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CONSIDERATION OF A REVISED PRELIMINARY PLAT FOR LEGACY BUSINESS PARK FORMERLY KNOWN AS S&S FAMILY PROPERTIES ADDITION. (3219 WEST ROCK CREEK ROAD)
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BACKGROUND: This item is a preliminary plat for Legacy Business Park Addition and is generally located 560' east of 36th Avenue N.W. on the north side of West Rock Creek Road. This property consists of 19.32 acres including 10.29 acres not proposed for specific development at this time and 9.03 acres proposed as office and retail. Planning Commission, at its meeting of August 14, 2014 recommended to City Council the approval of Ordinance No. O-1415-5 placing 9.03 acres in C-2, General Commercial District, and removing it from A-2, Rural Agricultural District. In addition, Planning Commission recommended approval of the preliminary plat for Legacy Business Park Addition (formerly known as S & S Family Properties Addition).
DISCUSSION: The proposed 68,500-square feet of office space and 10,000 square feet of retail space in this addition are expected to generate approximately 1,589 trips per day, 219 AM peak hour trips, and 225 PM peak hour trips. Traffic capacities on Rock Creek Road exceed the demand for existing and proposed trips as a result of this development. No negative traffic impacts are anticipated.
Being above 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 S&S Properties and submitted in March, 2012. As such, only a letter detailing trip generation differences between the current proposal and the original study along with discussion concerning driveway spacing and adequacy was required. This letter was completed in June, 2014. One of the findings of the submitted traffic impact study from March, 2012, was that a traffic signal will eventually be warranted at the intersection of Rock Creek Road with Pendleton Drive. This signal will be warranted by...
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