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CONSIDERATION OF A PRELIMINARY PLAT FOR CEDARWOOD ADDITION. (GENERALLY LOCATED AT THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF CLASSEN BOULEVARD/U.S. HIGHWAY 77 AND HIGHWAY 9)
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BACKGROUND: This item is a preliminary plat for Cedarwood Addition and is generally located at the northwest corner of the intersection of Classen Boulevard (U.S. 77) and State Highway No. 9. This property contains 7.26 acres and is proposed for commercial development with three (3) lots. The design indicates a restaurant, car wash and convenience store with the sale of fuel.
Planning Commission, at its meeting of December 14, 2017 recommended to City Council placing this property in the 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 Cedarwood Addition.
DISCUSSION: The proposed convenience store with 22 fueling stations, the 3,000 square foot fast food restaurant with drive through, and the 2,000 square foot car wash in this addition are expected to generate approximately 5,069 trips per day, 360 AM peak hour trips, and 425 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.
Being above the threshold for when a traffic impact study is required, Traffic Engineering Consultants, Inc. submitted a traffic impact study in November, 2017. The development will feature a total of three access points along Classen Boulevard. The northernmost driveway will allow all movements and will feature some modification to the existing Classen Boulevard median in order to provide left-turn storage into the site. The middle driveway will be added at the existing traffic signal for the westbound State Highway 9 ramps and will require modification to the existing traffic signal as well as to the existing median to provide left-turn storage into the site. A...
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