HomeMy WebLinkAboutPARAGON POINT PUD PHASE THREE PRELIMINARY - 48 91E - SUBMITTAL DOCUMENTS - ROUND 2 - TRAFFIC STUDY00
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January 18, 1993
Mr. Mike Herzig
r Fort Collins Development Engineer
o P.O. Box 586
M Fort Collins, CO 80522-0580
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Dear Mike:
(File: 9202LT02)
Paragon Point PUD is proposing to build 28 foot wide public
streets on a number of cul-de-sac streets in the northwest
portion of the development. These cul-de-sacs are named
Pheasant Court, Clover Court, Catalpa Court, .and Cattail
Court. According to the Fort Collins Design Criteria and
Standards for Streets, this street width will require a
variance by the City of Fort Collins.
The reasons for requesting/granting this variance are listed
below:
- The streets proposed to be 28 feet wide will have less
than 750 ADT on them. These cul-de-sacs would generate
the following daily traffic: Pheasant Court (14 d.u.) -
140 ADT; Clover Court (7 d.u.) - 70 ADT; Catalpa Court
(8 d.u.) - 80 ADT; and Cattail Court (10 d.u.) - 100 ADT.
The respective generated traffic volumes would be at the
point where the cul-de-sacs intersect with either
Pheasant Drive or Paragon Place. 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 each cul-de-sac.
The streets that are proposed to be 28 feet are all cul-
de-sacs.
W - The cul-de-sacs do not access an arterial street.
- Th-is-is-pr-imar-ily-a-large-lot_deve.l.opme.nt. The density
,? is considered to be medium (2.1 to 6.0 dwelling units per
acre). Based upon criteria in "Recommended Guidelines
>. for Subdivision Streets, A Recommended Practice,"
Institute of Transportation Engineers, 1984, the pavement
o width should be 28-34 feet. The proposed 28 feet meets
a this recommended practice.
- Typical developments with large lot sizes provide more
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a than four, off-street parking spaces per dwelling unit.
aA comparable development is the First Filing of Clarendon
cc Hills. Based upon observation at various times on a
• number of days, the average number of vehicles parked on
Hinsdale Drive in Clarendon Hills was 3 in a length of
a 1300 feet. This observation was conducted where there
were dwelling units on both sides of the street. The
number of parked, on -street vehicles would enable
Hinsdale Drive to have been a 28 foot wide street with
no traffic or parking problems.
I recommend that these cul-de-sac streets in this portion of
Paragon Point PUD be 28 feet wide (curb to curb). I would
further recommend that parking be allowed on both sides of the
streets, if at least four off-street parking spaces are
provided per dwelling unit.
If you have any questions or desire additional information,
do not hesitate to call me.
Sincerely,
Matthew J. Delich, P.E.