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TRAFFIC ANALYSIS <br />Rezoning Petition - g95-06 <br />PIN# 5539-03-6803 <br />23.63 acres <br /> <br />This petition proposes to change the current zoning classification from High Density <br />Residential to General Industrial land use. To illustrate the traffic impact potential of <br />each zoning type two typical land use scenarios will be compared. General Industrial uses <br />include many options. However, truck terminal and distribution facilities have been <br />chosen for this comparison because they are similar to surrounding uses. This use is <br />contrasted to High Density Residential which equates to 18 units per acre.. Each of these <br />land uses has different characteristics distinguished by vehicle type, traffic volume and <br />activity hours. The maintenance and preservation of traffic safety is the number one <br />transportation related focus of this review. <br /> Truck tern-dnal and distribution facilities involve some passenger vehicle activity, <br />however, the primary issue with this land use is with the large tractor-trailer commercial <br />trucks. Due to the need to access interstate and highway systems in a safe manner, these <br />types of industries are best clustered approximately one mile away from high use <br />transportation facilities such as US601~ This allows the trucks to get up to traffic flow <br />speed for entrance from road interchanges. The proximity of this site is an advantage to <br />truck facility usage because it allows for the big rigs to attain proper speed along NC49 <br />for entrance on to US601. Additionally, the sight distance is good which contributes to <br />traffic safety. <br /> This property fronts NC49, a facility that is scheduled and funded for widening to <br />four lanes~ Truck and auto traffic generated from this site will not currently or post <br />improvement adversely impact this system. On site improvements would be required to <br />allow adequate movement of these large vehicles. An adequate driveway width for easy <br />exit and entrance would also be required. The minimum NCDOT standard driveway <br />width for teritfinal facilities is 50'. Offsite improvements should include acceleration and <br />deceleration lanes. This would allow the safe movement of trucks out of the lane of traffic <br />before executing their turn into the site. <br /> <br /> A High Density Residential land use on this site, as it is currently zoned, will yield <br />18 unites per acre. The total size of the site is 23.63 acres with an approximate buiidable <br />area of 75% or 17.72 acres. This could produce about 320 units. Based on the Institute <br />of Traffc Engineers (ITE) Trip Generation Manual, for post 1973 construction, during an <br />average week day, the trip rate of 6.14 trips/unit/day is used, or about 1950 total trips/day. <br />Most of these trips will be commuters exiting the site by a lef~ turn crossing on coming <br />traffic moving west to Charlotte for employment. On the return trip home they will be <br />traveling east and making a right turn into the subdivision. <br /> With two large truck terminal facilities located immediately to the east and north of <br />the site there is already a large amount of the trucks entering and exiting NC49. These are <br />in competition with the existing passenger vehicles sharing the road. The addition of more <br /> <br /> <br />