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1985-16467-Ordinance No. 85-029 Recorded 8/14/1985Ir S5-16467 143L 65 FAG[ 415 BEFORE THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF DESCHUT�;S An Ordinance Amending Ordin- ance No. PL -16, the Sisters Urban Area Comprehensive Plan,* As Amended. ORDINANCE NO. 85-029 THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF DESCHUTES COUNTY, OREGON, ORDAINS as follows: Section 1. That Section of Deschutes County Ordinance No. PL -16, Sisters Urban Area Comprehensive Plan, as amended, en- titled "Transportation" is hereby amended to read as set forth in Exhibit "A", attached hereto and by this reference incorporated herein. Section 2. That the Transportation Plan Map marked Exhibit "B", attached hereto and by this reference incorporated herein, is hereby adopted as the Transportation Plan Map for the Sisters Urban Area Comprehensive Plan. DATED this day of 1985. BOR OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF SCHUTES COUNTY, OREGON CE'"A. TATTLE, Chairman ATTEST: LOIS B ISTO P TE, Commissioner 914, _; - zv �, . w60A0; . o, Records g Secretary D MA LIN, Com issioner 1 - ORDINANCE NO. 85-029 « EXHIBIT "A a VOL 65 PA! F 416 TRANSPORTATION Transportation is the means by which to move goods and services as well as to move tourist and local consumer traffic. The transportation impact on Sisters plays a key role in its identity and economic structure since nearly all traffic to and from the west must travel through the city. Air Commercial air service is provided at Roberts Field in Redmond, 20 miles to the east via Highway 126. Horizon Air provides two daily jet flights, one northbound and one southbound. In addition, general aviation support facilities are available through the fixed base operator to include charter flights, flight training and aircraft maintenance and service. Sisters Airport (a private airfield) provides a 3,550' X 50' --paved an('. unlighted runway (2-20). The airport is unattended and does not offer fuel nor provide any services. The airport supports locally based aircraft and primarily accommodates recreation oriented traffic. Continued development of recreation oriented developments, principally Black Butte and Indian Ford Ranches, will place increased demands on airport support functions. The airport has certain operational limitations, which are associated with runway orientation and prevailing winds and high elevation terrain some 2,000 feet northeast of Runway 2. THE ROAD NETWORK SYSTEM There are three primary roles for a road network: traffic mobility, land access (access to property) and provision for utility service lines (water, sewer, electricity, etc.). There are five basic road classifications used for all County roads, based on the type of service they provide: 1. Principal arterial - carries the major portion of trips entering and leaving the urban area and outlying rural and recreation area. 2. Minor Arterials $ a. Urban minor arterial - interconnects with and augments e principal arterial system and provides service to intra-urban/intra-community areas. b. Rural minor arterial - connects with the principal arterial system an forms the rural road network that links cities and rural service centers. SISTERS TRANSPORTATION ELEMENT. Page -1- VOL 65 far• 417 S. 3. Collector street - provides service and traffic circulation etween residential neighborhoods and the arterial street system with limited access. 4. Local street - provides access to property abutting the public right-of-way; this includes vehicular and pedestrian access. Moving traffic is a secondary function of a local street and it should not carry through traffic. 5. Alley - a public way through the middle of a block giving access to the rear of parcels or buildings. Highways and Roads U.S. 20/Ore. 126 (Santiam Highway), a primary State Highway, intersects with Ore. Highway 242 (McKenzie Highway) at the western city limits and continues eastward as Cascade Street through the City. East of the city limits, opposite Sisters City Park, the highway splits into Ore. Highway 126 (Redmond Highway) and U.S. Highway 20 (Bend Highway). These highways are two-lane uncontrolled access systems, with on -street parking on both sides of Cascade Street, within the city limits. The western uncontrolled intersection of Highways 20 and 242, due to the acute angle of intersection, presents a safety problem for merging traffic, particularly eastbound traffic on Highway 20. The eastern intersection of Highways 20 and 126, presents problems in approach alignment, sight distance and interchange of traffic in both east and west directions. Due to the State Highway Division policy of closing the McKenzie Pass Highway (242) during the winter period because of snowfall, th`s route is only open 4-6 months out of the year. This highway functions primarily as a summer scenic route and is not destined to become principal carrier of intra -state traffic. Average daily traffic (ADT) volume since 1967 has increased significantly on the Santiam Highway west of the City limits, The McKenzie Highway, along Cascade Street and along the Redmond and Bend Highways to the east. See Table No. 14. Due to on -street parking and the lack of refuge lanes for turning movements on Cascade Street, traffic congestion is a problem, particularly on weekends, the summer season or when a major activity occurs in the community. SISTERS TRANSPORTATION ELEMENT Page -2- F VOL 65 pAcE Vg TABLE NO. 14 MAJOR HIGHWAY AVERAGE DAILY TRAFFIC McKenzie Highway - US 126 1967 ADT 1972 ADT 1977 ADT 1982 ADT :01 mi .01 mile east (Bailey Ditch Rd) 150 190 410 610 .02 mile west 680 770 790 830 U.S. Hwy 20/Santiam Hwy/Ore 126 .30 mi north of McKenzie Hwy. 1900 2950 4150 4300 :01 mi east of Elm 2400 2900 4000 4900 5900 .02 mi east of Locust Street 2700 3550 4350 5200 .01 mi southeast of Ore 126 1500 1950 2450 3500 Redmond Highway - Ore 126 .01 mi east of McKen.-Bend Hwy. 750 1350 1650 1800 Source: Oregon Department of Transportation; Highway Division Local Streets Most of the street rights-of-way in the central section of the community is 80 feet and surfaced with a 20 to 22 foot wide asphaltic paving. Curbs, gutters, drainage system and sidewalks are only partially provided. Ordinance provisions now require these improvements as a part of all new site plans. The 80 foot rights-of-way provides ample opportunity for easy expansion of traffic -carrying capacity, increased on -street parking, and street beautification through landscaping of parking strips. Traffic volume data is not available for the city street network, however, county figures are provided for Three Creeks Lake Road (Elm Street and Forest Service Road 16) at the junction of Brooks Logging Road approximately one-half mile south of the city limits. The 1983 ADT was 454 vehicles. Significant collector streets are Camp golk Road, called Locust Street within the City limits, providing access to the airport (Sisters Eagle Air Inc.), Indian Ford Ranch, and general access nor war ; and Squaw Back Road, called Pine Street within the City limits, also providing access northward, and Three Creeks Road, ca'led Elm Street within the city limits, providing access southward. SISTERS TRANSPORTATION ELEMENT Page -3- VOL 65 FACE �a GOALS: 1. To provide and encourage a safe, convenient and economic transportation system. 2. To consider alternative transportation modes and needs in terms of environmental impacts, public costs, social consequences, energy conservation and impact on the local economy. 3. To develop short and long term solutions to the ever- increasing major highway traffic volume in the business section of the community and the associated problems "of on -street parking and turning movements. 4. To continue development of an urban area system of arterial, collector, and local streets to move traffic efficiently -=to and from all functional areas of the city and provide for their logical extension to future development areas. 5. To provide for an ongoing review of the Transportation Element. FINDINGS 1. The present transportation system for the Sisters Urban Area is inadequate for local and through traffic. 2. The timing, location and expansion of the transportation system are important factors affecting future urbanization. 3. The majority of the community's future movement will occur over street rights-of-way, whatever the mix of transportation modes. The private motor vehicle will be the major mode of transportation throughout the planning period. A significant second mode of transportation will be non -motorized. 4. A major concern of the community regarding the transportation system is the need to maintain and improve the livability of residential areas in the face of increasing population and transportation requirements. 5. Traffic congestion on Cascade Street, which carries all highway traffic through the City, is a critical problem. 6. The needs of persons who have limited transportation choices will require special consideration in the planning of the transportation system. SISTERS TRANSPORTATION ELEMENT Page -4- • > c VOL 65 7. Transportation is a major consumer of increasingly scarce energy resources., 8. On -street parking along Cascade Street results in major conflicts between local cross traffic and through traffic. 9. A one-way traffic couplet is one possible solution to reduce traffic congestion along Cascade Street. 10. Side streets having 80 foot rights-of-way provide good potential parking areas for the CG, General Commercial and RH, High Density Residential zoning districts. 11. The Oregon State Highway Department maintains Cascade Street between the curbs. The City of sisters is responsible for Cascade Street from the curb to the right-of-way line. 12. The City of Sifters does not have an adequate maintenance program for repair of streets and sidewalks. 13. The City does not have a storm drain system to dispose of snowmelt ponding and storm run-off. 14. Most existing arterial, collector, and local streets do not meet current adopted urban road standards. 15. Cascade Street is not capable of accomodating the projected traffic for the planning period without major modification. 16. Public transit services are not available for the Sisters Urban Area other than through inter -city bus lines. 17. A few bicycle paths or pedestrian lanes exist in the Sisters Urban Area. 18. Sisters Eagle Air Inc. provides a runway for local business and recreational purposes. 19. Commercial air service is provided at Roberts Field in Redmond. 20. Financing to meet transportation needs is a critical problem. POLICIES Road Systems: 1. In order to reduce or eliminate congestion on Cascade Street, the City and State Highway Department should develop a program to separate directional traffic, utilizing Hood Street for eastbound traffic, and Cascade or Main Street for westbound traffic. SISTERS TRANSPORTATION ELEMENT Page -5- VOL 65 J?j W. 2. The major traffic -carrying streets shall be Camp Polk Road (Locust St.), Three Creeks Lake Road (Elm St.), U.S. Highway 20 and Oregon State Highways 126 and 242. These streets will be connected by a "beltline" system of collector and local streets. 3. All Development proposals adjacent to arterials within the Urban Area shall have turnouts for school buses and for heavy ingress and egress traffic. Turnouts should be provided by County and State departments at particular scenic areas. 4. The proposed road at the north urban growth boundary will be built as development occurs in the area. The cost of construction is to be borne by the adjacent property owners. (Adopted by Board of County Commissiones 7/31/85.) Parking: 5. Off-street parking shall be provided in. and/or near all_q-- commercial, professional, industrial, and institutional areas. Non -Motorized Transportation: 6. A bicycle/pedestrian system shall be incorporated into the Transportation Element of the Sisters Urban Area Comprehensive Plan. 7. Citizens shall be encouraged to utilize alternate methods of travel to facilitate energy conservation and reduce traffic congestion. 8. Development plans for new residential areas shall include trails and/or paths that provide access to the community, pedestrians, equestrians and bicyclists. Public Transportation: 9. The City of Sisters along with the State Highway Division, County, School District, and other agencies should work together with organizations and individuals for development of an adequate public transportation system, with connections between residential areas, schools, shopping, open space, parks and government facilities within the Urban Area. ADOPTED: Sisters City Council - March 14, 1985 Board of County Commissioners - July 31, 1985 SISTERS TRANSPORTATION ELEMENT Page -6- Commisioners' Journal This record is not scanned or microfilmed. 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