File #: 18-0508    Version: 1 Name:
Type: Agenda Item Status: Regular Hearing
File created: 2/6/2019 In control: City Council
On agenda: 2/18/2019 Final action:
Title: Consideration of a Variance to the 1996 Castle Hills Agreement Section V(2)(J) Regarding a Required Right Turn Lane on All Approaches to Intersections when Four or Six Lane Streets Cross Related to Castle Hills AMR Retail Located at the Northwest Corner of Old Denton Road and FM 544, as Requested by Tareq El-Sadi, P.E. of Land Design, on Behalf of the Owner.
Attachments: 1. Staff Memo, 2. Variance Request Letter, 3. Variance Exhibit, 4. Location Map

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Consideration of a Variance to the 1996 Castle Hills Agreement Section V(2)(J) Regarding a Required Right Turn Lane on All Approaches to Intersections when Four or Six Lane Streets Cross Related to Castle Hills AMR Retail Located at the Northwest Corner of Old Denton Road and FM 544, as Requested by Tareq El-Sadi, P.E. of Land Design, on Behalf of the Owner.

 

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ADMINISTRATIVE COMMENTS:

 

The subject property is located within Castle Hills in the City of Lewisville extra territorial jurisdiction (ETJ) and is to be developed in accordance with the 1996 Castle Hills Agreement.  The subject property is being developed for a proposed 29,000 SF restaurant and retail strip center at the northwest corner of FM 544 (Parker Road) and FM 2281 (Old Denton Road). The 1996 Development Ordinance Section V(2)(J) requires that developers construct a turn lane at intersections where four or six lane streets cross.  The developer has requested this requirement be waived at the intersection of FM 544 and FM 2281. The developer’s engineer conducted a Traffic Impact Analysis at the request of City staff to show if a right turn lane at the intersection would be warranted. The results of the TIA show that the addition of a southbound right turn lane would have no impact to traffic operations; thus, a right turn lane is not warranted. Also, TxDOT’s FM 544 roadway construction did not account for a turn lane at this corner.

 

RECOMMENDATION:

 

That the City Council approve the variance as set forth in the caption above.

 

AVAILABLE FOR QUESTIONS:

 

David Salmon P.E., City Engineer