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CONSIDERATION OF A PRELIMINARY PLAT FOR CLASSEN CROSSINGS APARTMENTS & RETAIL ADDITION, A PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT. (GENERALLY LOCATED SOUTH OF CONSTITUTION STREET ON THE WEST SIDE OF CLASSEN BOULEVARD)
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BACKGROUND: This item is a preliminary plat for Classen Crossings Apartments and Retail Addition, a Planned Unit Development and is generally located 220' south of Constitution Street on the west side of Classen Boulevard. This property consists of 3.93 acres including 2.65 acres proposed for apartments and 1.28 acres proposed for retail.
Planning Commission, at its meeting of December 11, 2014 recommended to City Council amending the NORMAN 2025 Land Use and Transportation Plan placing this property in Mixed Use Designation and removing it from Commercial Designation and placing this property in the PUD, Planned Unit Development District and removing it from A-2, Rural Agricultural District and I-2, Heavy Industrial District.
In addition, Planning Commission recommended approval of the preliminary plat for Classen Crossings Apartments and Retail Addition, a Planned Unit Development.
DISCUSSION: The proposed 44 apartments and 11,411 square feet of retail space in this addition are expected to generate approximately 1,376 trips per day, 71 AM peak hour trips, and 83 PM peak hour trips. Traffic capacities on Classen Boulevard exceed the demand for existing and proposed trips as a result of this development. No negative traffic impacts are anticipated. (Please See Attachment A)
Being at the threshold for when a traffic impact study is normally required, this development was analyzed in a traffic impact study prepared by Traffic Engineering Consultants, Inc., for Sooner Mobile Home Park Redevelopment and submitted in September, 2013. As such, only a letter detailing trip generation differences between the current proposal and the original study, capacity analysis of proposed access point(s), and discussion concerning driveway spacin...
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