Attachment B <br />These residential units will be accessible only from Oakleigh Lane. Currently, 25 lots, consisting <br />of a mix of residential, general office and commercial zoning have structures that take access <br />onto Oakleigh Lane; thus, the additional 29 residential units will increase the number of <br />structures that access this Oakleigh Lane by over 100 percent. The construction of the new <br />(structures will result in an increase of vehicular traffic onto Oakleigh Lane by approximately <br />164 new vehicular trips per day. See Trip Generation Manual from the Institute of <br />Transportation Engineers (ITE) for Residential Condo / Townhouses (Category 230). <br />Without the additional right-of-way, Oakleigh Lane cannot be improved to the City's minimum <br />street design standards and the 164 new vehicle trips per day generated by the proposed <br />development, along with the additional pedestrian and bicycle traffic generated by the <br />proposed development, will not be assured of safe access via Oakleigh Lane. This is the last. <br />opportunity that the City will have to require the dedication of the right-of-way prior to the City <br />needing the right-of-way for street construction. <br />It is also in the public interest to have a connected street and bike path system that allows <br />pedestrians and bicyclists to safely and efficiently use the public system as a means of travelling <br />throughout the City and to use alternative modes of transportation when traveling between the <br />commercial, residential and recreational areas of the City. <br />There is a nexus between the requirement to dedicate a 13 foot public accessway and the <br />public interest at issue. The dedication of a 13 foot public accessway will allow for the <br />construction of a 12 foot wide bike path connecting Oakleigh Lane to the West Bank Bike Path. <br />The 13 foot public access way will also allow for the south edge of the bike path to be aligned <br />with the south edge of the future Oakleigh sidewalk and provide an additional six inches on <br />each side of the bike path for constructability purposes. Because 13 feet is needed to construct <br />a bike path connector in this manner as a standard 12 foot wide bike path, the public interest in <br />safe pedestrian and bicycle travel between Oakleigh Lane and the West Bank Bike Path and <br />throughout the City will be at risk if the 13 foot public access way is not dedicated. <br />Dedication of the 13 foot public access way is roughly proportional to the. impact that the <br />proposed development will have on the City's transportation facilities. The proposed <br />development will result in 29 residential units. By creating new residential units, the proposed <br />development will increase the number pedestrians and bicyclists using the bike path system. <br />Using LCOG's Metro Trans Model "EMME 2" to determine vehicular and non-vehicular <br />components for the street system, projections for bike/pedestrian trips generated by a <br />proposed residential development of 29 units would generate five percent of the estimated 168 <br />Average Daily Vehicular Trips from the development, or approximately eight bike/pedestrian <br />trips per day. However, based on the applicant's written statement and because of the <br />proximity of this development to the West Bank Bike Path, it is safe to assume that the number <br />of daily bike/pedestrian trips from this proposed development would be significantly greater <br />than the projected eight trips. Regarding the size of the dedication in comparison to the size of <br />the proposed development site, the total area of the public access way is approximately 312 <br />square feet, or approximately 0.3 percent of the total development site. This development <br />Hearings Official Decision (PDT 13-1, WG 13-1) 22 <br />