HomeMy WebLinkAboutMemo from PlanningItems 9 and 10 Project: Jacksons Food Store #105
Location: 3291 E. Pine St. -SEC of Eagle & Pine
Applications: Variance (VAR-08-007) & Vacation (VAC-08-003)
Requested Variance: Request for a Variance to UDC 11-3H-4B.2.a, which prohibits new
approaches directly accessing a state highway, to allow aright-in only access to the site from SH
55/N. Eagle Road for Jacksons Food Stores.
Requested Vacation: Request to vacate plat note #6 on the Porky Park Subdivision No. 1 final
plat, which prohibits direct lot access to the site from SH 55/Eagle Road.
History: A Variance (VAR-07-002) application was previously denied on 3/20/07 for aright-
turn only access to N. Eagle Road for Jackson's. A request to vacate (VAC-07-001) note #6 on
the final plat for Porky Park Subdivision No. 1, which prohibits direct lot access to N. Eagle
Road (SH 55), was also denied on 3/20/07. This VAR & VAC was basically the same request as
the subject application except the design of the right-in driveway to the site has changed and a
separate right turn lane from Eagle onto Pine is now proposed.
Highlights of Proposed Development: The location where the proposed driveway enters the
Jacksons site is now much further to the north creating a longer deceleration lane and stacking
area so that traffic flow on Eagle Road should not be as affected as the previous design. The
proposed point of access to the Jacksons property now allows vehicles to enter the site at an
existing drive aisle as opposed to a parking area, as previously proposed. The applicant proposes
to mitigate the traffic impact on SH 55 by constructing a right turn lane onto Pine and providing
greater deceleration for both that right turn and the right-in only access. The applicant states in
their narrative that they are amenable to a condition of approval limiting truck traffic through the
proposed access point.
Elevations: No
Staff Recommendation on Variance: Approval
Staff Recommendation on Vacation: Partial Approval; StafFrecommends the portion of note #6
that prohibits access to Eagle Road be vacated (the portion that prohibits access to Pine unless
specifically approved by ACHD should remain).
Written Testimony since Staff Report: None
Outstanding Issue(s) for City Council: None
Notes:
9/2/2008