AgdaPkt 2017-01-09 Closed and Joint

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7.A. - Page 5 Commission approve five Guideline deviations related to ground floor building length, tandem parking, recessed storefront entrance configuration, Building Middle Cap dimensions, and Building Top fagade offset. Staff has determined that the Revised Project is consistent with the regulations and intent of the DTPP. The project meets all required Standards related to use, height, setbacks, and architectural style. However, the Revised Project would still require the five Guideline deviations from the approved Project. The deviations would not, in and of themselves, create any additional impacts, and in fact help to create a cohesive and authentic Contemporary architectural design. Further, the proposed project would not create a significant adverse impact on the adjacent historic resource. Staff concludes that the deviations in the Revised Project are consistent with the approved Project and would not affect the AAC's recommendation for approval. Project Traffic Analysis As part of the project -by -project environmental review, all applicants must submit a Traffic Impact Analysis (TIA). The TIA examines how much traffic would be generated from a specific development project, and how the traffic would distribute to nearby intersections. The TIA then compares the results to the cumulative trip projections in the DTPP EIR. Hexagon, a local transportation consulting firm hired by the Applicant, submitted the TIA for the Project. The TIA examined the following five intersections: Jefferson/Veterans Main/Veterans Main/Bradford Jefferson/Marshall Main/Marshall The TIA describes the Project as adding relatively little traffic to each of the five nearby intersections, and the overall potential effect on traffic operations as being minimal. In order to help reduce vehicle trips to and from the site, the Project also includes a Traffic Demand Management (TDM) Plan. Typically, Applicants are only required to submit the TIA described above; however, given recent interest in downtown traffic conditions, the Applicant submitted an additional traffic report detailing existing trip data for three of the nearby intersections (Jefferson/Veterans, Main/Veterans, and Main/Bradford). Intersection trip data was collected in March 2016 for the intersections at Jefferson/Marshall and Main/Marshall as part of the analysis for the 2075 Broadway development project that was approved by the Planning Commission on April 19, 2016. All of the intersection trip data was compared to the 2010 Existing Conditions and the 2030 Cumulative scenario studied in the DTPP EIR. The findings of these studies were as follows: The intersections at Jefferson/Veterans, Main/Veterans, and Main/Bradford exhibited lower AM and PM peak hour volumes than the 2010 Existing Conditions.