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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