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It 1\, i! ~ ,.... Page -5- ICN has provided the following estimate of daily volumes of truck traffic likely to be generated by the proposed facility: North Broadway Drivewavs Barbours Cut Driveways Near term: 30-40 trucks daily 60-80 trucks daily 75-85 trucks daily 150-170 trucks daily Long term: ---7' ICN's General Plan (Exhibit C) indicates four (4) driveways. The primary (truck) access connects to Barbours Cut Blvd. While the placement of this drive complies with Zoning Ordinance requirements, the driveway width, at twenty four (24) feet is too narrow. Widening this drive to at least thirty (30) feet will bring it into compliance with Zoning Ordinance requirements. (See ExhiBit G). The City's thoroughfare plan (City of La Porte Comprehensive Plan Vol. I Exhibit F) classes Barbours Cut Blvd. as a Secondary Arterial. Barbours Cut is developed as a four (4) lane boulevard with a grassed center median. Based on information currently available, this road appears capable of accepting, without undue disruption of traffic flow, the additional traffic likely to be generated by the I.C.N. complex. The three (3) North Broadway drives, while secondary will still handle a significant amount of daily truck traffic as well as the majority of the daily automobile traffic. These drives, as proposed, will meet all applicable Zoning Ordinance requirements. The thoroughfare plan however, designates North Broadway as a "Local Collector" Street. A "Local Collector" is a street which is primarily intended "to distribute local traffic within neighborhood areas (See Exhibit F) ." North Broadway, in accordance with its intended purpose, is designed and constructed to primarily accommodate local automobile traffic. I.C.N. is currently working with Harris County, who has jurisdiction over this section of road, on upgrading a section of Broadway running from Barbours Cut Blvd. to the southern most I.C.N. driveway entrance (See Exhibit I). The improvements currently proposed consist of an upgrading of the road base and surface as well as the addition of a left turn lane at Barbours Cut. North Broadway is to remain a two lane road. The Broadway Barbours Cut intersection is to remain a four-way stop. Item three (usable open space) is primarily a consideration in residentially oriented PUD' s and is not applicable to this request.