Title
Final Location, Character and Extent review of streetscape improvements to N. 10th Street between E. Main Street and E. Cary Street.
Body
To: Planning Commission
From: Urban Design Committee
Date: April 21, 2014
APPLICANT
Todd Hopkins, Department of Public Utilities
LOCATION
N. 10th Street, between E. Main Street and E. Cary Street
Property Owner:
City of Richmond
PURPOSE
The application is for the final location, character, and extent review of new street trees, stormwater planters, pedestrian streetlights and stamped asphalt crosswalks along N. 10th Street between E. Main and E. Cary Streets.
SUMMARY & RECOMMENDATION
This project involves the installation of new street trees and pedestrian scaled streetlights on both sides of N. 10th Street between E. Main and E. Cary Streets, as well as new crosswalks at the intersections. In July 2011 the Urban Design Committee recommended and the Planning Commission granted approval of a previous iteration of this project. More detailed review of the subject block, including topographic and utilities surveys, caused the plans to be altered.
This project results in a significant reduction of impervious area from the right-of-way in this block and will provide water quality treatment for over 34,000 square feet of drainage area from the right-of-way. It is the opinion of the Committee that these benefits, combined with a healthier long-term installation for the street trees and a consistent streetscape, outweigh the loss of the existing street trees.
The Committee continues to find the proposal to be directly supportive of one of the key recommendations of the Downtown Master Plan that "streetscape elements should be used to highlight 10th Street as a special street and to create a visual connection from the Capitol to the River". The Committee also finds the proposal to be consistent with the recommendations of the Urban Design Guidelines and with the previous project approval by t...
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