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Hold a public hearing and consider approving an Ordinance that amends Section 21-1-107, Article 21-1, and Section 21-8-804, Article 21-8 of Chapter 21, Lawton City Code, 2015, by modifying the definition of knuckle and modifying figure 4.1, providing for severability, establishing an effective date and allowing floor amendments.
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INITIATOR: Charlotte Brown, Director of Planning & Community Services
STAFF INFORMATION SOURCE: Kameron Good, Senior Planner
BACKGROUND: The current code has a fifty-four (54) foot radius from the center line for the property lines and a forty-two (42) foot radius from the center line for the street curb. The current code does not allow for any offset from the center line. The proposed change would lower the radius requirements to fifty (50) feet and forty (40) feet while also allowing for an offset from the center line of up to ten (10) feet. The interior curve radius would increase from twenty (20) feet to twenty-five (25) feet and thirty-five (35) feet.
A developer has submitted phase two for their subdivision which has an offset on the proposed knuckles. After review by all necessary departments the contractor was made aware of the dimension requirements from figure 4.1. They informed staff that phase 1 of the subdivision was approved with the exact same offsets as currently being requested. In accordance with the truth north culture statement, the staff researched the current dimension requirements. After further review there are several knuckles, on plats across the city, that have offsets that do not comply with the current figure. The new figure was reviewed and recommended for approval by public works, public utilities, and the fire marshal's office. Page two provides the proposed definition change.
Below is the proposed change to the definition:
"Knuckle" means the bulge toward the outside corner of a bend in the right-of-way of between eighty (80) and one hundred (100) degrees that allows for...
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