Item A: Introduction to Access Management

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testimony from 16 persons at the hearing and nine persons submitted written testimony during the public comment period. The public comment period was held open until September 15, 2009. On September 14, 2009, staff met with the Planning Commission and provided them examples to demonstrate how the proposed code amendments to Chapter 9 and EC 7.420 would apply to different properties/locations. On October 12, 2009, the Planning Commission completed its deliberations on the Chapter 9 and EC 7.420 code amendments and made two motions. The first motion recommended City Council adoption of the proposed access management, special setback, traffic impact analysis, and temporary surfacing code amendments. The second motion recommended reintroducing the ordinance addressing alley width standards. On January 25, 2010, staff presented the Planning Commission an alternate code amendment addressing the alley width standards based on feedback from outreach provided to the neighborhood groups since its October 12, 2009, meeting. The Planning Commission approved staff’s recommendation to leave Table 9.6870 as is and revise the Chapter 9 amendments to include language that would allow staff to recommend an alley width less than the width requirements shown in Table 9.6870. Overview The Access Connection Location Requirements, Special Setbacks, and Street Width ordinance includes proposed land use related code amendments initiated to balance safe and efficient roadway operation against the need to provide ingress/egress for developed lands adjacent to the roadway system. The ordinance for Access Connection Design and Construction Requirements is the access management implementation-related code amendments for construction and use of the public right- of-way. In combination, the proposed access management code revisions will reduce and separate the conflict points along the arterial and major collector streets by managing access connections and protecting intersection influence areas. Conflict Point. The point of potential collision where vehicle paths cross, merge into or diverge with one another, pedestrians or bicycles. Intersection Influence Area . That area beyond the physical intersection of two rights-of-way that comprises the upstream decision and maneuver distance, plus any required vehicle storage length, and the downstream recovery distance of the primary street, and the protected corner clearance distance of the secondary street. In addition to the access management code revisions, staff processed four related land use code corrections and clarifications in conjunction with access management ordinance development. Utilizing the access management code revision process provided a timely opportunity to correct some problematic elements of existing code. The elements included clarification of arterial/collector street special setback standards, correction of traffic impact analysis application requirements, temporary surfacing permit clarifications, and clarification of alley width standards in existing developed areas. Summary of Access Location Requirements, Special Setbacks, and Street Width Ordinance EC 9.0500 Definitions. Definitions for “access connection” and “driveway” have been added. Z:\CMO\2010 Council Agendas\M100208\S100208A.doc