oakleigh-concerns-PUDhearing.txt <br />potenti al 'doubl i ng (or more) of automobile traffic up. and <br />down the street will certainly increase our concern over <br />safety for our children as well as their friends and the <br />kids of our neighbors. Furthermore, the increase i-n traffic <br />on oakleigh will likely lead to noticeable congestion at:the <br />intersection with River Road. A commercial parking lot at <br />this intersection has an inlet/outlet on oakleigh, and cars <br />traveling to the two businesses here often turn from River <br />Road (left) and make a quick right into the parking lot; <br />while they are not on oakleigh for long in this scenario, <br />such traffic does impede exiting oakleigh to travel south on <br />River Road. This is especially noticeable because there is <br />no traffic light at our intersection,'so getting on to River <br />Road in general at peak hours (either traveling south or <br />north) can be challenging. More cars means a potential <br />increase in the back-up of vehicles leaving our street. <br />Additionally, over a year ago a neighbor of ours was <br />involved in a serious car accident while turning left onto <br />River Road from oakleigh; another driver, turning left from <br />Marion Lane (west side of River Road) did not stop properly <br />at the stop sign before commencing her turn and struck our <br />neighbor head=on (he was in the middle of his turn).- This <br />accident highlighted for us residents of oakleigh the <br />potentially dangerous intersection here (streets offset, <br />with no traffic control device), and an increase in <br />automobile-traffic on our street is only going to increase <br />the possibility.of future incidents. while the increased <br />number of daily trips that the development will bring to <br />oakleigh does not apparently trigger a formal traffic <br />evaluation, there is no doubt that more cars going up and <br />down.the street will impact those of us who live here. we <br />see these potential safety issues as examples of how the <br />increased density presented by the 0MC poses far more than <br />minimal impacts on the neighborhood as it exists. <br />"9.8320 (13) The proposed development shall be reasonably <br />compatible and harmonious with adjacent and nearby land <br />uses." <br />our concerns with this-section of the code have to <br />do with the ways that the current development plan of 28 <br />units spread across 7 residential buildings (more with a <br />common house and sheds). and the attendant <br />parking/infrastructure scale is inconsistent-with the <br />Page 2 <br />1081. <br />