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| 2018-06-14 08:09:15 | REVISED 6/15/18 BASED ON RECEIPT OF APPLICANT?S COMMENT |
| | ? RESPONSE LETTER. |
| | 343 SOUTHERN CHASE TRAFFIC LETTER (DATED FEBRUARY 9, |
| | 2018) COMMENTS: |
| | - USE ITE LUC 946 "GASOLINE/SERVICE STATION WITH |
| | CONVENIENCE MARKET AND CAR WASH" AND ITE LUC 942 |
| | AUTOMOBILE CARE CENTER FOR THE TRIP GENERATION OF THE |
| | EXISTING LAND USES. USE PROCEDURES IN THE ITE TRIP |
| | GENERATION HANDBOOK FOR TRIP INTERNALIZATION, IF |
| | APPLICABLE, OR PROVIDE SUPPORTING TRIP INTERNALIZATION |
| | DATA |
| | - NOTE THAT RECEIPT OF A PALM BEACH CONCURRENCY |
| | APPROVAL LETTER DOES NOT ALLEVIATE THE NEED TO MEET |
| | TRAFFIC STUDY AND LEVEL OF SERVICE STANDARDS CONTAINED |
| | IN THE CITY OF WEST PALM BEACH CODE OF ORDINANCES. PALM |
| | BEACH COUNTY CONCURRENCY APPROVAL IS ONLY ROADS |
| | IDENTIFIED ON THE COUNTY THOROUGHFARE MAP. |
| | SITE PLAN (RECEIVED ON MAY 9, 2018) COMMENTS: |
| | - CITY ORDINANCE 94-312 "THE NUMBER OF ACCESS POINTS TO |
| | SERVE A SITE SHALL BE KEPT AT A MINIMUM". THE CURRENT |
| | SITE PLAN WILL FUNCTION WITH A SINGLE ACCESS POINT ON |
| | SOUTHERN BOULEVARD. THE SECOND ACCESS POINT ON S. DIXIE |
| | IS NOT NECESSARY AND THE TRANSPORTATION DIVISION WILL |
| | NOT APPROVE A SITE PLAN WITH A SECOND ACCESS POINT ON |
| | S. DIXIE. |
| | - CURRENT DESIGN HAS THE POTENTIAL FOR VEHICLE CONFLICT |
| | AND VEHICLE BLOCKAGE AT THE SOUTHERN BOULEVARD DRIVEWAY |
| | AND ALSO REQUIRES DRIVERS IN A SHORT TIME PERIOD TO |
| | PROCESS THAT THEY MUST TURN LEFT. WE REQUEST EITHER: |
| | O REVERSING THE DIRECTION OF THE DRIVE-THROUGH LANES. |
| | O AN OPERATIONAL AND QUEUING ANALYSIS AT THE SOUTHERN |
| | BOULEVARD DRIVEWAY TO DETERMINE WHETHER THE SHORT |
| | DRIVEWAY LENGTH WOULD CREATE INGRESS AND EGRESS VEHICLE |
| | BLOCKAGE |
| | - THE EXIT OF THE DRIVE-THROUGH FACILITY IS WIDE ENOUGH |
| | TO ACCOMMODATE 2 CARS, WHICH COULD POTENTIALLY INCREASE |
| | VEHICULAR CONFLICT AT THE SOUTHERN BOULEVARD DRIVEWAY. |
| | CONSIDER STRIPING OUT THE EXTRA SPACE TO NARROW THE |
| | EXIT. |
| | - THE SITE IS PROVIDING MORE PARKING THAN WHAT IS |
| | REQUIRED IN THE CODE, REFERENCE SHEET C7,15 SPACES |
| | REQUIRED AND 19 PROVIDED. THERE ARE PARKING SPACES NEAR |
| | THE STOP BAR AT THE SOUTHERN BOULEVARD ENTRANCE WHICH |
| | WOULD REQUIRE PARKING MANEUVERING WITHIN THE DRIVEWAY |
| | QUEUEING AREA. ELIMINATE EXCESS PARKING SPACES NEAR THE |
| | SOUTHERN BOULEVARD DRIVEWAY. |
| | - THE TRASH RECEPTACLE MAY LIMIT SIGHT DISTANCE FOR |
| | VEHICLES EXITING THE DRIVE-THROUGH FACILITY. REVERSING |
| | DIRECTION OF DRIVE THRU WOULD ELIMINATE THE POTENTIAL |
| | SIGHT LINE ISSUE. |
| | - WE PREVIOUSLY REQUESTED 2 SEPARATE CURB RAMPS BE |
| | PROVIDED AT THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF SOUTHERN |
| | BOULEVARD/DIXIE HIGHWAY. IT MAY BE POSSIBLE TO |
| | CONSTRUCT A SIDEWALK ALONG THE CHAMFERED CORNER OF THE |
| | SAFE SIGHT TRIANGLE BEHIND THE EXISTING SIDEWALK. THIS |
| | WOULD ALLOW FOR TWO SEPARATE CURB RAMPS AND PERHAPS A |
| | LANDSCAPE PLANTER SEPARATING THE TWO CURB RAMPS. A |
| | SIDEWALK COULD BE CONSTRUCTED WITH A SIDEWALK EASEMENT |
| | IN THE SAFE SITE TRIANGLE. A WIDER SIDEWALK AT THE |
| | CORNER WOULD IMPROVE THE AESTHETICS OF THE SITE AND |
| | IMPROVE PEDESTRIAN COMFORT AT THE INTERSECTION. |
| | - CONDITION OF APPROVAL - A FDOT PERMIT WILL BE |
| | REQUIRED FOR THE DRIVEWAY. |
| | - CONSIDER REDUCING THE WIDTH OF THE DRIVEWAY ON |
| | SOUTHERN BOULEVARD. IT APPEARS THAT THE PASSENGER CAR |
| | SCENARIO IS THE CONTROLLING SCENARIO. HOWEVER, THERE |
| | APPEARS THAT SOME REDUCTION IN WIDTH IS POSSIBLE. NOTE, |
| | THAT THE AASHTO PASSENGER CAR IS VERY CONSERVATIVE |
| | DESIGN VEHICLE AS IT THE SIZE OF A CHEVROLET SUBURBAN. |
| | (ADDED IN AFTERNOON 6/15/18) |
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| | |
| | ERIK D. FERGUSON, P.E. |
| | CITY TRANSPORTATION ENGINEER |
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