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Home My WebLink AboutWD-92-92 THE CORPORATION OF THE TOWN OF NEWCASTLE REPORT Meeting: GENERAL PURPOSE AND ADMINISTRATION COMMITTEE File#11EA 113 9(1, Date: DECEMBER 7, 1992 Res. # Report#:__WD-92-92_ File #: B. 0 1. 15 .0 2 By-Law# Subject: REQUEST FOR THE DELETION OF SIDEWALK ON THE WEST SIDE OF BOINNYCASTLE DRIVE, BOWMANVILLE Recommendations: It is respectfully recommended that the General Purpose and Administration Committee recommend to Council the following: 1. THAT Report WD-92-92 be received; 2 . THAT sidewalks be constructed on both sides of Bonnycastle Drive as originally planned; and 3. THAT Pat Cull be advised of Council's decision and be provided with a copy of Report WD-92-92 . ---------------------------------------------------------------- REPORT 1.0 ATTACHMENTS No. 1: Key Map No. 2: Petition from residents of Bonnycastle Drive, Bowmanville No. 3 : Neighbourhood Plan No. 4: Front and Rear Yard Setback Diagram 2.0 BACKGROUND 2 . 1 At a regular meeting held on October 13, 1992, Council passed Resolution #C-660-92 : /2 J REPORT NO. : WD-92-92 PAGE 2 "THAT the petition dated October 6, 1992, from residents of Bonnycastle Drive, be received; THAT the petition be forwarded to the Director of Public Works for review and preparation of a report to be submitted to the General Purpose and Administration Committee; and THAT Pat Cull be advised of Council 's decision. " And a further Resolution #C-661-92 : "THAT the foregoing Resolution #C-660-92 be amended by adding the following words to paragraph 2 : 'including a review of the Town's Policy regarding setbacks of homes in new developments . — 2 .2 The Petition: The petition is a request from residents on the west side of Bonnycastle Drive, Plan of Subdivision 40M-1686 (Attachment No. 2) , to delete the proposed sidewalk on the west side of the street. The residents have indicated that when they purchased their homes, the drawings on display in the real estate sales office did not show a sidewalk on the west side of the street.. I . . . /3 I U U C I REPORT NO. : WD-92-92 PAGE 3 3.0 REVIEW AND COMMENT 3 . 1 Design Criteria: Town Design Criteria requires that roads with Collector Street status have a 10. 0 metre pavement width and sidewalks on both sides of the street. Also, the Municipal Engineers Association recommends sidewalk on both sides of Collector Streets . 3.2 Eight Local Streets, School and Commercial Development: When ultimately completed, Bonnycastle Drive will be approximately 850 metres in length and contain 97 single family dwellings. Bonnycastle Drive will also serve as a collector street for eight (8) local streets on which there will be about 250 homes . All vehicular and pedestrian traffic must use Bonnycastle Drive to exit the subdivision. In addition, Bonnycastle Drive will provide a pedestrian link and vehicle access to parks, schools and commercial development (Attachment No. 3) . 3 . 3 Board of Education: The Northumberland and Newcastle Board of Education has advised that there is a possibility school buses will be stopping to pick up and drop off school children on the west side of Bonnycastle Drive. Children are usually required to walk to designated boarding points where they are picked up in large groups . For this reason it would be desirable to have sidewalks on both sides of Bonnycastle Drive. i 4 I 1 00 . REPORT NO. : WD-92-92 PAGE 4 3 . 4 Purchasers Preference: Purchasers of new homes often request lots on the side of the street where sidewalks will not be installed. The absence of sidewalk allows the boulevard portion of the driveway to be utilized for additional parking. The absence of sidewalk allows the boulevard portion of the driveway to be utilized for additional parking and there is no sidewalk to be shovelled in the winter months . 3 .5 Engineering Drawings: The first submission of the engineering drawings from the developer's engineer proposed the construction of Bonnycastle Drive as a local street with sidewalk on one side only. This design was not adequate as it failed to recognize that the future combination of vehicular and pedestrian volumes warranted the construction of Bonnycastle Drive as a collector street with sidewalk on both sides. The consultants ' engineer was directed to revise the drawings to provide for a 10 . 0 metre road width and sidewalks on both sides . The revised drawings were then approved by Town staff. 3 . 6 Not Approved Drawings: The residents have stated that the drawings which were on display in the sales office did not show a sidewalk on the west side of Bonnycastle Drive. Obviously, the drawings on display were not the approved drawings . 3 . 7 Sidewalk Limits Parking: The residents have indicated that the installation of sidewalks on the west side will limit the parking area in their driveways and contribute to additional on-street parking. . . . /5 f 1009 REPORT NO. : WD-92-92 PAGE 5 All of the houses constructed or proposed on Bonnycastle Drive have double driveways that provide two parking spaces and a garage that provides an additional third parking space. 3 . 8 Sidewalk Partially Constructed: It should be noted that a sidewalk has been constructed on the west side in front of 11 of the 28 lots in Phase 1 of Plan 40M-1686 . The locations are illustrated on Attachment No. 1. 3 . 9 Front Yard Setbacks: The zoning on Bonnycastle Drive requires a minimum 6 . 0 metre front yard setback and a minimum 7 . 5 metre rear yard setback. The 6 . 0 metre front yard setback adequately accommodates the length of one parking space (5 . 7 m) . The lots on Bonnycastle Drive have a depth of approximately 33 .5 metres . The houses have front yard setbacks at the minimum required 6 . 0 metres . The rear yard setbacks range between 8 . 0 metres and 12 . 0 metres (Attachment No. 4) . Increasing the front yard setback to 12 . 0 metres would provide two additional parking spaces; however none of the homes would then conform to the minimum required rear yard setback of 7 .5 metres . Unless the depth of lots in subdivisions is increased, it is not feasible to increase the front yard depth to provide for additional parking. 4.0 CONCLUSIONS 4 . 1 From the above, it is concluded that since the collector street provides service to the neighbourhood, sidewalk is warranted on both sides of Bonnycastle Drive. . . . /6 REPORT NO. : WD-92-92 PAGE 6 Respectfully submitted, Recommended for presentation to the Committee, /VVI Walter A. Evans, P.Eng. , Lawrence E. Kots f Director of Public Works Chief Administr t've Officer ASC*hj 1 November 19, 1992 Attachments pc: Pat Cull 64 Bonnycastle Drive Bowmanville, Ontario L1C 4S8 i 1011 PHASE 1 W 4-0M - 1 686 84 HARTWELL AVE. 82 MEADOWS 80 7 78 9 �7 76 77 � ;:7�E3 75 Z 0 c 71 68 69 MIR t CANDLER COURT 62 65 Q \60 63 fit ii 32 34 36 38Q 48 5256 59 BONNYCASTLE 55 PRESTONWAY DRIVE 53 51 27 29 31 33 35 37 F39 41 43 45 47 existing locations of sidewalk MINIM proposed location for sidewalk as per signed engineering drawings. 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MEADOWS UTURE UMMERCIA m N Z Q E D I U N D E N S I T Y- =''CANDLER COURT (2.269 ha—5.61 acJ J J a _8.....NNYCA.... PRESTONWAY DRIVE S S 1 8 L E S H 0 0 L — (2.024 ha—5.00 P A R (1.617 IBANEZ — BASELINE O HOLDINGS Q FUTURE PUBLIC SCHOOL FUTURE PARK i C:\ATTACHS\SUBD\BOWWST DRAWN BY: JM DATE: NOV. 1992 ATTACHMENT N0, 3 WD-9292 AVERAGE LOT DEPTH — 33.5 METERS 5.0 M. MINIMUM MINIMUM HOUSE SETBACK co o SETBACK 7.5 M. c 6.0 M. DEPTH OF HOUSE RANGES C) FROM 15.5 M. TO 19.5 M. o -D T' m _< TYPICAL � REAR YARD Fri SETBACKS 8 TO 12 METERS--- L�-c Ln CIO - C D d o � I - N O CO Cfl Z�7