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Finding: There are no fire hydrants nearby to serve the subject property. Adequate fire protection can <br /> be achieved by installing a residential sprinkler system for the proposed two houses. <br /> Conclusion: Adequate fire protection will be provided. <br /> e) Appropriate access designed to meet City Standards for anticipated uses within the project; <br /> Finding: Each lot will access directly onto Forest Drive. <br /> Conclusion: The zoning code limits driveway widths to a maximum of 20 feet within the 20-foot front <br /> setback. The driveways will be required to setback five feet from the side lot lines and have a <br /> minimum depth of 20 feet from the front lot line. <br /> f) Provisions for all appropriate deeds, dedications, and all other easements; and <br /> Finding: The subject property will need to dedicate ten feet of property along Forest Drive to the city <br /> for right-of-way purposes. This will widen the right-of-way to approximately 34 feet. <br /> Conclusion: All necessary deeds and dedications will be provided at the time of final short <br /> subdivision. <br /> g) Provisions made for access to and maintenance of all common facilities. <br /> Finding: There are no common facilities within the proposed short subdivision. <br /> Conclusion: This is not applicable. <br /> 9. Existing Public Facilities and Services - The proposed project shall be designed to not adversely <br /> impact the following public facilities and services: <br /> a) Existing streets and other transportation systems; <br /> Finding: Forest Drive does not meet City street standards. There is no curb, gutter, and sidewalk <br /> along Forest Drive and the street is approximately 16 feet wide within a 24-foot right-of-way. The <br /> existing edge of the roadway is adjacent to the current right-of-way line. The street dead-ends <br /> approximately 200 feet north of the subject property and does not have an adequate turn-around. City <br /> standards typically require a 28-foot roadway. Eventually, the road should ultimately be 24 feet wide <br /> within the existing right-of-way to provide two 12-foot travel lanes. The proposed short subdivision <br /> will add approximately 20 additional vehicle trips to Forest Drive with two of these trips occurring <br /> during the single busiest hour of the day (or one additional trip every 30 minutes). This is <br /> approximately a 10% increase above the current traffic along this roadway. There is a record of an <br /> average of one crash per year near the intersection of Forest Drive and W. Mukilteo but the five year <br /> crash history shows no crashes were related to Forest Drive, <br /> Conclusion: This short subdivision will require ten feet of dedication along Forest Drive. Full <br /> standard half street frontage improvements to City standards are required along the subject property's <br /> street frontage. The ten-foot dedication is required to accommodate a sidewalk. In lieu of providing <br /> full standard half street improvements, the applicant may elect to pay into the area wide street <br /> improvement fund. The roadway will not be widened. Due to the narrowness of the right-of-way of <br /> Forest Drive, widening the street to meet current standards is infeasible. The narrowness of Forest <br /> Drive provides traffic calming, slowing vehicle speeds through the perception of roadway narrowness. <br /> Forest Drive does not meet the City's roadway standards for a new public road, but it is adequate for <br />