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Memo to the Planning Commission/CU96-25 Page 3 November 26, 1996 ill traveling westbound on School Street, utilizing the free right to head north on Freeport Avenue towards the Elk Park Center development, as well as this proposed commercial area. Once a vehicle makes the turn from School Street onto Freeport, there is only about 100 feet of reaction distance before the proposed entrance into the site. Ideally, the entrance should be slightly further north than the existing driveway into the administration building, possibly next to the existing pines which could then be saved and made part of the development. However, staff has communicated to the developer that at a minimum the entrance should be no closer than the existing driveway. As mentioned earlier, the proposed driveway is approximately 20 feet closer to the School/Freeport intersection than the existing access to the administration building. The proposed driveway is wide enough to allow one lane of traffic into the site and two lanes out. This is a similar design to the entrances into Elk Park Center. Staff believes the wider driveway only needs to occur at the intersection of Freeport Avenue and should transition back into a typical two-way driveway by the time the traffic is heading east reaches the first entrance into the Holiday Station Store. This transition will provide additional opportunity for landscaping and better control of traffic as it proceeds towards the interior of the commercial project. iThe proposed parking on site exceeds that required by city ordinance by five stalls. To increase the amount of green space, it would be recommended that the four parking stalls (2 on the Holiday site and 2 on the first site to the north) be removed and replaced with green space. The distance between the gasoline dispensing stations and parking stalls immediately in front of the Holiday Station Store provides enough room for a two-way driveway when both the dispensing station and parking stalls are being utilized. The dimensions throughout the Holiday site seem to provide convenient traffic flow. Improvements to the Site Immediately to the North Although there may not be anything immediately proposed for the site directly to the north, it is recommended that the developer provide staff with a plan representing the improvements to be made as part of"Phase I". This is important from the standpoint of making sure that the grading of the next site ties into the Holiday Station Store, erosion is prevented from occurring, and that the storm water needs are provided as part of the Holiday development. • s:\planning\pc\cu96-25x.doc