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December 18, 1997 Mr, Steve Ach Page Twc It appears the most southerly street, that will serve the commercial lot and the front of the assisted living, will be 32 feet wide. It appears the remainder of the street system, which services primarily the townhome units, will be slightly narrower scaling 30-feet. At the staff review meeting, the fire chief raised a question regarding emergency vehicle access should there be any need for on- street paring. We would recommend that parking be monitored on the southerly 32-foot wide street and if it becomes a problem the street be signed for parking only on the north side. It would seem that some on street parking for guests at the townhome units would not be a major disruption. The width of the access road from this site to Joplin Street appears to be 32-feet wide. This would provide for two lanes of traffic, one inbound and one outbound. Consideration should be given to whether or not a wider entrance will be required. Perhaps two lanes of out bound traffic would better serve the site so that in peak times, when vehicles will have to wait to make a left turn out of the site, vehicles wanting to turn right could move more freely. Also, if the access road is widened to provide three lanes of traffic, consideration should be given to providing a raised concrete median that will help to define the inbound and outbound traffic lanes. The site only has one means of access for emergency vehicles, a secondary access should be provided. At the staff review meeting, we discussed the ability to provide an emergency vehicle access at the southeast comer of the site where the entrance to the Elk Motel exists. This could be in the form of a bituminous trail from the road system to the Elk Motel entrance. This bituminous trail would have to be built heavy enough to support emergency vehicles and perhaps some type of barrier to prevent normal vehicle traffic from using this emergency access. Some of the intersections internal to this site appear to have radii that will make turning movements difficult. We would suggest that turning radii be applied to the intersections and modifications be made where necessary to provide for ease of vehicle traffic. The townhome units have garages that are entered from the side of the unit, not directly from the street. This works in most cases but there are some exceptions. The most westerly townhome unit does not appear to have sufficient room for backing out of or entering the garage. Also, the townhome units that are on the curbed part of the street have very tight driveways. It appears that if a vehicle were parked in front of one of the garages it would preclude movements into the opposite garage or the additional stall in the unit that the vehicle is parked by. These need to be looked at carefully, essentially applying parking lot standards. there should be 64-feet from garage door to garage door. This would allow 20- feet from the garage door for parking of vehicles outside and 24-feet for maneuvering between two parked vehicles. Howard R, Green Company CONSULTING ENGINEERS