f oakleigh-concerns-PUDhearing.tx.t <br />potential-doubling (or more) of automobile traffi-c up and <br />down the street will certainly increase.-our conce-rn over <br />safety for.our children as well as their friends and the <br />kids of our neighbors. Furthermore, the increase to,t-raffic <br />on oakleigh will likely lead to noticeable congestion at=the <br />intersection with River Road. A commercial rarking lot at <br />this intersection has an inlet/outlet on oaleigh, and cars <br />traveling to-the two businesses here often turn from River <br />Road (l eft) 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 oakleiggh 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).-.. Thi s <br />accident highlighted for us residents of oakleigh the <br />potentially dangerous intersection here (streets offset, <br />with no traffic contro-1 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 />oakl ei gh - 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 OMc 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 />