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Memo to the Mayor and City Council/P96-13 Page 3 November 26, 1996 • appear to do a good job in accomplishing this, however, the intersection of 193rd Avenue and Seymour should be adjusted to offset the oncoming vehicles from the house directly to the west of Seymour. 193rd Avenue 193rd Avenue currently extends between Proctor Road and County Road 1 along the south boundary of the proposed plat. When the Lafayette Woods development was presented to the Planning Commission and City Council, there was some discussion regarding the closing of 193rd Avenue from vehicular traffic and converting the road into a trail corridor. This concept has been endorsed by the Park and Recreation Commission as being a natural link between Proctor and the city trail, approximately 3/4 mile to the west. The proposed plat has taken this closing of 193rd into consideration and has, therefore, provided a 340 foot cul-de-sac which will be the terminating point of 193rd. Neither the proposed Cherrywood Hills plat or Lafayette Woods have any single family lots fronting onto 193rd, therefore, any upgrading of 193rd cannot be assessed to those adjacent properties as they would receive no benefit. A majority of the property south of 193rd between Proctor and County Road 1 is identified as wetland and undevelopable. This further supports the advantages of closing 193rd and converting it to a recreational corridor. Pedestrian Circulation As mentioned earlier, there will be a sidewalk along Rush Street and Highland Road as it extends from Lafayette Woods to Proctor Avenue. This will extend the pedestrian system from Lafayette Woods towards Proctor and ultimately over to Jackson Road along Highland Road. The second pedestrian corridor recommended by the Park & Recreation Commission is a 30 foot trail corridor in the southwest corner. This will be an extension from Rush Court cul-de-sac to the proposed recreational corridor which is currently 193rd Avenue. Lot Sizes The lots within the development range in size from the minimum lot size of 10,000 square feet up to 39,000 square feet. The overall density of the proposed plat is 2.36 units per acre, as identified on the site data information provided by Passe Engineering. Although the lots meet the minimum lot size requirements in the Ric district, staff believes that there are some lots that should be adjusted. These include the following: • • The lots along the north edge of the development which are adjacent to Lafayette Woods are predominately 125 feet in depth. The lots in s:\planning\pc\p96-13.doc