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Planning commission removes Neil Road frontage improvement requirement for Franklin Construction
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Summary
The commission approved an amendment to UP19-0003 (project UP26-0028) removing condition 18 after staff and public works reviewed an updated traffic study and concluded the previously required turn lanes on Neil Road are not warranted.
The Butte County Planning Commission on March 26 approved an amendment to a conditional use permit for Franklin Construction (project UP26-0028) that removes a previously imposed frontage-improvement condition tied to an asphalt batch plant.
Roland Hickel, senior planner with Development Services, said the amendment would remove condition 18 from the original permit (UP19-0003). That condition, recommended by Public Works following a 2019 traffic study, had required frontage improvements including a westbound right-turn lane and an eastbound left-turn lane along Neil Road to accommodate truck volumes anticipated when the batch plant was approved in 2019.
The applicant submitted an updated traffic impact study focused on truck volumes. Wendy Tyler, interim Public Works director, told the commission that Public Works reviewed the revised study and does not feel the turn lanes are necessary given updated traffic patterns and improvements made to landfill and access points since the original study. "We really do not feel that the turn lanes are necessary," Tyler said.
Based on the updated study and Public Works' recommendation, a commissioner moved to remove condition 18. The motion was seconded and carried on an aye vote. The amendment does not change the previously approved uses or operations under UP19-0003.
The commission also heard that the batch plant is presently operational and that the updated traffic analysis used equivalency factors for heavy trucks (daily equivalent trips approximately 330). Staff will update permit records to reflect the amendment.
