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Meeting Date: 07/03/2024   Consider and take action on a variance for the installation of an emergency access only crash gate across a street to be constructed to connect Woodrow Dr to the southern boundary of the Memorial Village Subdivision. Submitted For: Kim Golden Submitted By: Veronica Carreon, Transportation and Planning Department: Transportation and Planning
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ACTION REQUEST
Consider and take action on a variance for the installation of an emergency access only crash gate across a street to be constructed to connect Woodrow Dr to the southern boundary of the Memorial Village Subdivision.
BACKGROUND (Brief Summary)
Luton Development Company, on behalf of the owner Robbi Langley, Riff Ram Investments, LLC, proposes to develop a 99-lot subdivision on 32 acres of land situated south of Memorial Drive and east of Westward St and the Simms Elementary School. The property is located north and east of the Westward Church of Christ, being separated by a powerline and an unopened street right of way from Westward Street.  To provide for a second means of ingress and egress, the developer has acquired Lot 25 of the Mary A Patrick Subdivision which abuts the southern boundary of the property.  The Developer proposes to use the property to construct a street which connects from Woodrow St to a new-to-be constructed street in the subdivision.  To minimize any impact of the new street on the adjacent properties, The Developer is prepared to install an emergency access gate across the new street to limit its use to emergency access only.     Installation of the gate requires a variance from the City Commission.  The Developer is prepared to construct the street without the crash gate if the variance is not approved.
RECOMMENDATION
Staff do not recommend approval of this variance for a crash gate on a public street.  The City Commission previously approved the installation of an emergency only crash gate on N 19th Street in connection with the development of Sunrise Cove Subdivision.  The Sunrise Cove Subdivision had two points of open public entry, but a third point of access for emergency response was recommended due to the long and narrow configuration of the subdivision.  If this variance for a crash gate is approved for the Memorial Village Subdivision, the subdivision will be limited to only one point of open public entry.  Having only one point of open public entry could result in traffic congestion at the entrance at times of peak traffic volumes.
Fiscal Impact
Attachments Memorial Village Summary Subdivision Master Plan Ordinance

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