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Acceptance of River Park Drive as a Public Road
Lebanon City Council Meeting
May 18th, 2011
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River Park Drive
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RIVER
PARK
DRIVE
ROUTE
10
CRAFTS
AVE.
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River Park Drive
This issue is before the City Council because the current
zoning
ordinance doesnt allow a private driveway servicing a
Central
Business District or Industrial zone to go through a
Residential
zone. A public highway is not subject to this restriction, and
so
Lyme requested that River Park Drive be accepted as a City
street
based on the options suggested by Lebanons legal counsel and
Lebanons Codes Enforcement Director (letter attached,
9/16/10).
In keeping with the City Staffs recommendations, and
subsequent
correspondence with the Planning Office that said the road
issue
needed to be addressed before our Final Subdivision
Application
could be deemed complete, Lyme requested that the City
Council
Conditionally Accept River Park Drive as a Public Street on
April
6th, 2011.
Mr. Lewis May 3, 2011 recommendation is that the City
Council
not accept the road as a public street, and states that there is
no
public benefit to making this a public street.
We dispute this characterization, and believe that River Park
Drive
represents significant public benefits for the City of
Lebanon.
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Public Benefits of River Park Drive
8. Improved traffic flow on Route 10 by providing two
entrances/exits to the project with dedicated turn
lanes.
Dedicated Turn Lanes
Public Access to CT River
1. Safe, Convenient and Public Access to the
Connecticut River.
Intermodial Transit2. Improved Park & Ride and Bus Transfer
in
cooperation with Advanced Transit.
Expanded Tax Base
3. Expanded municipal tax base created by River Park.
Revitalize Old West Leb
4. The increased demand for services in Old West
Lebanon.
New Jobs
5. Expanded job opportunities construction and
permanent for the residents of Lebanon.
Improved Traffic Safety
6. Improved traffic safety along Route 10 by relocating
existing curb-cut to the north for better site-lines.
Protects Crafts Avenue
7. Protection of the residential character of Crafts
Avenue by limiting access to River Park commercial/
residential development to Route 10 only.
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RIVER
PARK
DRIVE
ROUTE
10
CRAFTS
AVE.
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The Residential Zone In Question
R-3
The R-3 lot that River Park Drive runs through is in fact part
of the
River Park site plan and subdivision application, and is owned
solely
by XYZ Dairy, LLC.
There is no impact on any other landowner. There are no
other
residences affected by this road, and there is currently no
development proposed for this tract. The two existing
homeowners
that flank River Park Drive support the new location of the curb
cut
on Route 10.
The R-3 portion of the XYZ Dairy site in question, based on
the
current drafts of the Citys revised Master Plan and Land Use
Map, is
to be re-zoned to Mixed Use (MU) thereby rendering the issue
moot.
