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Posted: April 24, 2020
Rapid City
Agenda Item Summary

Agenda Item Ref. #: PW042820-09

Agenda Item Title:

Request from Davis Engineering, Inc. for a variance to waive the requirement to install sidewalk along Deadwood Avenue, Rapid City, per City Ordinance 12.08.060.

Origination Group:
Public Works Committee
Origination Meeting Date:
04/28/2020
City Council Hearing Date:
05/04/2020
Petitioner:
Davis Engineering
Staff Contact:
Eric Mack
Location:
1811 Deadwood Ave
Agenda Item Summary:
The original sidewalk variance request was received in the Engineering Office on December 30, 2019 requesting the requirement to install sidewalk along Deadwood Avenue per City of Rapid City Ordinance 12.08.060 be waived. A five-foot wide sidewalk is required to be constructed along Deadwood Avenue, at the time of building permit, with the property having approximately 344.8 feet of frontage along Deadwood Avenue. Deadwood Avenue has been identified, as per the Rapid City Community Walk Audit of 2014, as a corridor that is in need of sidewalk. There are worn paths along the edge of the road where people have worn the grass away from walking. At this time there is no sidewalk between I-90 and West Chicago, however, there are a few properties that are redeveloping and have plans to install sidewalk as well. There are no physical hardships that are preventing the property owner to install the sidewalk. This original variance request was denied by City Council on January 21, 2020. In the new sidewalk variance letter Davis Engineering talks about the slow business due to the Corona Virus and the sidewalk being a financial burden, there have been no changes made to the plans, and yet this has not slowed the construction of the new cold storage building. The South Dakota Department of Transportation will be reconstructing the Deadwood Avenue / West Chicago Street intersection, this will be the start to bringing sidewalks up Deadwood Avenue. Public Works is in the process to bring forth a conceptual plan for future installation to bring sidewalks along the Deadwood Avenue corridor. Public Works staff is unable to support this request, and continues to recommend denial of the sidewalk variance request. Funding Source & Fiscal Impact

Funding Source & Fiscal Impact (if applicable):

Funding Cost Center

Recommendations:

Origination Recommendation Action:
Reject

Attachments & Links to Download:

pdf PW042820-09 Variance Deadwood Ave

Published in 2020 - PW Agenda Items
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