LUTC PKT 07-01-2002MEETING AGENDA
2.
3.
4.
CALL TO ORDER
Approval of Minutes of the .]une 17, 2001, Meeting
PUBI3C COMMENT (3 minutes)
BUSINESS ITEMS
Street Vacation Request for a Portion of South 316m
and 8m Avenue South
Action
Proposed Code Amendments: Community Design Action
Guidelines pertaining to maximum facade length/
roof pitch for non-residential buildings in residential
zones and amending the allowable maximum height
for religious institutions in the Use Zone Charts.
Salloum/15 min
Clark/15 min
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C. Policy Review for Neighborhood Traffic Safety Balloting
FUTURE MEEllNG AGENDA ITEMS
ADJOURN
Action Perez/20 min
Committee Members:
Er/c Fa/son, Cha/r
Dean McCo/gan
M/chad Park
City Stall:
Kathy McClung, D/rector, Community Development Services
Sandy L y/e, Admin/strat/ve Ass/stark
253.661.4116
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June 17. 2002
5:30 pm
City Council
Land Use/Transportation Committee.
CitY Hall
Council Chambers
MEETING SUMMARY
In attendance: Committee members Eric Faison, Chair, Deputy Mayor Dean McColgan, and Mike Park; Councilmember Linda
Kochmar; Public Works Director Cary Roe; Deputy Director of Community Development Services Greg Fewins; Deputy Director
of Public Works Ken Miller; Assistant City Attorney Karen Kirkpatrick; Street Systems Engineer Marwan Salloum; Traffic
Engineer Rick Perez; Administrative Assistant Sandy Lyle.
CALL TO ORDER
Chair Faison called the meeting to order at 5:35 pm.
APPROVAL OF MINUTES
The summary of the June 3, 2002, meeting was approved as presented.
PUBLIC COMMENT
There was no public comment on any item not included in the agenda.
BUSINESS ITEMS
A. Pacific Highway South HOV Lanes Phase II Improvement Project (South 324th to south 340th Street)
85% Design Status Report - The Pacific Highway South HOV Lanes Phase II Improvement Project (South 324TM
to south 340th Street) Project includes adding HOV lanes north and southbound, adding curb, gutter, sidewalk,
lighting, landscaping, planted medians, restricting left turn movements to intersections, and consolidating driveways
where possible. The purpose of the project is to improve traffic flow, reduce accidents by eliminating turning
conflicts, promote transit and carpool use and improve aesthetics of the corridor. In an effort to reduce costs and
public disruption, the Lakehaven Utility District Water and Sewer Utility Adjustment and Utility Underground
Conversion will be constructed as part of this project. The Committee discussed the project then voted
unanimously to recommend to the City Council approval of completion of the design phase of the Pacific Highway
South Project and authorized entering into a proposed Interlocal Agreement with Lakehaven Utility District for their
portion of the project.
B. Draft I-5/SR18/SR161 Triangle Study - The Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT)
is managing a study to determine shod and long-term solutions to congestion and safety issues in the vicinity of the
I-5/SR18/SR161 interchange. Project Advisory Committee participants include staff from WSDOT, The City of
Federal Way, The City of Milton, King County and the Federal Highway Administration. The consultant has
developed the traffic analysis and has met with stakeholders which include Weyerhaeuser, Enchanted Parks,
Federal Way Chamber of Commerce, Fife Area Chamber of Commerce, Lloyd Enterprises, Friends of the Hylebos,
Olympic Pipeline and the Rhododendron Species foundation and Botanical Garden. Most stakeholders preferred
Concept A to Concept B except for Weyerhaeuser and the Rhododendron Species Foundation, primarily because
of lesser impacts to their locations. Following review of the comments of the Draft Report, the consultant will
prepare a Final Report with a preferred alternative, identifying areas of future study. In addition, WSDOT has
determined that they can help fund additional efforts to provide more detailed cost information for the Regional
Transportation Investment District Proposal. WSDOT is requesting participation from the City in the sum of $15,000
for this added effort. The Committee m/s/c the staff recommendation. The Committee therefore recommends that
the City Council, at its July 2 meeting, approve the preference of Concept A over Concept B and approve an
additional $15,000 for an amendment to the project agreement with WSDOT for further analysis of staging and
costs.
C. 2003-2008 Transportation Improvement Plan - The City is required to adopt a revised Transportation
Improvement Plan (TIP) and Arterial Street Improvement Plan (ASIP) on an annual basis that reflects the City's
current and future street and arterial needs. A Public Hearing is scheduled for the July 2, 2002, City Council
meeting. The Committee m/s/c recommendation of approval of the 2003-2008 TIP and ASIP as amended. They
recommended moving project #22, the South 312th and I-5 design study to construct a new interchange from 2006
th st
to 2003 Also recommended was postponing work on the South 348 Street and 1 Avenue South intersection to
2004-5 from 2003-4.
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D. StripeRite Contract Amendment for Pavement Marking - The Committee m/s/c recommendation of
approval to the City Council at its July 2, 2002, meeting to amend the existing contract with StripeRite, Inc., in the
amount of $30,000 for basic and discretionary pavement marking and channelization services with a time extension
to December 31, 2002. Funding for this work is already included in the Traffic Division's operating budget.
E. Culvert Replacement at South 346th Street - The South 364th Street Culvert Replacement Project is
located at the stream crossing of the North Fork of West Hylebos Creek at South 364th Street. A 42-inch
undersized culvert serves as a partial fish barrier and contributes to high instream flow velocities,
particularly during storm events, which have scoured the downstream substrate damaging valuable
salmon spawning habitat. Necessary easements are pending and a Hydraulic Project Approval (HPA)
Permit renewal is pending for construction to begin on the project in late August or eady September, 2002.
The project will be funded by a $30,000 National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Grant,
and the SWM small works CIP budget. The Committee m/s/c recommendation of approval the City
Council at its July 2, 2002, meeting.
FUTURE MEETINGS
The next meeting will be July 1,2002.
ADJOURN
The meeting adjourned at 7:30p.m°
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DATE:
TO:
VIA:
FROM:
SUBJECT:
July 1, 2002
Eric Faison, Chair
Land Use and Transportation Committee
David I1. Mos~ger
Marwan Salloum, Street Systems Manager
Portion of South 316th St. Street Vacation Request
BACKGROUND
The Federal Way School District has petitioned the City to vacate a portion of South 316th Street
(6thAvenue S to 8th Avenue S) abutting the southern boundary of Mirror Lake Elementary School
property (see Exhibit B of the attached Staff Report for exact location). The area requested for vacation is
unopened right-of-way that has been maintained by the school district. The right-of-way width for this
portion of S 3 16th Street is thirty (30) feet wide, which abuts the school property along its entire southern
border. The City's comprehensive Plan does not show a proposed future street at this location. The areas
in which the right-of-way is located are zoned Residential 7.2 and are listed as single family, high density
in the Comprehensive Plan. The street vacation is being sought as part of a plan to improve the safety of
school bus circulations, and provide separation of buses and student drop off through the school property,
and to provide additional parking area. The portion of S 316th Street to be vacated has eleven (11)
abutting landowners, in addition to the School District, of which the School district has collected 7
signatures (70% of property frontage abutting street), the city code require that the street vacation petition
shall be signed by owner of more than two- third (66%) of the private property abutting upon the part of
the street or alley sought to be vacation. Vacating the requested area of right-of-way will not interfere
with the current or future function of the City streets system.
The petitioners have met all the applicable mandatory criteria, as well as the discretionary criteria set
forth in FWCC Section 13-102 required for granting the vacation request. Please see the attached staff
report for further details.
RECOMMENDATION
Staff recommends placing the following items on the July 16, 2002 Council consent agenda:
Approval of the Resolution to set the date and time of a public hearing to be at the August 20, 2002
City Council meeting.
APPROVAL OF COMMITTEE REPORT:
Eric Faison, Chair
Michael Park, Member
Dean McColgan, Member
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City of Federal Way
STAFF REPORT
TO THE LAND USE AND TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE
PETITION FOR VACATION OF A PORTION OF SOUTH 316TM STREET
Federal Way File No. 02-I01347-000-00-SV
DATE: June 25, 2002
PROPOSED ACTION:
Petition for vacation of a portion of South 316'* Street
PETITIONER:
Federal Way School District, No. 210
LOCATION:
Next to Mirror Lake Elementary School
REPORT PREPARED BY: John Mulkey, Street Systems Engineer
RECOMMENDATION:
Approval of Street Vacation Request
I. BACKGROUND
Federal Way School District has petitioned the City to vacate a portion of South 3160' Street, abutting the southern
boundary of Mirror Lake Elementary School property (See Street Vacation Petition (Exhibits A), the vicinity map
(Exhibit B), and S 3 16th Street legal description (Exhibits C) for exact location.) The area requested for vacation
is unopened right-of-way that has been maintained by the school district. The right-of-way width, for South 316~'
Street is thirty (30) feet, which abuts the school property along its entire southern border. There is no ultimate
roadway section for S 316th Street's Right-of-way, shown in the City's comprehensive Plan. The area in which the
Right-of-way area is located is zoned Residential 7.2 and is listed as single family, High Density in the
Comprehensive Plan. The street vacation is being sought as part of a plan to improve the safety of bus flow,
through the school property and add parking because the current configuration has been determined to be unsafe.
The area to be vacated on S 316 Street has eleven (11) abutting landowners, in addition to the School District, of
which the School district has collected 7 signatures.
Vacating the requested area of right-of-way would not interfere with the current or future function of City streets,
would improve the safety of bus traffic through the school property, add parking for staff and parents. The school
district petitioned for a street vacation for a portion of 8th Avenue South area in 1994 for a similar project, but did
not complete the required process.
II. COMPLIANCE WITH CRITERIA DESCRIBED IN THE CITY OF FEDERAL WAY CODE
(FWCC) SECTION 13-102
A. Mandatory Criteria:
The following criteria are mandatory and must be met before a petition for a street vacation may be approved:
Criteria #la - The vacation provides a public benefit or is for a public benefit. The bettefit ntay include
ecottomic or bttsittess support that the cottttttttttity as a whole derives from the abttttittg
property owner.
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Mirror Lake Elementary School
Street Vacation Staff Report
It was determined in a study, dated FebrUary 8, 1994, by Mirror Lake Elementary Schools Neighborhood Safety
Committee, their Community Service and Security Officers, and a City representative that the current
configuration of the parking lot and bus loop area for this school is unsafe, as bus and car traffic are not separated.
The vacation of a portion of South 316th Street will allow the school district to separate the bus and car traffic and
increase the parking area, so that students may be dropped offwithin the school property without disrupting bus
traffic flow.
Criteria #lb - The street, alley or portion thereof is no longer required for public use.
The area encompasses unopened right-of-way, which has not been used for access, and is only thirty (30) feet in
width. South 316th Street cannot be extended to the east because of an existing house and an extension to the west
would place the intersection with 6th Avenue South too close to the existing intersection of South 316~' Place and
6th Avenue South. This area was conveyed to King County by the school district in 1960.
Criteria #1 c - The vacation does not abut a body of water, such as a river, a lake, or salt water, except for a
public purpose such as a park or port facility attd which reverts to a public authority.
This right-of-way is not located in the vicinity of a body of water, therefore this criteria is not applicable.
B. Discretionary Criteria:
Compliance with the following criteria is not mandatory, but the Council must consider them in making its
decision.
Criteria #2a
- The vacation meets the intent of the City's Comprehensive Platt's general purposes attd
objectives.
The City's Comprehensive Plan has no requirements for future roads in the locations proposed for vacation. The
area in which the right-of-way is located is zoned Residential 7.2 and is listed as single family, High Density in the
Comprehensive Plan. The vacation of a portion of South 316th Street does not interfere xvith the purpose or
objectives of the City's Comprehensive Plan.
Criteria #2b - The vacation provides for att exchange of public property itt the public interest.
There is no exchange of public property associated with this vacation petition.
Criteria #2c
- Whether conditions may so change itt the future as to provide a greater use or need thau
presently exists.
The only condition that could arise is redevelopment of the school parcel. If this ~vere to occur, all appropriate
conditions, including new rights-of way would be dedicated at that time.
Criteria #2d - tVhether objections to the proposed vacation are ntade by owners of private properO,
(exclusive of petitioners) abutting the same.
At this time the City has received no objections to this vacation request.
Criteria #2e - The vacation wotdd not interfere with fttture developntent or access to other existing or
fttture developtnents.
Mirror Lake Elementary School
Street Vacation Staff Report
Because the properties abutting the proposed area for vacation are already developed, no existing or future
development would be denied access as a result of the proposed vacation. Existing utilities, including water,
sewer, gas, overhead power, and telephone, must be either relocated or granted an easement through the property
before vacation is allowed.
III. RECOM3iENDATION
All criteria as set forth in FWCC Section 13-102 for granting a street vacation have been met. As per RCW
35.79.030, because the property has been part of a dedicated public right of way for over twenty five (25) years,
the full amount of the appraised value (based on an appraisal acceptable to the City) of the land will be required as
payment to the City. Staff recommends the petition for street vacation of a portion of South 316m Street be
approved, under the condition that the above noted utilities are either relocated or granted easements through the
property.
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RESOLUTION NO.
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF FEDERAL WAY, WASHINGTON, REGARDING VACATION
OF A PORTION OF SOUTH 316TM STREET, ABUTTING
THE SOUTHERN BOUNDARY OF MIRROR LAKE
ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PROPERTY, SETTING A PUBLIC
HEARING FOR THE STREET VACATION.
WHEREAS, a proper petition has been filed requesting
vacation of a portion of South 316th Street, abutting the southern
boundary of Mirror Lake Elementary School, in the City of Federal
Way, as described in Exhibit "A" (legal description) and as
depicted on Exhibit A-i" (vicinity map) attached hereto;
WHEREAS, the petition contains the signatures of the
owners of at least two-thirds of the private property abutting the
portion of South 316th Street proposed to be vacated;
NOW THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FEDERAL
WAY HEREBY RESOLVES AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. A public hearing on the aforesaid vacation
petition shall be held at the regular meeting of the Federal Way
City Council at 7:00 p.m. on August 20, 2002, in the Council
Chambers in the City Hall, 33530 1st Way South, Federal Way,
Washington. Said hearing date is not more than sixty (60) nor less
than twenty (20) days after the date of the passage of this
resolution.
Res. ~ , Page 1
Section 2. The City. Clerk shall give at'least twenty
(20) days notice of the hearing and cause the notice to be posted
as provided by law.
Section 3. The Public Works Director shall obtain the
necessary approval or rejection of, or other information from the
City departments, affected agencies, and utilities, fire and police
agencies, and shall transmit such information to the City Council
so that the matter can be considered by the City Council at the
public hearing on August 20, 2002.
Section 4. Severability If any section, sentence,
clause or phrase of this resolution should be held to be invalid or
unconstitutional by a court of competent jurisdiction, such
invalidity or unconstitutionality shall not affect the validity or
constitutionality of any other section, sentence, clause or phrase
of this resolution.
Section 5. Ratification. Any act consistent with the
authority and prior to the effective date of the resolution is
hereby ratified and affirmed.
Section 6. Effective Date. This resolution shall be
effective immediately upon passage by the Federal Way City Council.
RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FEDERAL WAY,
Res. # , Page 2
WASHINGTON, this
day of.
, 2002 .
CITY OF FEDERAL WAY
ATTEST:
MAYOR, JEANNE A. BURBIDGE
CITY CLERK, N. CHRISTINE GREEN, CMC
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
CITY ATTORNEY, BOB C. STERBANK
FILED WITH THE CITY CLERK:
PASSED BY THE CITY COUNCIL:
RESOLUTION NO.
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Res. ~ , Page 3
EXHIBIT A
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Applieartt:
Name: Federal Way School DL~trict ~:~xo
Addrees: _ .c/o Mike ~rlisle
Federal Way Scltool District
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STR_EET and/or ALLEY YACATION and PETITION
Dear Mayor and t~edera3. Way City Council:
~,Ve, the undersigned abutting property owners, hereby respectfully request that certain ,unimproved
street right-of-way herebybe vacated. Generally de~cribedas that portion ofS. 3x6°, Streetlytng south
of the Mirror Lake Elementat2~ School.
l. es~al pe~crit)ti0g
The South 30 of the southeast quarter of ttte northeast quarter of the southwest quarter of Section
8, Township 21 North, Range 4 East. W.M. in the City of Federal Way, King County,
~Vashington. Except for the west 30 feet thereof.
_][lrief 8to~tqment 157117 V~ .is ~_~i~p_g Sough~t
Re. ion of the 5~irrox' Mke Ele:nenta~ School bus loop and parIdng lot.
Verification as to o~nership in thc form of a Prelimiaa~ Comtn[tmcnt for Title II~murancc
CorporaHon/Partaetship (if applicable): Attached
Attach a colo~codcd, map cfa scale moC less tllan t" = 2oo' or,he area sought for vacation.
'Note: Map ntu:;t correspoad ~Sth legal descffiptlon.
Application fee
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Appraisal Fee Paid
Land Value Paid
Deed Accepted
Trade Accepted
Treasurer's Receipt No.
Treasurer's Receipt No.
Treasurer's Receipt No.
Date:
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EXHIBIT B
Federal Way
CityMap
Note: This map is intented for use as a graphical representation only.
The City of Federal Way makes no warranty as to its accuracy.
EXHIBIT C
Petition for Street Vacation - Portion of South 316th Street
Legal Description
The south 30 feet of the southeast quarter of the northeast quarter of the southwest quarter of
Section 8, Township 21 North, Range 4 East, W.M., in the City of Federal Way, King
County, Washington. Except the west 30 feet thereof.
Situate in the City of Federal Way, King County, Washington.
Description prepared for Federal Way School District #210
By Darrell Plem, June 19, 2002.
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PROPOSED
P0R TI.0N
STREET VACATION EXHIBIT
OF SOUTH 316th STREET
NOT TO SCALE
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3700 Pacific Hwy. East, Suile 311
Tacoma Washinglon 98424
Phone: 253.922.9780
CITY OF FEDERAL WAY
MEMORANDUM
June 25,2002
TO:
VIA:
FROM:
SUBJECT:
MEETING DATE:
Eric Faison, Chair
Land Use/Transportation Committee (LUTC)
David ~er
Kathy McClung,'x~3r'dct'or of Community Development Services
Margaret H. Clark, AICP, Senior Planner ~
Proposed Additions to 2002 Planning Commission Work Program
July 1, 2002
A. BACKGROUND
The Christian Faith Center (CFC) submitted a request for a comprehensive plan amendment and
rezone from Business Park to Multiple Family and RM 3600 for approximately 50 acres located
south of S. 336th Street and east of Pacific Highway South. This was processed as part of the 2001
Comprehensive Plan Amendment Process. On November 5,2001, the Land Use/Transportation
Committee (LUTC) directed staff to prepare a development agreement that would govern the
change in comprehensive plan designation and zoning for consideration by the City Council.
Subsequent to that meeting, staff came back to the LUTC (January 7, 2002) and City Council
(February 5, 2002) to request approval to set up a formal process for reviewing development
agreements, since a formal process had not yet been adopted. As presented to the LUTC and City
Council, this process would require all environmental review and decisions to be made by other
bodies, such as the Hearing Examiner (variances, requests for encroachments into environmentally
sensitive areas) to be completed up-front with the Council making a final decision on the
development agreement and development plan at the end of the review process.
Staff is in the process of reviewing a site plan which when finalized would be the development plan
accompanying the development agreement. Three issues have arisen as part of this review. The first
two pertain to language within the Community Design Guidelines relating to maximum facade
length and roof pitch for non-residential buildings in residential zones and the third is the allowable
maximum height for religious institutions in the Multiple Family Use Zone Chart. Based on a
discussion with planning staff, who review development permit applications, it appears that these
three issues arise again and again in review of churches and schools in many zoning districts. These
are more fully discussed in Section B of this lnemorandum.
In addition, as staff continues its review of the CFC site plan, due to the large scale of the project,
additional issues may arise. These issues may be unique to the development of such a large site and
may be solved by simply addressing it as part of the new code amendment to set up a review
process for development agreements. In other instances, it may be an issue that is lnore xvidespread,
and may require coming back to the LUTC and City Council for direction on whether a code
amendment may be warranted.
B. RATIONALE FOR REQUESTS FOR CODE AMENDMENTS
Maximttm Facade Length -- Federal Way City Code (FWCC), Chapter 22, Section
22-1638(15) of the Community Design Guidelines requires that the longest dimension
of any fagade of a non-residential building in residential zones not exceed 120 feet.
Staff has informally interpreted the intent of this guideline to mean that the length of
any single plane along a building fagade may not exceed 120 feet without
incorporating a significant structural modulation that results in a major offset plane.at
least every 120 feet along the building exterior. As designed, the lengths of the
individual facade planes of the CFC sanctuary building do not exceed the maximum
120-foot length. However, some of the modulation used to offset one plane from
another may not be significant enough to meet the intent of the code. Staff has
experienced a similar situation when reviewing the new high school south of S. 356th
Street and other large church projects.
The Community Design Guidelines were initially adopted in 1996, a~d the purpose of
this portion of the guideline was to control the visual impacts in residential zones
associated with longer facades that are typically associated with institutional uses
such as schools and churches. In the recent past, we have had an increased number of
land use applications for churches and schools, and we have found that this section of
the design guidelines is difficult to apply to larger institutional uses. Therefore, staff
reconnneuds that language be written into the FWCC to provide for flexibility in
addressing faq;ade lengths and modulation requirements for large institutional projects
withiu residential zones.
Roof Pitch -- Federal Way City Code (FWCC), Chapter 22, Section 22-1638(13) of
the Community Design Guidelines requires that all new buildings, including
accessory buildings, such as carports and garages shall appear to have a roof pitch
ranging from at least 4:12 to a maximum of 12:12. The Christian Faith Center is
requesting a comprehensive plan change and rezone from Business Park to Multiple
Family and RM 3600. The RM 3600 zone has a maximum height of 30 feet for
schools and churches with the exception of school gymnasiums, which can go to 55
feet high and schools which can go up to 40 feet, when meeting certain criteria. The
combination of the 30-foot maximum height and the pitch requirement is difficult to
be met ou larger buildings such as the proposed CFC church, because a large building
will need increased height to meet the pitch requirements. Staff, therefore,
recommends that this section of the Community Design Guidelines be reviewed to
address large institutional projects within residential zones.
Height -- The height of the CFC sanctuary is proposed to be 50 feet, which exceeds
the inaximmn structure height of 30 feet in RM 3600 zones. The CFC has applied for
a variance to height, however it does not appear that they can meet the criteria for
obtainiug a variance. The City is presently processiag a number of development
applications from churches. A number of these churches have asked for height
variances because churches traditionally have high ceilings, raised pulpits or
platforms for the preacher or pastor and a steeple or religious symbol. Due to the
number of requests from churches for a height variance, staff is requesting approval
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to prepare a code amendment that would include flexibility for increased heights for
religious institutions.
C. REASON FOR PRESENTATION TO TIIE LUTC
New code amendments become part of the planning commission yearly work program. The 2002
work program was presented to the LUTC on January 23, 2002 and approved by City Council on
February 19, 2002. FWCC, Chapter 22, Section 22-520(b), states that the City Council may review
city-initiated changes to the text of the zoning regulations or to the zoning map from time to time at
the Council's discretion. It is the City's practice that all city business be presented to a council
committee, in this case the LUTC before Council deliberation.
D. SUMMARY AND REQUEST FOR RECOMMENDATION
Staff is requesting the LUTC to recommend to the Council that the following code amendments be
added to the planning commission 2002 work program:
Amend FWCC, Section 22-1638(15) to provid? for flexibility in addressing fagade
lengths and modulation requirements for large institutional projects xvithin residential
zones.
2. Amend FWCC, Section 22-1638(13) to provide for flexibility in addressing roof pitch
requirements for large institutional projects within residential zones.
3. Amend the Use Zone Charts to allow increased heights for religious institutions.
APPROVAL OF COMMITTEE ACTION:
Eric Faison Michael Park Dean McColgan
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DATE:
TO:
FROM:
VIA:
SUBJECT:
June 24, 2002
Eric Faison, Chair
Land Use/Transportation Committee
Richard Perez, Traffic Engineer .~
David H. Mose~Manager
Neighborhood Traffic Safety Program Criteria
BACKGROUND
Citizens submitting a petition for traffic calming devices on 21St Avenue SW between SW 304th Street and SW
312th Street has questioned the validity of the staff interpretation of the balloting area defined in the Council
adopted policy for the Neighborhood Traffic Safety (NTS) Program.
The NTS policy in question was modified on April 21, 1998 to add areas where the sole source of access would be
impacted by an NTS proposal. Prior to that revision, the balloting area only included those residing on or owning
properties within 600 feet of a proposed traffic calming device. The change was made as a result of a
neighborhood where a speed hump was proposed on each side of the only cross-street of a cul-de-sac street that
was longer than 600 feet. Hence, those on the end of the cul-de-sac were not within the balloting area, but had no
choice of altemate routes to avoid the humps. In addition, staff has received comments that many residents are
adversely impacted by traffic calming devices and should be allowed to vote on any NTS issue.
In the current case, an all-way-stop was proposed at the intersection of 21st Avenue SW and SW 304~ Street and a
speed hump was proposed on 21st Avenue SW between SW 305th Street and SW 307a' Street. Staffincluded in
the balloting all areas accessed from the north and west legs of the intersection of 21 st Avenue SW and SW 304th
Street. Residents of these areas would have to traverse through the intersection that was being converted from a
two-way stop to an all-way stop, or the speed hump on 21 st Avenue SW if drivers avoided the all-way stop by
using SW 305th Street and 23~d Avenue SW. The measure failed.
At a follow-up public meeting to discuss the ballot results and any next steps, objections were raised by many
citizens about the balloting area. They reasoned that the residents whose sole access was the west leg of the
intersection already had to stop at stop signs because SW 304th Street is akeady stop-controlled. It is their position
that these residents would have encountered no increase in delay due to conversion of the intersection from two-
way stop control to all-way stop control. Therefore, they reasoned that these residents should not have been
included in the balloting area. Subsequently, staff has determined that the ballot measure would have passed if the
policy were interpreted in this manner. Another permutation would have also excluded sole access voters on the
north leg of the intersection, which would have resulted in a tie on the ballot measure.
ALTERNATIVES
In 1998 and 1999, The Twin Lakes/Brigadoon Traffic Calming Task Force also considered the issue of balloting
· area, which resulted in several revisions to the NTS policy. However, no consensus was reached on revising the
balloting area, therefore, no recommendation to change it was made. Concepts that were considered at that time
included the following:
1. Reverting to the previous 600-foot policy without sole access considerations;
Allowing everyone within 600 feet of any proposed device to vote on the entire "package" of
improvements. Currently, each proposed device has its own balloting area. Those on one end of a project
do not necessarily vote on devices on the other end of the project.
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Allowing everyone impacted by the proposal to vote on each device. Defining those impacted can be
challenging. A limited focus may result in the existing "sole source of access" policy, whereas a broader
view may include all areas bounded by arterials. For the latter, the balloting area in this case would
include all areas west of 1st Avenue S and north of SW Dash Point Road.
Maintaining the existing policy, further defining sole source of access to explicitly include those locations
where intersection control on any leg of the intersection is revised. For example, in this case, a proposed
all-way stop could significantly impact the safe operation of the intersection (either adversely or
beneficially) and those impacted by a potential change in the safety of the intersection could argue that
they should be allowed to vote on it;
Maintaining the existing policy, further de£ming sole source of access to explicitly exclude those locations
where the intersection control on a given leg of the intersection is not changed.
USE OF SPEED TABLES
Another topic for potential revision to the NTS policy is the use of speed tables as a substitute for speed humps on
principal collectors. City Council has previously approved the use of speed tables in lieu of speed humps on
principal collectors in 25 mph speed zones. Current policy prohibits the use of traffic calming devices on arterials
and principal collectors.
RECOMMENDATION
Staff requests the Land Use/Transportation Committee forward the following recommendations to the City
Council for the July 16, 2002 Consent Agenda:
1. Alternative 4 for defining the balloting areas for NTS projects; and
2. Allowing the use of speed tables on principal collectors with posted speed limits of 25 mph.
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