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CONSIDERATION OF A PRELIMINARY PLAT FOR EAGLE CLIFF ADDITION, SECTION 15. (GENERALLY LOCATED A SHORT DISTANCE SOUTHWEST OF THE INTERSECTION OF EAST CEDAR LANE AND 12TH AVENUE S.E.)
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BACKGROUND: This item is a preliminary plat for Eagle Cliff Addition, Section 15, and is generally located on the south side of Cedar Lane west of 12th Avenue S.E. This property consists of approximately 7.34 acres with eighteen (18) duplex lots.
Planning Commission, at its meeting of October 9, 2014, by a vote of 9-0 recommended to City Council amending the NORMAN 2025 Land Use and Transportation Plan from Commercial Designation to Medium Density Residential Designation and that this property be placed in the R-2, Two-Family Dwelling District, and removed from C-2, General Commercial Designation. Also, Planning Commission, at its meeting of October 9, 2014, by a vote of 9-0, recommended to City Council that the preliminary plat for Eagle Cliff Addition, Section 15, be approved.
DISCUSSION: The 18 residential lots with duplex homes in this addition are expected to generate approximately 410 trips per day. The number of daily trips was calculated by city staff using the city's policy for calculating trips per day which has previously been approved by the Norman City Council. The City's policy references the current edition of the Institute of Transportation Engineers (ITE) Trip Generation Manual. While no plan for the previous commercial zoning was ever submitted, it is assumed, using typical floor area ratios, that the 7.34 acre parcel could have accommodated approximately 50,000 square feet of commercial space. A commercial development of this size would generate approximately 2,177 trips per day. Hence, the change to residential represents a significant reduction in anticipated trip generation. The traffic capacities on the surrounding arterial roadways exceed the demand for existing and proposed trips as a result of this development. No negative traf...
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