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Staff Report September 19, 2013 <br />Additional Truck Routes <br />Background: <br />At the June 20, 2013 meeting, the Commission held a workshop to review the City's official truck route map <br />and discussed possible addition of new truck routes near South 161' Street north of Fairmont Parkway. <br />Later, the Commission directed staff to prepare a recommendation within the following options (alternatives): <br />• To remove the requirement from trucking terminal section of the ordinances, which restrict location of <br />trucking terminal directly adjacent to an authorized truck routes. <br />• To designate portions of West `F' and South 14'h Streets as additional truck routes. <br />• No change to the existing provisions of the ordinances <br />Pros & Cons of the above three Alternatives are listed in the table below: <br />Action (Alternatives) <br />Pros <br />Cons <br />Amendment to the Ordinances <br />. Allow additional <br />• Expect more truck terminals <br />(Allowing Truck Terminals <br />developments in LI zoning <br />. Traffic Congestion <br />anywhere in LI & HI zoning <br />districts <br />. Additional maintenance of secondary roadways <br />districts) <br />. Economic activity <br />. Shortage of viable LI zoned properties for non - <br />enhanced in short term <br />truck terminal development <br />• Better coordination <br />. Loss of long term tax revenues otherwise <br />between access and land <br />expected <br />uses is accomplished <br />. General impression as trucking town <br />NIMMINHIMEM <br />llep ]JV°tiPpeC. ty <br />6 A6ViouV fl "sdimt "section of w' iuls als Qli°i ck V° ute <br />(Map Change only) <br />oNN uec's to &vedop Idle <br />6 Chit 011' rGo dz trif°fic n11 Idle Chotllrlm,6�1d II nustn' c[ <br />pwjmJ tV lm oNN a YVeu fits <br />6 I�CM Jm "stwli'loe, SU'eet"s., atVkG,i <br />sun'f'2c [Yp �1t tdlk �ocntiou <br />i )isnnpt ef'fi 6eucy of' �I an;m �ut ies o dm' <br />[dIo w ugdzlann <br />ii n��nnn��;arnant� �nz� nz�nn�.. tdz�nn�nGn�udz�ann� nn�t���nn'�<���td� <br />dz n ��nnzand trla z:sp� tV ltlou systecnl <br />No Changes to the Current <br />• Compliance with the <br />• Loss of truck terminal activity <br />Ordinance <br />community's wishes <br />(Maintaining requirement for <br />. Consistent with the City's <br />truck terminals to be on truck <br />Land Use Plan <br />route) <br />. Improve overall <br />impression of the City <br />• No new interpretation is <br />required. <br />• Limit trucks & trucking <br />facilities to appropriate <br />roadways <br />• Less deterioration of <br />secondary roadways <br />• Generate more economic <br />activities & revenues for <br />the City <br />