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i Item No. 1 PC: 4-15-93 SA-93-4 Page 4 west of the orchard is about 600 feet from the subject parcel property line. Since this is a permitted use in an agricultural zone,the use is not expected to conflict with the surrounding land uses. TraW Access: Jack Tone Road has an existing right-of way of 80 feet and a planned right-of-way of 84 feet. The Department of 'Public Works is requesting frontage improvements to be constructed in ototforrnance with the standards for one-half of a 84-foot-wide right-of-way rural arterial road. Construction of the frontage Improvements may be deferred. The site has direct access on Jack Tone Road and proposes a common driveway for the existing. packing shed and the proposed cherry packing shad with a 35 foot-wide paved driveway for both Ingress and egress. The design of the common driveway allows the tracks to access the adjacent sites wkhoiA impeding the flow of traffic on Jack Tone Road. The Department of Public Works Is requiring that the radii and width of the driveway approaches be improved to allow trucks to make legal turning movements to and from Jack Tone Road. The Department of Public Works Is also requiring acoelemdottand deceleration lanes at the primary driveway and an acceleration lane at the sarthemmost driveway to improve the speed differentials of the through traffic and the merging or turrdrtg traffic. A traffic study, completed by Omni-Means in March 1993, analyzed the potential traffic impacts "f associated with the development of the proposed additional cold storage for the Sierra Hills packing facility and the proposed adjacent cherry packing shed with cold storage. The study daterrnined the traffic associated with the current operation of the existing packing facility,which locludes the processing of apples, pears,and cold storage of asparagus. The study determined that at project buildout, PM peak hour traffic would increase by approximately 70 trip-ends over existing apple packing operations. This would occur during the cherry season when there are more employees working on the cherry line. The study noted that the kxxease in the on-site cold storage facilities will eliminate the need'for off-siterstorage. Consequently, the number of shuttle truck trips to move the fruit back and forth from existing storage facilities located in Stockton and Lodi will be dominated. The traffic audy included an evaluation of the accident history for Fairchild Lane and the relationship between the proposed packing facility operations and the potential for increased vehicular oordIL-M at the curve on Fairchild Lane, east of Vignolo Road. Based on the number of reported accidents and the existing traffic volumes being carried by Fairchild Lane,the accident rates are below statewide averages for expected accidents on similar facilities. It was noted that there Is a concentration of reported accidents near or In the Fairchild Lane curve, and the majority of the accidents were due to excessive speed. The study noted that the 25 MPH warning signs which are looted on the approaches to the curve are appropriate for the radii of the curves. The study also noted that the Increased traffic volume on Fairchild Lane at the curve would be approximately 32 vehk*m In the PM peak hour and 321 vehicle movements on a daily basis for only the period when cherries aro being processed. There is no expected increase in large truck traffic on Fairchild Lane as a result of the proposed project, sine all large trucks are dispatched via Jade Tone Road. Any track traffic along Fairchild Larne will be the result of trucks hauling fruit from orchards in the Fairchild Lane area.