Item 4: Ordinance on Chapter 9 and EC 7.420

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EC 9.8090 Conditional Use Permit Approval Criteria-General. Corrects existing code which inadvertently missed requiring compliance with EC 9.6735. EC 9.8415 Property Line Adjustment Approval Criteria. Clarifies property line adjustment approval must not violate other codes, including chapter 7. EC 9.8670 {Traffic Impact Analysis} Applicability; 9.8675 {Traffic Impact Analysis} General Application Requirements; and EC 9.8680 {Traffic Impact Analysis} Approval Criteria. Moves EC 9.8680 (3) to EC 9.8675 General Application Requirements and changes EC 9.8670 (1) to read “Institute of Transportation Engineer’s Trip Generation Report”. EC 9.8680 (3) is an application requirement currently embedded in the Traffic Impact Analysis Approval Criteria. EC 7.420 Access Connections – Location. Clarifies where access connections may be located along public-way for the functional operation of the classified street. Of the proposed Chapter 7 code revisions, the location of an access connection would be the only criteria applicable to approving and/or denying a discretionary land use application. As such EC 7.420 provides the location standards for access connections. Section (1) is primarily existing code found in Chapter 7 that is applicable to all street classifications. Section (2) is proposed access connection standards for arterial and major collector streets. This section contains new connection standards limit the number and increase the spacing between access connections along with establishing intersection influence areas on the higher street classifications. Section (3) pertains to local and neighborhood collector streets and this is also existing Chapter 7 code language. These code provisions will be implemented by the Public Works Department in conjunction with land use and building permit application reviews. Adopting these code provisions as land use code allows staff to review and approval potential access connection locations with land use applications. RELATED CITY POLICIES Implementation of proposed access management code revisions described in this AIS are supportive of 2002 TransPlan goals and objectives, the 2009 Council Transportation, Sustainability, and Neighborhood Empowerment goals, and many neighborhood refinement plans which include transportation and safety related policies. The Downtown Plan, for example, contains the following policy: “Develop a transportation system that supports the vision of a vital downtown and provides for the safe and efficient movement of automobiles, pedestrians, bicycles, and emergency vehicles.” COUNCIL OPTIONS Not applicable, this is a public hearing only. On March 8, 2010, the council will have options related to the adoption of the ordinance to implement access management standards. CITY MANAGER’S RECOMMENDATION The City Manager recommends that the Mayor and City Council convene the public hearing and schedule the ordinance for adoption on March 8, 2010. Z:\CMO\2010 Council Agendas\M100216\S1002164.doc