18 - Master Thoroughfare Plan Amendment from a Minor Arterial to a Major Collector Roadway on Fitzhugh Avenue Norht of Clement to NE Loop 286

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Item No. 18 TO: Mayor, Mayor Pro -Tem and City Council Grayson Path, City Manager FROM: Andrew Mack, AICP Director Planning & Community Development SUBJECT: Public hearing to consider and take action regarding the petition City of Paris for a Master Thoroughfare Plan Amendment from a Minor Arterial Roadway to a Major Collector Roadway on Fitzhugh Ave., North of Clement Rd to NE Loop 286. MTG. DATE: July 25, 2022 BACKGROUND At its meeting held on July 5, 2022, the Planning & Zoning Commission recommended approval of this City initiated change to the Master Thoroughfare Plan. Staff reviewed the above segment of the Master Thoroughfare Plan in relation to the new approved DPI Subdivision at the NW intersection of Fitzhugh Ave and Clement Street NE. The current plan calls for an Arterial Roadway Classification and the Development Staff Team and P&Z finds this classification inside the loop to be unrealistic and unnecessary. It also would have negatively impacted the planned development of the subdivision site now planned for 3 duplexes under the City's 5 In 5 Infill Housing Development Program. Therefore it is recommended that the roadway functional classification should be reduced to a Major Collector requiring 60 ft. of ROW width which is consistent with the existing roadway. RECOMMENDATION Staff and the P&Z recommends approval of the Minor Amendment to the Master Thoroughfare Plan from a Minor Arterial Roadway to a Major Collector Roadway on Fitzhugh Ave., North of Clement Rd to NE Loop 286.