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March 27, 1994 (File: 9431LT01)
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Dear Mike:
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Stone Ridge Village is proposing to build a 28 foot wide
public street on a hammerhead cul-de-sac street in the Fourth
Filing in the development. The cul-de-sac is named Waterstone
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Court. According to the ForCollins Design Criteria and
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Standards for Streets, this street width will require a
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variance by the City of Fort Collins.
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The reasons for requesting/granting this variance are listed
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- The street proposed to be 28 feet wide will have less
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than 750 ADT on it. This cul-de-sac would generate the
following daily traffic: Waterstone Court (20 d.u.) -
195 ADT. The generated traffic volumes would be at the
point where the two ends of the hammerhead cul-de-sac
meet to intersect with the divided portion of Waterstone
Court. These volumes are far below the threshold level
in the "Fort Collins Standards." There is not likely to
be any external traffic passing through this cul-de-sac.
Therefore, the aforementioned traffic volumes will be a
worst case level for the cul-de-sac.
- The street that is proposed to be 28 feet is a cul-de-
sac.
- The cul-de-sac does not access an arterial street.
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- This is primarily a large lot development. The density
is considered to be medium (2.1 to 6.0 dwelling units per
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acre). Based upon criteria in "Recommended Guidelines
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for Subdivision Streets, A Recommended Practice,"
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Institute of Transportation Engineers, 1984, the pavement
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width should be 28-34 feet. The proposed 28 feet meets
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this recommended practice.
- Typical developments with large lot sizes provide more
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than four off-street parking spaces per dwelling unit.
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A comparable development is the First Filing of Clarendon
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Based upon observation at various times on a
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number of days, the average number of vehicles parked on
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Hinsdale Drive in Clarendon Hills was 3 in a length of
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1300 feet. This observation was conducted where there
were dwelling units on both sides of the street. The
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number of parked, on -street vehicles would enable
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Hinsdale Drive to have been a 28 foot wide street with
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no traffic or parking problems.
I recommend that the cul-de-sac portion of Waterstone Court
in Stone Ridge Village be 28 feet wide (curb to curb). I
would further recommend that parking be allowed on both sides
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t If you have any questionsor desire additional information,
do not hesitate to ca'11 me:
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Matthew J. Delich, P:E.