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REQUEST FOR COUNCIL CONSIDERATION Agenda Section: 7• ST A F REPORT Report Number: 93-49SWS 1117B6 May3, 1993 Report Date: 4-29-93 AGENDA SESSION DATE DISPOSITION Item Description: Discussion of City Street Standards Administrator's Review/Recommendation: - No comments to supplement this report - Comments attached. Explanation/Summary (attach supplement sheets as necessary.) ,SUMMARY; The City's Comprehensive Plan lists the functional classification of streets in the City. It also recommends that streets be developed consistent with metropolitan standards. The Municipal Code lists standard right of way widths in Chapter 42, Subdivision Regulations. The Municipal State Aid rules published by Mn/DOT list the street standards for MSA designated streets. There is no document that gives similar standards for City streets. This is a first review of suggested street standards. The Municipal State Aid rules establish standards for collector and arterial streets designated to be part of the MSA system. The recent changes to these standards allow slightly narrower widths than in the past, while accomadating the traffic needs on collector and arterial streets. Travel lanes are required to be 11 feet in width. On collector streets, parking lanes need to be 8 feet in width and where there is no parking allowed a 2 foot wide buffer is required between the travel lane and the curb face. On arterial streets, parking lanes need to be 10 feet in width and a 4 foot wide buffer is required where there is no parking. Staff recommends that the MSA standards be adopted for streets not on the MSA system that are classified as collector or arterial streets. Local streets are designed as links to the higher classification streets and may be designed for lower volumes and lower speeds. Therefore, staff recommends that the standards require travel lanes of 10 feet in width and parking lanes of 6 feet in width; if there is no parking, a 2 foot buffer should be included. Examples will be presented at the meeting. ra Ric 'net•r, Director of Public Works/City Engineer RECOMMENDATION;