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DATE : - September . . . - - .- 16, - . - 1980 . I ~---,---- c. ktty - wf3
C. Mgr. DEPARTMENT: Engineering -c -
APPEAL OF CITY ENGINEER'S DECISION . SUBJECT:
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STATEMENT OF THE MATTER
Mr. Watson, the owner of land located on the east side of Highland Drive between Hoover Street and Adams Street, is appealing a City Engineer decision to require him to dedicate a strip of land five feet wide along Highland Drive for street purposes. The dedication was required as a condition of tentative parcel map MS 479, approved . on July 19, 1980, which divided Mr. Watson's land into two parcels.
Such dedication is a standard co5dition which brings the substandard
right-of-way width into conformance with the General Plan. This is further explained in the atta5hed memo from the City Engineer.
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FISCAL IMPACT
1135 square feet of dedicated land valued at $1,270.
EXH I B I TS
1. Vicinity Map
2. Letter from Mr. Watson dated August 28, I980
3. Memo from the City Engineer
. RECOMMENDATION
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Deny the request for appeal of the City Engineer's decision to
require the five-foot dedication.
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Council Action:
3-1 6-80 Counci 1 granted the appeal.
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Ron. lhyor and City Council,
City of Carlsbad.
Subjoct:
Gentlemn: *
Appoal of City Engineer conditions on Hinor Subdlvisim Tentative Map 479
Flo have applied for permision to split our property at tbeabave adclrosn
into tvo lots. icato five addition,d foet for 11widcning of Xighland Drive". ?%tplupose of this
letter 3-5 to aggetll tr~is condition for tho following reasons.
One of tLc conditions inposed bg the City EnCizer 1s that co d&-
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MEMORANDUM - September 10, 1980
TO: CITY MANAGER
FROM : CITY ENGINEER
SUBJECT: DEDICATION OF LAND - WATSON PROPERTY ON HIGHLAND DRIVE (MS 479)
Mr. Watson applied for a tentative parcel map to divide his property--located on the east side of Highland Drive between Hoover Street and Adams Street--into two parcels. One of the conditions required as part of the tentative map approval is the dedication of a strip of land five feet wide along Highland Drive.
Highland Drive in this vicinity generally has a right-of-way width of 50 feet. The Circulation Element of the General Plan states that "the common right-of-way width for a local street is 60 feet." To date, at least nine other parcels on both sides
of the street along this section have been required to dedicate
five feet of land. The 60 feet of right-of-way, in other words, is the standard requirement for a 'lminor" street as Mr. Watson calls it.
Although the Circulation Element does say the common pavement
width in a single-family residential area is 36 feet, this width
has generally been used only for cul-de-sac streets. In order to adequately provide for parking on both sides (8 feet each), and two lanes of traffic (12 feet each), 40 feet of pavement is generally required. Allowance for wide or improperly parked vehicles and safe passage of fire trucks must be considered. In addition to the pavement, right-of-way must also be provided
for a curb (one-half foot), sidewalk (five feet) and utilities
(4% feet). This gives a total of 10 feet additional on each side of a 40-foot street for the total of 60 feet of right-of-way.
Should the City Council wish to consider a narrower right-of-way or pavement width in hillside areas, some of the items to consider are;
1. Eliminating parking on one or both sides of the street.
2. Requiring additional on-site parking for lots adjacent
3. Requiring additional building setbacks from the street
4. Impacts on fire trucks, horizontal sight distance, side-
5. Volume of through traffic.
to the street.
right-of-way.
walks and utility location.
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