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HomeMy WebLinkAboutWILL SUBDIVISION, 742 - 746 N. COLLEGE - PDP/FDP - 20-98 - SUBMITTAL DOCUMENTS - ROUND 1 - TRAFFIC STUDYMultimodal Transportation Level of Service Manual LOS Standards for Development Review . Pedestrian Figure 6. Pedestrian LOS Worksheet project location classification: ACTIUt—f (T (enter as many as apply) FLI is la �a description of applicable destination area within 1,320' including address ,vo p -r f+ Cot i_ C-G C> co le gcoo g- destination area destination area level of service (minimum based on project location classification) classification (see text) dreaneu an mury aosadngs �iwJ iNeresr9 secvriq a0W.d a nminnun a 13 $ $ eattlMrs�l ac. actual /1 3 3#13 E/F C proposed A /%3 8 g 8 muirraan actual proposed mammon achtal proposed trtiinnon achtal proposed City of Fort Collins Transportation Master Plan No Text APPENDIX B Mu timodal Transportation Level of Service Manual p- 20 LOS Standards for Development Review - Bicycle Figure 7. Bicycle LOS Worksheet F7V of service -connectivity nminwn actual proposed base connectivity: C Q, specific connections to priority sites: description of applicable destination area within 1,320' including address destination area classification (see text) City of fort Collins Transportation Master Plan APPENDIX A Land Use Table 1 Trip Generation Daily Trips Mister Money USA Pawn Shop 420 Noon Peak Trips Trips in out 31 34 P.M. Peak Trips Trips in out 29 22 Previous Use Dimmer Brew Pub - 1015 55 58 51 34 7.785 KSF (Rate) (130.34) (7.16) (7.46) (6.52) (4.34) described the brew pub. This information is also presented in Table 1. The proposed Mister Money USA will generate significantly less traffic compared to the former use. Therefore, the traffic at the accesses to North College Avenue will be lower. It is expected that the peak hour traffic will be reduced by half. Due to hours of operation, evening traffic will be virtually eliminated with the proposed use. North College Avenue is an arterial street. However, there are no bike lanes on North College Avenue. Due to traffic volumes and the vehicle mix, it is not a friendly bicycle environment. Occasionally, bicycles use the modest shoulders on North College Avenue. This particular land use has no priority destination within 0.25 miles. The minimum base connectivity is LOS C. The actual base connectivity is estimated at LOS F. The Fort Collins Bicycle Program Plan indicates that North College Avenue will be a major on -street bike arterial. When this occurs, this site will have a base connectivity at LOS B. A Bicycle LOS Worksheet is provided in Appendix A. Sidewalks will be built along the frontage of the site. Plans indicate that the sidewalks will conform to Fort Collins standards. They will connect to the existing and future sidewalks on North College Avenue. The only applicable pedestrian destinations are the other commercial uses in the North College Corridor. As other properties in the North College Avenue Corridor redevelop, the pedestrian facilities will be completed. A Pedestrian LOS Worksheet is provided in Appendix B. This area falls into the location area termed Activity Corridor. As noted on the Pedestrian LOS Worksheet, the sidewalk system is very deficient. The pedestrian system can only be made acceptable when other properties in the corridor complete the sidewalk system. This area is served by Transfort Route 8. This route is a loop route that travels north via Remington, Mountain, Jefferson, Linden, Vine, Lemay, Conifer, Blue Spruce, Willox, and North College. The southbound portion of the route is primarily on North College. The entire loop takes 26 minutes. Route 8 is on 30 minute headways. There are transit stops on the west side of North College Avenue at Alpine Street and Vine Drive on the southbound portion of the route. The Year 2015 Transit System indicates that the North College Avenue Corridor will have enhanced, 10 minute transit service. The future transit level of service will be acceptable. It is concluded that the Mister Money USA store will generate less vehicular traffic than the former use. Due to this, the existing accesses can remain. Current pedestrian, bicycle, and transit level of service is not acceptable. Improvements to the pedestrian system by other properties and this property along its frontage will achieve acceptable level of service for pedestrians. When future transit and bicycle plans are implemented, acceptable levels of service will be attained. co co LO Co CO cr) o o a 0 6 0 U rn • X a z li z a W W 'o J to W W 0 E N Cr D) p co z T W p a r = rn z w W z J or N a r- (\I N W a z M = W = W z U z W o o 0 IL y z ` a 5 H W ad U M. LL Q Cr Q ~ MEMORANDUM TO: Ted Zibell Eric Bracke, Fort Collins Traffic Engineer Fort Collins Planning Department FROM: Matt Delich __IED DATE: March 30, 1998 SUBJECT: Mister Money USA transportation study (File: 9828ME01) A Mister Money USA pawn shop is proposed to be located east of North College Avenue and north of Vine Drive in Fort Collins. The address is 742-746 North College Avenue, the site of the former Dimmer's Brew Pub. Access is proposed to North College Avenue. The existing site (currently not used) has two driveway accesses to North College Avenue. City staff requested a brief technical memorandum that discussed trip generation, access, and an alternative mode analysis. This property is in the North College Avenue Corridor. The south driveway provides access to the subject property. The north access provides access to the subject property, as well as, to the property to the north and the east. The north access is considered to be an easement access, since it serves multiple properties. Access to this site is governed by the State Highway Access Code (SHAC). According to Section 2.10 of the SHAC, an access permit is not required with this change of use. As will be described later in this memorandum, the proposed use will not increase the vehicular volume by 20 percent. There will be little/no change in trip distribution that would cause a 20 percent increase in any particular turning movement. The property has been in a state of non- use for less than one year. The two accesses described above are common in function to other accesses in this segment of North College Avenue. Given the above discussion, this property would not be required to submit an access permit application for the proposed land use change. Trip generation for the Mister Money USA is shown in Table 1. Trip ends were calculated using information obtained at two other Fort Collins Mister Money USA stores. The number of transactions were doubled to reflect those who look but do not buy and then the total was doubled again to reflect two vehicle trips per customer. Employee trips were also added to the total. Daily, noon peak hour, and afternoon peak hour trip ends were calculated. The trip generation for the former use (Dimmer's Brew Pub) was also calculated. Trip Generation, 6th Edition, ITE was used a reference for this calculation. High turnover sit-down restaurant was the use that best