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ACHD Comments-MER21-0040 NR IF Wendy's Kent Goldthorpe, President Dave McKinney, Vice-President Jim D. Hansen, Commissioner Mary May, Commissioner Alexis Pickering, Commissioner _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Ada County Highway District • 3775 Adams Street • Garden City, ID • 83714 • PH 208-387-6100 • FX 345-7650 • www.achdidaho.org March 25, 2021 To: DVAM, via email Cesar Segovia 4603 Opal Ridge Lane Arlington, TX 76005 Subject: MER21-0040/ A-2021-0054 6308 N. Linder Road Wendy’s Fast Food Drive-Through The Ada County Highway District (ACHD) has reviewed the submitted application for the application referenced above and has determined that there are no improvements required to the adjacent street(s). The applicant shall be required to: 1. Pay a traffic impact fee. If applicable, a traffic impact fee may be assessed by ACHD and will be due prior to the issuance of a building permit by the lead agency. This is a separate review process and it is the applicant’s responsibility to submit plans directly to ACHD. 2. Comply with all ACHD Policies and ACHD Standard Conditions of Approval for any improvements or work in the right-of-way. 3. Obtain a permit for any work in the right-of-way prior to the construction, repair, or installation of any roadway improvements (curb, gutter, sidewalk, pavement widening, driveways, culverts, etc.). _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Ada County Highway District • 3775 Adams Street • Garden City, ID • 83714 • PH 208-387-6100 • FX 345-7650 • www.achdidaho.org Traffic Information This development is estimated to generate 1,181 additional vehicle trips per day; and 85 additional vehicle trips per hour in the PM peak hour, based on the Institute of Transportation Engineers Trip Generation Manual, 10th edition. Condition of Area Roadways: Traffic Count is based on Vehicles per hour (VPH) Roadway Frontage Functional Classification PM Peak Hour Traffic Count PM Peak Hour Level of Service **Highway 20/26 (Chinden Boulevard) 2,581-feet Expressway N/A N/A Linder Road 1,295-feet Principal Arterial 765 Better than “E” * Acceptable level of service for a five-lane principal arterial is “E” (1,770 VPH). ** ACHD does not set level of service thresholds for State Highways. Average Daily Traffic Count (VDT): Average daily traffic counts are based on ACHD’s most current traffic counts • There are no current traffic counts for Chinden Boulevard. • The average daily traffic count for Linder Road south of Chinden Boulevard was 17,905 on 05/09/2018. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me at (208) 387-6132. Sincerely, McKenna Roan Intern Development Services cc: City of Meridian (Sonya Allen), via email _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Ada County Highway District • 3775 Adams Street • Garden City, ID • 83714 • PH 208-387-6100 • FX 345-7650 • www.achdidaho.org Standard Conditions of Approval 1. All proposed irrigation facilities shall be located outside of the ACHD right-of-way (including all easements). Any existing irrigation facilities shall be relocated outside of the ACHD right- of-way (including all easements). 2. Private Utilities including sewer or water systems are prohibited from being located within the ACHD right-of-way. 3. In accordance with District policy, 7203.6, the applicant may be required to update any existing non-compliant pedestrian improvements abutting the site to meet current Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) requirements. The applicant’s engineer should provide documentation of ADA compliance to District Development Review staff for review. 4. Replace any existing damaged curb, gutter and sidewalk and any that may be damaged during the construction of the proposed development. Contact Construction Services at 387- 6280 (with file number) for details. 5. A license agreement and compliance with the District’s Tree Planter policy is required for all landscaping proposed within ACHD right-of-way or easement areas. 6. All utility relocation costs associated with improving street frontages abutting the site shall be borne by the developer. 7. It is the responsibility of the applicant to verify all existing utilities within the right-of-way. The applicant at no cost to ACHD shall repair existing utilities damaged by the applicant. The applicant shall be required to call DIGLINE (1-811-342-1585) at least two full business days prior to breaking ground within ACHD right-of-way. The applicant shall contact ACHD Traffic Operations 387-6190 in the event any ACHD conduits (spare or filled) are compromised during any phase of construction. 8. Utility street cuts in pavement less than five years old are not allowed unless approved in writing by the District. Contact the District’s Utility Coordinator at 387-6258 (with file numbers) for details. 9. All design and construction shall be in accordance with the ACHD Policy Manual, ISPWC Standards and approved supplements, Construction Services procedures and all applicable ACHD Standards unless specifically waived herein. An engineer registered in the State of Idaho shall prepare and certify all improvement plans. 10. Construction, use and property development shall be in conformance with all applicable requirements of ACHD prior to District approval for occupancy. 11. No change in the terms and conditions of this approval shall be valid unless they are in writing and signed by the applicant or the applicant’s authorized representative and an authorized representative of ACHD. The burden shall be upon the applicant to obtain written confirmation of any change from ACHD. 12. If the site plan or use should change in the future, ACHD Planning Review will review the site plan and may require additional improvements to the transportation system at that time. Any change in the planned use of the property which is the subject of this application, shall require the applicant to comply with ACHD Policy and Standard Conditions of Approval in place at that time unless a waiver/variance of the requirements or other legal relief is granted by the ACHD Commission.