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Home My WebLink AboutResolution No. 98-23 RESOLUTION NO. R98-23 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FRI$NDSWOOD, TEXAS, PROVIDING FOR THE ADOPTION OF THE MAJOR THOROUOGHFARE COMPONENT OF THE PROPOSED COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, AS RECOMMENDED BY THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION, SAME TO BE A PART OF THE CITY'S COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. * * * * * * * * * * BE IT RESOLVED BY THS CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FRIENDSWOOD, TEXAS: Section 1. The Major Thoroughfare component of the proposed Comprehensive Plan, a true and correct copy of which is attached hereto as Exhibit "A" and for all things made a part hereof, is hereby adopted. Said Major Thoroughfare component of the proposed Comprehensive Plan shall become and comprise a part of the City's Comprehensive Plan, as recommended by the Planning and Zoning Commission, prepared June 1995. PASSED, APPROVED, AND RESOLVED this the 20th day of July, 1998. Mayor Harold L. Whitake City of Friendswood ATTEST: , � D loris McKenzi , T C City Secretary R98.23/LST03 EXHIBIT A THOROUGHFARE PLAN PURPOSES The Master Thoroughfare Plan serves as a guide for the designation of those streets within the street system which are to serve as the primary arteries for vehicular traffic. The system of major thoroughfares also has other uses or relationships in the urban area; among these are: • Develops the structure or framework around which the communiry is developed. In land use planning, the system is commonly referred to as the structural framework on which is woven the land use pattern. • The system provides the traf�c linkages between major areas in the community and the linkages between the community and adjacent areas. • Because the system is designed to carry high volumes of vehicular traffic, it is subject to attracting, along the corri- dors or at intersections between thoroughfares, business activities related to serving local and adjacent needs. • The system generally identifies homogeneous areas of land use which are often referred to as neighborhood areas. Because of the importance of the above factors, and other which can be developed to address the system's relationship to the community, it is imperative that the community plan and provide for a sound and 4.1 reliable thoroughfare system. ADOPTED PLAN The relationship and importance of the three highways - Edgewood Drive (F.M. 2351), Friendswood Drive (F.M. 518) and Parkwood Avenue (F.M. 528) -- has been discussed in the Baseline Analysis. Early on, these highways provided a framework around which the City's initial urban development occurred. The spacing between these facilities has allowed logical and homogeneous areas of land use to develop within the framework. The City of Friendswood adopted a Thoroughfare Plan in 1990. This Plan was built around the above highway system with each of the facilities functioning as a major street in the thoroughfare system. PLAN ELEMENTS There are two primary elements in the Thoroughfare Plan: the major and the minor thoroughfare. The function of the major thoroughfare is to move large volumes of traffic while the minor functions as a collector of traffic from the local streets and moves it along a continuous route to the major thoroughfare. In Friendswood, the more extensive collector street system is south of Friendswood Drive between Edgewood Drive and Parkwood Avenue. These streets are designed to have the right-of-way and are usually of a wider right-of-way and pavement width than a local street but less than the major. The design of a good residential area provides for the collector street system. Often, there are several types of cross sections for right-of-way and 4.2 pavement width in a Thoroughfare Plan which designates the thoroughfares. Each section reflects the thoroughfare's importance in the overall system. Usually, the thoroughfare's ability to handle traffic is indicated by the number of traffic lanes. The cross sectional standards used for the thoroughfares improved in the City - Friendswood Drive, Edgewood Drive, and Parkwood Avenue -- have been set by the State Department of Transportation. Black- hawk was already built as a thoroughfare when it was annexed into the City. THOROUGHFARE The adopted Thoroughfare Plan, with modifications, is shown by PLAN Figure 7. Major and collector streets are determined by their line width shown on the Plan. Alignments which are existing and open for use are shown as a solid line while future facilities are shown by a dashed line. In developing areas, the general location of the major or secondary is to be guided by this Plan with the final location being set by the development's street pattern. The following are features shown on Figure 7: • Thoroughfare Designations - The geographical area shown on the Plan extends beyond the corporate limits. Currently, the adopted plan graphics do not cross these boundaries. It is important for the City to establish on-going coordination with adjacent communities to develop continuity of facilities between the local systems. • Thoroughfare Routes - There are four routes to be deter- mined as vacant land is placed into urban use: (1) extension of Blackhawk north of F.M. 2351, (2) extension of West Bay 4.3 Area Boulevard with alignment to be coordinated with League City, (3) Britany Bay Boulevard from the east to the west city limits with coordination with Pearland for linkage to their Pearland Parkway, similar coordination with League City through the West property, and (4) establish the routing of the thoroughfare extending south of F.M. 518 crossing Britany Bay and linking to a route proposed by League City. All League City thoroughfare proposals which are dashed are shown in their Transportation Plan. Although at this time, probably not critical to League City's development of the vacant land adjacent to Friendswood, it is critical that Friendswood begin to establish alignments and be certain there is coordination, and communications are prevalent between the two cities in this manner. � A future major highway facility shown on the adopted Thoroughfare Plan is the Grand Parkway in the southern section of the City. The ultimate construction of this type of highway would be significant to the growth and development either side of F.M. 528. THOROUGHFARE The City of Friendswood has three new major thoroughfares to be STANDARDS developed in the future: (1) extension of Blackhawk north to Dixie Farm Road, (2) Britany Bay, and (3) the north/south thoroughfare in the vicinity of the Wesley West Cattle Company property. • Sections - For each route, since they all have regional characteristics, the type of standard or thoroughfare section 4.4 will likely be determined by agencies other than just the City. However, two features which need to be worked into each of the sections for local purposes is an adequate right-of-way width for the parkway and median area. This width should be sufficient to accommodate landscape planning for the purpose of aesthetics, sound attenuation and problems associated with pollutants. The Subdivision Ordinance 85-19 provides for the following rights-of-way to be established: Major thoroughfare 120 feet Collector 80 feet Commercial 80 feet Boulevard 80 feet Minor 60 feet To provide more flexibility for planning purposes, a range of right- of-way widths has been developed using the established widths from the ordinance. These ranges are shown on Figure 7. • Industrial and Commercial 5treets - The separate street section for streets in commercial and industrial districts is to accommodate trucks and other commercial vehicles. A minimum right-of-way of eighty feet provides adequate space for turning and maneuvering movement with the public right- of-way. • Bicycle Lanes and Trails - Space should be provided both on the major and secondary or collector street for the 4.5 bicyclist. The street sections for those streets indicated to function as links in the trail system shown on Figure 16 should be considered when thoroughfare rights-of-way are under consideration during review of subdivision plats. The alternatives for location of a trail within the right-of-way are shown on Figure 15. 4.6 I I � . I � � I I � I . 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