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CONSIDERATION OF A PRELIMINARY PLAT FOR EAGLE CLIFF ADDITION, SECTION 15. (GENERALLY LOCATED AT THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF CEDAR LANE ROAD AND 12TH AVENUE S.E.)
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BACKGROUND: This item is a preliminary plat for Eagle Cliff Addition, Section 15, which is generally located on the south side of Cedar Lane Road 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 June 12, 2014, by a vote of 9-0, recommended to City Council that the NORMAN 2025 Land Use and Transportation Plan be amended from Commercial Designation to Medium Density Residential Designation and be placed in the R-2, Two-Family Dwelling District and removed from C-2, General Commercial Designation. At that same meeting, Planning Commission, 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 traffic capacities on the surrounding arterial roadways exceed the demand for existing and proposed trips as a result of this development. No negative traffic impacts are anticipated. (Please See Attachment A)
Because of the size of the development, the applicant was not required to submit a revised traffic impact study as this addition was studied previously in 2003. The previous analysis looked not only at the full development scenario for the Eagle Cliff Addition but also included other potential development in the area. The study concluded that two intersections will need to be improved once the area is fully developed (12th Avenue SE at Cedar Lane and 12th Avenue SE at State Highway 9).
The intersection of 12th Avenue SE and Cedar Lane will require additional lanes and a new traffic signal. The estimated cost of design and construction is $400,000 of which this applicant will be responsib...
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