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HomeMy WebLinkAboutPOUDRE RIVER WHITEWATER PARK (FORMERLY POUDRE RIVER DOWNTOWN PARK) - PDP - PDP160039 - SUBMITTAL DOCUMENTS - ROUND 1 - MODIFICATION REQUESTRequest for Modification of Street Standards Poudre River Whitewater Park Project Preliminary Development Plan December 6, 2016 Vine Drive is currently classified as 2-lane arterial street and it is our understanding that it will be downgraded to a collector once the construction of Suniga Drive and the relocation of Lemay Avenue for the separated BNSF railroad crossing has been constructed. As a result, the project team conducted outreach during the initial phases of the preliminary design to identify the typical road cross section that would be utilized for this project. The proposed cross section that was agreed upon with input from the Engineering and Transportation Departments is a hybrid of the standard arterial and collector street sections and includes the following: • Travel lanes : a 3-lane section with 11 ft through/turn lane • Bike lanes : 8 ft wide bike lanes (5 ft bike lane with 3 ft buffer) • Parking lane: 8 ft parallel parking lanes • Parkway : 8 ft parkway • Sidewalk: 6 ft detached walk The proposed typical cross section for Vine Drive along the project’s frontage has identified on the attached figure, which was presented at the project’s neighborhood meeting in October as required by the PDP process. Since this cross section does not meet current standards, this variance request is being submitted for the attached cross section to be adopted for the portion of Vine Drive between College Avenue and approximately 240-feet east of Jerome Street, where the street improvements associated with the Inverness/Innosphere development terminated. Furthermore, as shown on the attached figure, the project is requesting a variance for the meandering of the sidewalk along the eastern and western portions of the project site. The proposed meandering of the sidewalk is being conducted to reduce the impact to, and potential removal of, exiting trees along this frontage. In addition, the project is proposing the construction of a temporary attached concrete sidewalk and 36-foot wide shared driveway for the two private property parcels that lie within the proposed project boundaries with the understanding that the temporary sidewalk will need to be reconstructed as a detached walk when the future development/change of use of these properties takes place.