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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCOUNCIL - AGENDA ITEM - 07/16/2002 - FIRST READING OF ORDINANCE NO. 103, 2002, AMENDING AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY ITEM NUMBER: 22 DATE: July 16, 2002 FORT COLLINS CITY COUNCIL FROM: Mike Herzig SUBJECT: First Reading of Ordinance No. 103, 2002, Amending Certain Sections of the "Larimer County Urban Area Street Standards" by Repeal and Readoption Thereof. RECOMMENDATION: Staff recommends adoption of the Ordinance on First Reading. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: It is recommended that the "Larimer County Urban Area Street Standards" (Standards) be revised to include the changes described below. The current Standards, originally adopted in 2001, are in need of revision to make clarifications and corrections. This is the first of periodic revisions planned to keep the document current and more easily understood. The final draft of the document, marked to show the actual revisions,may be viewed in the City Clerk's office and in the City Council office. These revisions were considered by Larimer County Board of Commissioners on July 8, 2002 and approved as a part of its Consent Agenda. The City of Loveland will consider the revisions on August 16, 2002. The complete schedule for the process is shown on Attachment "A" entitled "Adoption Schedule." The revisions have been through a public review process and have received the unanimous recommendation for adoption from the Planning and Zoning Board and the Transportation Board. The Affordable Housing Board was presented the information with the statement that the proposed revisions would have little if any effect on housing costs. No comments were received. The public was directly involved in the following ways: • Newsletters sent to the development community and interested citizens; • Email newsletters sent to the registered users of the Standards; • Numerous subcommittee meetings to review the transportation impact analysis process and geotechnical criteria for soils analysis and pavement design; and, lastly, • An open house held in May to present the proposed revisions to the Standards and seek final comments from the development community. The comments received were favorable, mainly focusing on clarifications. DATE: July ITEM NUMBER: 2 Attachment`B" entitled, "Latimer County Urban Area Standards (Revision Summary),"provides a more detailed summary including the purpose for the revisions;background information; who was involved; a list of general revisions made throughout the document; and chapter-by-chapter highlights of the specific changes made to each chapter. Key Issues for Fort Collins: The following are key revisions proposed specifically for the City of Fort Collins only: 1. Reservation of Intersection Capacity-Criteria have been added to Chapter 4,"Transportation Impact Studies"to establish guidelines for the certification of a Transportation Impact Study to allow for reservation of intersection capacity at various stages of a development for specified time periods. 2. Street intersection and driveway spacing — Criteria that set the minimum spacing between street intersections and between intersections and driveway, were revised to align with the requirements of the Land Use Code. This will eliminate a conflict between the two documents. ORDINANCE NO. 103, 2002 OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS AMENDING CERTAIN SECTIONS OF THE LARIMER COUNTY URBAN AREA STREET STANDARDS BY REPEAL AND READOPTION THEROF WHEREAS, City Council adopted the Larimer County Urban Area Street Standards (The "Standards") on January 2, 2001, by adoption of Ordinance No. 186, 2000; and WHEREAS,subsequent to the adoption thereof,the cities of Fort Collins and Loveland and Larimer County have identified a number of necessary and desirable modifications and amendments that should be made to Standards; and WHEREAS, the proposed revisions have been recommended by the Planning and Zoning Board and Transportation Board of the City and were received with no objection by the Affordable Housing Board; and WHEREAS, the proposed revisions have also been made known to the general public through various media and have received favorable comments; and WHEREAS,the City Council has determined that the proposed amendments to the Standards should be adopted. • NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS that the Latimer County Urban Area Street Standards, adopted January 2, 2001, are hereby repealed and readopted to read as shown on that certain document entitled "Latimer County Urban Area Street Standards (Revision No. 1)" a copy of which is on file in the office of the City Clerk. Introduced and considered favorably on first reading and ordered published this 16th day of July, A.D. 2002, and to be presented for final passage on the 20th day of August, A.D. 2002. Mayor ATTEST: City Clerk • Passed and adopted on final reading this 20th day of August, A.D. 2002. Mayor ATTEST: City Clerk • ATTACHMENT "A" Larimer County Urban Area Street Standards Revision No. 1 ADOPTION SCHEDULE 6-20-2002 May 6 - Larimer County Board of County Commissioners —Work Session Development Community Open House May 7 - Growth Management Lead Team May 15 - Transportation Board (Resolution of Recommendation) Larimer County Planning Commission May 22 - Loveland Construction Advisory Board (CAB) June 5 - P&Z Agenda Material to Planning • June 6 - Affordable Housing Board - (Information Only) June 10 - Council Growth Management Committee—Briefing and comments June 14 - Planning and Zoning Board Work Session June 19 - Larimer County Planning Commission June 20 - Planning and Zoning Board Hearing (Resolution of Recommendation) June 24 - Loveland Planning Commission June 26 - Loveland Construction Advisory Board (CAB) (Second review) July 2 - Council AIS and materials to City Clerk July 8- Larimer County Board of County Commissioners July 16 - City Council (First Reading) August 20 - City Council (Second Reading) Loveland City Council Hearing ATTACHMENT `B" Larimer County Urban Area Street Standards (Revision Summary) June 20, 2002 PURPOSE Upon adoption of the "Larimer County Urban Area Street Standards" in January 2001, a revision process was approved that described both a "Policy Revisions" process and a "Technical Revisions" process. Since the proposed Revision No. 1 includes some recommended policy changes and the revisions are quite extensive, all revisions are being processed for approval with the policy revision process with all of the Local Entities. BACKGROUND The "Larimer County Urban Area Street Standards" were adopted by the cities of Fort Collins and Loveland and Larimer County in January of 2001. The three entities created the document to develop as much consistency as possible for our technical standards. The uniform standards improve public health and safety by providing uniformity and predictability to the development professionals in the design and construction process. The Standards differ mostly where policies of the entities differ. A vital part of the Standards is the revision process that keeps them current. This package of revisions is fairly extensive. We expect future revisions to be less extensive. Public Process One of the most important priorities implemented in the creation of this document was the involvement of the affected stakeholders. In an effort to achieve balance in the finished product, a public involvement process was used. Invitations were mailed to all registered users of the manual (over 100 planning and engineering consultants, developers, and contractors) to solicit their input and participation in gathering proposed revisions to the street standards. In addition, subgroups were formed made up of public and Local Entity staff members to resolve more complicated issues. These subgroups spent many hours in meetings, developing their proposed revisions and seeking comments from their colleagues. Two newsletters were sent out early in the process urging users of the Standards to register on the intemet for further notices. Several status reports were then emailed to those who were registered. • The three engineering representatives from Loveland, Fort Collins, and Latimer County met regularly to refine language and resolve differences between the agencies. In addition, countless additional staff hours were spent reviewing and to improving the Standards. One open house was held on May 6, 2002, as a final opportunity for a hard copy review of the draft document. Ten people, all engineers who regularly use the document, attended the meeting. Most comments offered further clarification. Other comments were questioning transportation impact policies of the City of Loveland. The policy comments were not relevant for the City of Fort Collins. LIST OF GENERAL REVISIONS 1. The entire document has been moved to Microsoft Word XP and reformatted. All of our agencies will be moving to the new program, but most important XP is more stable for the complex format. The original document had many format problems. 2. Each chapter's table of contents has been expanded from 3 tier numbering to 4 tier, which about doubles the information available. The added numbering makes it easier to find information in the document. . 3. All drawings in the document have been renumbered and divided into two categories, 1) "Figures," placed at the ends of the chapters for designer aids, and 2) "Construction Drawings," placed in Appendix "A," which contractors use for field construction. 4. Latimer County reviewed and revised the document to better align its street standard requirements with its code requirements. The original document contained several conflicts. 5. Many corrections and clarifications were made to improve understanding and remove conflicting information. 6. Construction drawings and figures have been reformatted and updated, with changes made for clarification purposes. CHAPTER BY CHAPTER HIGHLIGHTS OF SPECIFIC CHANGES. The following describes various revisions that are specific to individual chapters. The entire draft document, including specific additions and deletions with underlining and strikeouts, can be viewed in the City Clerk's office and in the City Council office. Chapter Description 1 General Provisions— 1.2.1, Local Entities Included Under the Urban Street Standards, was revised to add clarifying language for when the Standards apply in each of the Local Entities. 2 1.7 Definition of Terms and Abbreviations, Key definitions are added for the following: (1) "Minor Traffic Impact Development Project" for Loveland (city limits and GMA) and the Fort Collins (GMA only), for which, off-site street improvements would be waived for a single parcel that generates 5 or less peak hour trips. (2) "Insignificant Traffic Impact Development" for Loveland (GMA only) and Fort Collins (GMA only), for which a development of less than 3 dwelling units or less than 20 vehicle trips per day. 1.9, Development Procedures and Policies, Rewritten to clarify the developer's responsibilities for the design and construction of streets and related facilities, including the addition of recently adopted policies for rights-of-way acquisition. 1.9.3, Reimbursement Policy, Revised to add criteria for specific applications for Larimer County and the City of Loveland. 1.9.4, Variance and Appeals Process, A sentence was added to allow variance consideration informally prior to formal submittal of plans to assist developers in their plan preparation. 2 Submittal and Review Procedures—No substantive changes. Only changes for clarification. 3 Information Requirements for Construction Plans - No substantive changes. Only changes for clarification. 4 Transportation Impact Studies— 4.2.3, Levels of Analysis, Bicycle and pedestrian traffic analysis were added into all levels of TIS analysis. 4.2.3, Capacity and Safety Issues, Clarify requirements for waiving the TIS. 4.3.4, Evaluation Elements, Added language that requires consideration of any adopted access control plans. 4.4.1, Background Traffic, The peak hour factor for "Long Range Horizon" intersection level of service was raised from 0.90 to 0.95. 4.5.3, Project Impact Assessment, Additional Level of Service criteria were added for street intersection analysis, Table 4-3 for Fort Collins, to specify acceptable Levels of Service for each intersection leg and specific intersection movements. 4.8, TIS Certification and Intersections Capacity Reservation in Fort Collins City Limits Only, This section 3 • was added to describe a new process for certification of a TIS for reservation of intersection capacity. 5 Soils Investigation and Report— 5.6.2, Report Requirements, For Loveland a paragraph was added to align with new requirements for subdrains in Chapter 7. 5.7.5, Specific Mitigation Requirements, Revised the language to require mitigation for any soil problem and not just expansive, or swelling, soils. 6 Permits— 6.1.1, Permits Required, adds language to clarify which permits are required. 6.1.8;Permit Extensions,Removed this language and move it into criteria for specific permits. 6.3.3,Submittal Requirements,Added language that requires a plan to be submitted with all permit applications. 7 Street Design and Technical Criteria— 7.4.1 Alignment, Adds the requirement for streets that directional changes in streets must do so with a curve and not just an angle point. 7.4 General Design Elements, Added the requirement that the Local Residential Street right-of-way must be widened by a foot on each side to use drive-over curb, gutter and sidewalk. This is necessary to maintain the minimum width of the parkway for landscaping. 7.4 continued, Criteria is added to Table 7-3 for Fort Collins that allows for reduced distances between street intersections and between driveways as long as the reduced distance is supported with data from a TIS. 7.4.1 Alignment,Added criteria to allow grade breaks as great as 3.0% in curb returns. 7.4.5 Curb Return Radii, Added some flexibility in required curb return radii with the Local Entity approval or requirement. 7.7.3 Subdrains, Additional requirements were add for the City of Loveland regarding design criteria for subdrains 8 Intersections— 8.2.5 Exclusive Left Turn Lanes, Criteria for speed and accident warrants were deleted from these criteria. They were not a proper application of the warrants. • 8.2.6 Exclusive Right Turn Lanes,Deleted reference to other standards. 4 8.2.10 Traffic Islands, The new "Federal Highway Administration, Roundabouts: An Informational Guide" was added as a reference. 8.2.17 Roundabouts, Revised the roundabout criteria to match recently published Federal Highway Administration (FHWA),Guidelines. 9 Access Requirements and Design Criteria— 9.1.1 Designing Placement of Accesses, A statement was added to require the consideration of adopted Access Control Plans. 9.4.11 Drainage,A 500 square foot limitation on surface area that may shed drainage across a sidewalk is replaced with a statement that no sheet flow drainage may cross a sidewalk that interferes with the pedestrian use of the sidewalk. 10 Pavement Design and Report— 10.2.1 Timing of Soil Borings, New language is added to clarify when soils borings may be taken for engineers to do their pavement design. The criteria will help reduce the delays that currently occur. 10.2.2 Frequency of Testing, The test frequencies were revised to provide more representative coverage. 10.5.2 Rigid Pavement Design, Criteria is added to reference CDOT standard plans for concrete joint design. 11 Structures— 11.5.2 Design Loads, The vehicular load for buried structures is reduced from HS-25 to HS-20. This change is to match CDOT requirements. 12 Utility Locations— 12.3.2 Other Systems, Criteria is added to require that utility boxes located between the sidewalk and the curb must be buried with no pedestals above ground. 13 Street Naming and Addressing — This is a new chapter. It has been added to describe the criteria for street naming that is located on the Latimer County web site. This system helps prevent duplicate and similar sounding names throughout Latimer County. Criteria are added to state that property addresses must be assigned by the local entity. 14 Traffic Control Devices— Many details for the design and construction of traffic signs are added for clarity of the requirements. 5 • 15 Street Lighting— 15.1 General, Notation is added to indicate that Latimer County does not require street lights. Table 15-1, A new table was added for Loveland's requirements. 16 Pedestrian Facilities Design and Technical Criteria— 16.2.1 General Layout and Design Criteria, Criteria was added to describe construction methods for widening sidewalks. If a sidewalk is widened less than 4 feet, the existing sidewalk must be removed and fully replaced. 17 Bicycle Facilities Design and Technical Criteria- No substantive changes. Only changes for clarification. 18 Neighborhood Traffic Safety— No substantive changes. Only changes for clarification. 19 Parking - No substantive changes. Only changes for clarification. 20 Public Improvements Opinion of Cost— 20.2 Units and Costs, Added the specific criteria for off-site public improvements for which the developer is responsible. 21 Reserved for a future chapter. 22 Materials and Construction Specifications— This chapter has been revised extensively to fit the needs in the field and to fit actual practice. The "SuperPave" section has been deleted and replaced. CDOT publishes frequent changes in the material specifications as they continue to do research. In order to keep current, the new specification references CDOT specifications. 23 Inspection and Testing Procedures— Like Chapter 22, this chapter was revised extensively to fit current practice. The "Superpave" inspection practices were revised to match the material changes and reference CDOT specifications wherever possible to keep up with their changes. 24 Acceptance/Warranty Procedures and Record Drawings - 24.1.1 Developer's Process, Revised to add that normal wear • and tear is not considered a deficiency. 6 25 Reconstruction and Repair— 25.3.1 Removal of Structures, Criteria is added to describe the partial abandonment of structures. 25.4.2 Widening Existing Sidewalks, Added language to emphasize new walk widening criteria. 255.2 Permanent Patch, Pavement layer information is added for patching requirements. 25.5.5 Portland Cement Concrete Pavement, Added criteria for concrete cutting and utility adjustments. Appendix "A" Construction Drawings — All of the drawings have been renumbered. Design Figures have been removed and placed at the end of each related chapter for direct reference. The `Construction Drawings" " will remain in this appendix and will be available in booklet form to contractors for field reference. Appendix"B" Forms—Current permit forms will be placed in this location. Appendix "C" "Fort Collins Streetscape Design Standards and Guidelines"-No changes. Appendix"D" Master Street Plans — Current plans will be exchanged for the 2-year old plans. Appendix "E" Standard Notes,Approval Blocks and Checklists— E-1 The General Notes that are printed in every set of construction plans have been updated. E-6 Criteria for Scannable Quality Mylars, Standards for this reserved section have now been completed and added here for reference. These are standards are needed so drawings can be computer scanned and remain readable in digital format. Appendix "F' Fort Collins Signal System Requirements—No changes Appendix "G" Fort Collins Annexed Infrastructure Requirements —No changes Index Several words have been added to the index for easier reference. 7