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CONSIDERATION OF A PRELIMINARY PLAT FOR DOLLAR GENERAL ALAMEDA ADDITION. (GENERALLY LOCATED ON THE NORTH SIDE OF ALAMEDA DRIVE APPROXIMATELY ONE-FOURTH MILE EAST OF 72ND AVENUE N.E.)
ACTION NEEDED: Motion to approve or reject the preliminary plat for Dollar General Alameda Addition.
ACTION TAKEN: _____________________________________
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BACKGROUND: This item is a preliminary plat for Dollar General Alameda Addition and is generally located on the north side of Alameda Drive and one-quarter of a mile east of 72nd Avenue NE. The property consists of 7.27 acres for two lots. Lot 1 consists of 2.02 acres, and Lot 2 consists of 5.25 acres. Private sanitary sewer systems will serve the two lots.
Planning Commission, at its meeting of September 13, 2012, recommended to City Council the amending of the NORMAN 2025 Land Use and Transportation Plan from Country Residential Designation to Commercial Designation. Also, Planning Commission recommended to City Council that a portion of this property be placed in CR, Rural Commercial and removed from A-2, Rural Agricultural Designation. At its same meeting, Planning Commission recommended to City Council the approval of the preliminary plat for Dollar General Alameda Addition.
DISCUSSION: The proposed development will feature the development of a 7,200 square foot stand alone discount store. As such, the development is expected to generate 100 trips per day and 36 PM peak hour trips. The trip generation potential for this development is well below the threshold for when a traffic impact study is required. Traffic capacities on nearby arterial roadways exceed the demand for existing and proposed trips as a result of this development. No negative traffic impacts are anticipated. See Attachment A.
Access to the proposed development will be on the north side of Alameda Drive directly opposite the new Oliphant Avenue approach to Alameda Drive and immediately west of Fire Station 6. A site visit was cond...
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