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10 C. The review of all development plans to conform to the standards established for the CD District shall be carried out by the City's Zoning Administrator. Appeal of decisions shall be to the Planning Commission. -Circulation Due to the grid pattern of the street system, there are many traffic impacts involving non-residential traffic. The north side of the study area is impacted by increasing amounts of traffic through the residential neighborhood and will undoubtedly be further affected by future office development along Civic Center Drive. Due to the grid pattern of the streets in this area, there are no barriers to reduce this impact. An integral part of preserving the character of this neighborhood is to reduce non-residential traffic through the area where possible. This study proposes cul-de-sac treatments on three streets and neighborhood entryway treatments at two intersections. In determining which streets should be closed to through traffic, three criteria were considered: The extent to which residential streets must be used to move all types of traffic through the neighborhood to the nearest arterial streets. 2. The need for adequate emergency access, and The negative impact on local residents created by non-residential high traffic volumes. From this analysis, Baker, Freeman and Lowell Streets are recommended for closure at Civic Center Drive. All three streets have adequate through -access to other connecting streets and are easily served by Tenth Street via Westwood, Towner and Flower Streets for access from the south. Recommended Steet Treatments 1. Cul-de-sac Lowell Street 100 feet north of Civic Center Drive. 2. Cul-de-sac Freeman Street 100 feet north of Civic Center Drive. 3. Cul-de-sac Baker Street 100 feet north of Civic Center Drive. 4. Construct primary neighborhood entrypoint treatment at Towner Street at intersection with Civic Center Drive. 5. Construct primary neighborhood entrypoint treatment at Westwood Street at intersection with Civic Center Drive. 6. Implement traffic diverter on Louise Street at Civic Center Drive, (review after one year to assess effectiveness). 7. Proceed with a General Plan Amendment changing Washington Street from an arterial designation to a local street and implement traffic control measures to discourage non -neighborhood traffic. 8. Study neighborhood -wide traffic impact from new traffic sources from Civic Center area; recommend traffic control measures, (e.g. traffic diverters, stop signs, or additional street closures), to insure neighborhood integrity. l,..l.._. - g