2013-050 - Addendum to the Final Environment Imapct Report No. 2006-01

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Driveway 2 is an existing driveway located off of East 1st Street. The driveway is restricted to right and left -turns in/right -turns out and is stop sign controlled. A total of 16 AM and 48 PM inbound peak hour trips and 27 AM and 16 PM outbound peals hour trips are projected. The projected eastbound left -turn movement, 6 AM and 19 PM peak hour trips, will utilize the existing 140' left -turn lane. The existing signal at East 181 Street and North Golden Circle Drive will provide adequate gaps for the left -turn movement. The driveway will access a 20' wide fire lane along the eastern property line and consists of one (1) inbound lane and one (1) outbound lane. A new gated entry into the existing parking garage will be installed approximately 260 feet north of East 15t Street. As shown on the proposed site plan, this distance is also the effective driveway throat. Therefore, Driveway 2 will be able to accommodate the projected trips. Both access drives provide direct access to the existing parking garage for the project that will accommodate resident and visitors parking needs. The north fire lane connects with the east fire lane to enable site circulation from Driveway 1 to Driveway 2. A drop - off/loading area is provided on the north fire lane approximately 80 feet east of Cabrillo Park Dative and a covered loading area is provided at the northeast corner of the project site. It should be noted that the existing Driveway 1 and Driveway 2 serves an existing 3- story commercial building and the project site was previously approved for 374 residential dwelling units and 8,957 square feet of specialty retail. The proposed project will generate fewer trips and have less impact at the existing driveways. Gate Stacking Analysis The County of Orange Environmental Management Agency (EMA) Standard Plan No. 1107 criteria is being utilized for determining the amount of vehicle storage length behind the garage entry gates for the proposed residential project. This standard requires that gates be set back between the prolongation of the near curb of any public street and the gate to provide one (1) foot per dwelling unit or a minimum of 100 feet of storage for entering vehicles to stack without interfering with the through movement along the adjacent public street. The project is served by two (2) parking garage entries that will be gated. Entry 1 is located off of the northern fire lane approximately 305 feet east of Cabrillo Park Drive. The gate is located at the face of the parking garage and is 22 feet wide that provides one 11 -foot inbound lane and one 11 -foot outbound lane. The entry widens to a 24 -foot parking aisle inside the parking garage, see Figure 6. It should be noted that the parking garage is existing. The only modification is a project feature that will install the gate at the face of the parking garage. Driveway 1 is projected to have 3 AM and 6 PM peak hour trips. The distance between the prolongation of the near curb along Cabrillo Park Drive and the gate is approximately 317 feet. Entry 2 is located off of the eastern fire lane approximately 260 feet north of East 1st Street. The gate is located approximately 38 feet inside the parking garage and is 24 feet wide that provides one 12 -foot inbound lane and one 12 -foot outbound lane, see Figure 7. The parking garage is existing and the only modification is a project feature that will install the gate inside the garage. Driveway 2 is projected to have 16 AM and 48 PM peak hour trips. The distance between the prolongation of the near curb along East 18t Street is approximately 290 feet.