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CONSIDERATION OF A PRELIMINARY PLAT FOR SHOPS AT TECUMSEH CROSSING ADDITION WITH A WAIVER OF THE ALLEY REQUIREMENTS. (GENERALLY LOCATED AT THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF 24TH AVENUE N.W. AND WEST TECUMSEH ROAD)
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BACKGROUND: This item is a preliminary plat for Shops at Tecumseh Crossing Addition and is located at the southwest corner of the intersection of West Tecumseh Road and 24th Avenue N.W. The preliminary plat consists of 7.5 acres and five lots. The lots are proposed for retail, office and restaurant uses.
Planning Commission, at its meeting of January 14, 2016, recommended amending the NORMAN 2025 Land Use and Transportation Plan from Industrial Designation to Commercial Designation for the property. Planning Commission, at its meeting of January 14, 2016, recommended placing this property in the in C-2, General Commercial District and removing it from I-1, Light Industrial District. In addition, at its same meeting, the Planning Commission recommended to City Council that the waiver of alley requirements and the preliminary plat for Shops at Tecumseh Crossing Addition be approved.
DISCUSSION: The proposed 35,400-square feet of commercial space in this addition are expected to generate approximately 2,210 trips per day, 84 AM peak hour trips, and 165 PM peak hour trips. The development is proposed for the southwest corner of the Tecumseh Road intersection with 24th Avenue NW. Traffic capacities on Tecumseh Road and 24th Avenue NW will exceed the demand for existing and proposed trips, once improvements identified in the Garver Validation Study for the University North Park are completed, as a result of this development. No negative traffic impacts are anticipated.
Since the development, as proposed, generates more than 100 peak hour trips, this development was required to submit a traffic impact study. This study was prepared by Traffic Engineering Consultants, Inc., for SMC Consulting Engineers, P.C. and was received in Nove...
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