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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2378 Resolution4P l mit .. RESOLUTION NO ,)37 3 A RESOLUTION AFFIRMING CITY POLICY ON REQUIRED STREET IMPROVEMENTS AND ACCESS IN THE I-182 CORRIDOR WHEREAS, adequately developed and improved rights-of-way are necessary for access to property, for the movements of goods and services within the community, for timely response by emergency personnel and equipment, and for maintaining the general welfare, and WHEREAS, adequately developed and improved rights-of-way are necessary for continued and future orderly development of the City, and, WHEREAS, adequately developed and improved rights-of-way improve and secure property values, and WHEREAS, adequately developed and improved rights-of-way means rights-of-way that contain curb, gutter, sidewalk, illumination, traffic control devices, drainage control, engineered road bases, asphalt driving and parking lanes, and monumentation all as approved by the City Engineer, and WHEREAS, the pnmary purpose of arterial streets is to move traffic from one point in the community to another, with property access being only a secondary function, and, WHEREAS, the location and number of intersecting streets and driveways on arterial streets effects the carrying capacity of arterial streets and diminishes the value of the public investment therein, and, WHEREAS, numerous driveways and intersecting streets at too frequent intervals on arterial streets can hinder the free flowing movement of traffic and leads to the creation of traffic safety hazards, and, WHEREAS, the Planning Commission conducted a public workshop to review the need for access and right-of-way improvement requirements as property develops in the Road 68/1-182 area of the City, and, WHEREAS, the City Council has reviewed the Planning Commission's work for right-of-way improvements and access restrictions for major streets in the Road 68/1-182 area of the City and has determined that said access restrictions and right-of-way improvements are needed to insure the public is properly served in terms of maintaining the general welfare of the community, NOW THEREFORE, Passed • the City Council of the City of Pasco this 15 day of June, 1998 c‘ Charles D ilbury, M or ATTEST APPROVED AS TO FORM BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PASCO Section 1 That Road 68 between 1-182 and Sandifur Parkway shall be developed with five lanes, four travel lanes and a center turn lane Section 2 That local access and collector streets intersecting with Road 68 north of 1-182, and with Burden Boulevard shall not be located closer than 600 feet apart Section 3 That Burden Boulevard shall be developed from Road 60 to Road 44 with three lanes, two travel lanes, a center turn lane and a bike lane on the north and south side When needed these improvements could be converted to four travel lanes Section 4 That adequate and proper right-of-way improvements shall include curb, gutter, sidewalk, illumination, traffic control devices, drainage control, engineered road bases, asphalt driving and parking lanes if any, and monumentation All such improvements shall be approved by the City Engineer prior to construction and prior to acceptance by the City Section 5 That the developer of real property shall be responsible for installing the required improvements within the respective half of the right- of-way width abutting the real property being developed, provided such improvements will result in at least two (2) traffic lanes being available Section 6 That no residential driveways shall be permitted on Road 68 north of 1-182, or on Burden Boulevard Section 7 That commercial driveways shall only be permitted at 200 foot intervals on Road 68 north of 1-182, and on Burden Boulevard Section 8 That right-of-way widths for all arterials shall not be less than 80 feet The City may, where deemed necessary, require dedication of additional right-of-way to accommodate right hand turn lanes Leland B Kerr, City Attorney , Catherine D Seaman, Deputy City Clerk