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Commission split over left-turn-lane waiver for Wrights Mill Road subdivision; motion to uphold staff denial fails 3–6
Summary
Developers sought a waiver of a required left-turn lane for a 19-home subdivision; applicant cited low peak-hour left-turn volumes, while staff pointed to design-manual requirements for collectors; commissioners voted 3–6 against a motion to uphold staff’s denial of the waiver.
A contested appeal over a traffic-waiver request for a small development on Wrights Mill Road exposed a split among Auburn planning commissioners over whether engineering standards or warrant analyses should determine turn-lane requirements.
The applicant, represented by Brett Basquin of the Foresight Group, told the commission the development would generate about four left-turn movements in the AM and PM peak hours and that neither a left nor right turn lane is warranted under typical…
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