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Planning commission approves Pacific Landing Phase 1 preliminary plat with fire-access and traffic stipulations
Summary
The Jonesboro Metropolitan Area Planning Commission approved a preliminary subdivision for Pacific Landing Phase 1 (105 lots on 33.04 acres) with conditions requiring an 80,000-pound-rated access road, a speed table at the phase line and raised crosswalks at a nearby intersection.
The Jonesboro Metropolitan Area Planning Commission on Tuesday approved preliminary subdivision plat approval for Pacific Landing Phase 1, a proposed 105-lot residential subdivision on 33.04 acres at Pacific Road and Kathleen Street.
City planner Daryl (last name not specified in the record) told the commission the proposal meets subdivision requirements but recommended approval be conditioned on several traffic and fire-access measures. The commission approved the preliminary plat subject to those stipulations.
The commission's conditions require the developer to construct an 80,000-pound-rated road for fire access to Kathleen Street as part of phase 1, install a speed table at the phase line on Thrasher Drive between phases 1 and 2, and build raised crosswalks at the intersection of Thrasher Drive and Mary Grace Drive. Applicant Garrett Dunham of Fisher Arnold confirmed the developer will construct the road as part of phase 1 and said a separate western access in phase 2 is planned to satisfy fire-code separation requirements for the parcel.
Staff noted the parcel's two existing access roads to Pacific Road do not meet separation requirements for the size of the parcel; the additional west access in a later phase will address that requirement, while the 80,000-pound-rated road is required now so fire apparatus can reach the Phase 1 area.
Commissioners questioned the applicant and staff about placement and timing of the traffic-calming measures. Staff explained the speed table and raised crosswalks are intended to slow traffic on a long, straight section of Thrasher Drive that stretches for more than a quarter-mile. Commissioners also discussed whether the city has written standards for speed tables; staff said the mayor's office and the traffic control committee use speed counts and other measures to determine when a table is needed but that a single written technical standard for new speed tables in subdivisions is not in force.
The commission voted to approve the preliminary subdivision. The meeting record does not provide a roll-call vote tally or the name of the motion maker; the approval was recorded by voice vote and confirmed on the record.
The developer will follow the planning department’s subsequent permitting and engineering reviews before submitting construction plans and progressing to final plat stages.
A copy of staff's recommended stipulations and the preliminary plat will be part of the planning department file for Pacific Landing Phase 1.
