traffic volumes increase. This exiting condition is based on the requirement in the City's Design Standards (Section 1.301) for arterials and major collectors and is intended to allow the residents room to tum around on site before entering the street rather than back out onto the street. City staff has received various complaints regarding the difficulty of backing out' of residential driveways onto high-volume streets. It is especially difficult when backing over a left -tum lane. Since the lots on Elm Street are located across from a school site, down the street from one of the larger City park sites, and on the major street accessing three large residential subdivisions, staff felt circular driveways or tumamunds on adjacent lots would be a benefit for residents living on this street. However, estimated traffic volumes for this segment of Elm Street are well below the design capacity for a major collectcr street (10.000 to 14,000 vehicles per day). Staff feels that the lots on this street are good candidates to have circular driveways or tumarounds; but, due to our limited resources, a detailed analysis has not been performed on predicting peak volumes or studying accident problems on similar streets. If the Planning Commission wishes to further consider this request, they could require the developer to pay for a traffic consultant to perform a more detailed analysis. Finally, should the Commission wish to remove the condition, it should be done as a recommendation to the City Council since this requirement is clearly spelled out in the City Public Improvement Design Standards which were adopted by Council resolution. aV10--J()44 Richard C. Prima, Jr. City Engineer RCP/PJFAm attachment MCDOEI-VT OOC 40 ��FQRa\ ELM STREET West of Lower Sacramento Road • JII ► �. �dil__— �lYr J R \ f IJyYfNJIi� —Apt i � a • 1 � � ih— w 1 Y; `.. � r •.' it t _ 1 i M 1" t �— C 1 • V 1 1. N n r 1 �• 1 _ _ t 1 r ,Ir f+r y r} •A I r s r 1 --rami! t' -f •' •4 pW ~ =Z = t ' �_ � '` $ i �tl .moi f _ '� 1• me • 1 z' i� . 5► a �1 1 IMM � r �• ~ ' N, � FI .• 1;; ,IIN I•N N. ar- i Q ba.u,M / H •r • A . _ - �• r I/•hl I/I� :H /H I•MNa(/ MI..I MM•�� /.M ria .+rr a•Jr r1 • ./•tI L�A3�_'aj`}` T _ • _ _ . �r _�_ i It AV." 6 li9HS Y•Ia.N ID. 104 CITY COUNCIL THOMAS A PETERSON lty C Cltv manare, JACK A SIECLOCK. ,tavat CITY O F �L O D I JENNIFER At PE STEPHEN I MMANN-Ntavor Pro Tempore City Clerk RAY C. DAVENPORT CITY HALL. 221 WEST PINE STREET BOB AtcNATT PHILLIP A PENNINO P.O. BOX 3006 C11y Attorney JOHN R (Randy) SNIDER LODI CALIFORNIA 95241-1910 (2091334-5634 FAX 1.`091 33347'9S July 14 1994 Mr. Ben Schaffer c/o Schaffer, Suess and Boyd, Realtors P.O. Box 667 Lodi, CA 95241 Dear Ben: RE: Removal of Tentative Map Conditions Lots 1-24, Lodi West, Unit No. 1 The Lodi City Planning Commission, at its meeting of July 11, 1994 reviewed your request on behalf of Robert Batch to eliminate the condition of approval of Lodi West which requires owners of Lou 1-24 to provide on-site turn -grounds. Following a discussion on this matter, the Planning Commission determined that they would recommend to the City Council that the City waive the requirements of the City Public Works Design Standards requiring on-site turn -grounds for Lots 1-14 and Lots 20-24 of Lodi West Unit No. 1. Further, the Planning Commission will recommend that the City retain the requirement for the on-site turn-arounds for Lots 15-19 of Lodi West Unit No. 1. This recommendation will be forwarded to the City Council for their final action. Please contact this office if there are any questions regarding this matter. Sincerely, DAVID MORIMOTO, AICP Senior Planner cc: Baumbach & Piazza, Inc.