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Interoffice Memorandum
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Date: 6/21/1999 1 lvj/--
To: Cam McN ir, City Engineer
From: Mark McCallum, Development Review Engineer
RE: JFK Senior Apartments - Variance Request
The applicant for JFK Senior Apartments is requesting a variance to section 1.02.03.D in the
"Design and Construction Criteria, Standards and Specifications for Streets, Sidewalks,
Alleys, and Other Public Ways" in order to allow an off -set driveway alignments across JFK
Parkway. See the attached copies of the variance from J.R. Engineering.
If the standard is applied strictly, it only pertains to street intersections and not driveway
intersections. As Engineering Staff, we strive to use the standard liberally to align all
driveways and streets. With that in mind, it is my opinion that it is important to try to align
intersecting streets and driveways to promote safe traffic conditions, but it is also important to
consider traffic volumes associated with a development. The proposed JFK Senior
Apartments development is expected to generate 17 morning peak hour trips, 25 afternoon
peak hour trips, and 263 trips per day for both of the development's driveways. I could not
find the traffic impact study for Parkway Townhomes, but in my opinion, it would generate
similar or less traffic than this development. In addition, the movements are not conflicting left
turn movements. The relatively low traffic volumes at the driveways and free left turning
movements between the two driveways, in my mind demonstrates that by allowing this
variance the City is by no means compromising public safety. Finally, per Detail D-9 in
"Design and Construction Criteria, Standards and Specifications for Streets, Sidewalks,
Alleys, and Other Public Ways", all curb cuts on arterial streets need to be evaluated by the
City Engineer and City Traffic Engineer. For the record, I have heard no objection to the
access point from the latter during the review process.
If there are any questions, please let me know. Thank you.
Sincerely,
Mark McCallum
Cc: Steve Olt