Citywide traffic calming standards
Summary
Residents described cars flying down Leith and Norfolk Avenues and feared the restaurant would make it worse. The board added conditions to permanently close the Westchester Avenue driveway, close one Vivian Avenue access, and explore a speed hump on Leith and a stop sign at Westchester/Norfolk, pending engineering review.
At a glance
- Total mentions
- 3
- Last 30 days
- 0
Last discussed Jul 7, 2026.
Impact analysis
Any speed hump or stop sign work would be evaluated for impact-fee credit and possibly included in the Community Benefit Agreement.
Families on Norfolk, Leith, and surrounding residential streets, especially those with children playing outside.
Until improvements arrive, residents continue to face backed-up intersections and speeding cut-through traffic through their streets.
Mentions & discussions (3)
Planning and Zoning Board - Jul 7, 2026
Residents described cars flying down Leith and Norfolk Avenues and feared the restaurant would make it worse. The board added conditions to permanently close the Westchester Avenue driveway, close one Vivian Avenue access, and explore a speed hump on Leith and a stop sign at Westchester/Norfolk, pending engineering review.
Transportation Advisory Board - May 18, 2026
The new subcommittee will inventory the city's traffic calming policies, weigh consistency and cost, and explore alternatives like driver feedback signs — with board members questioning the 85th-percentile-plus-7 mph threshold for residential calming. Recommendations come back to the full board.
Planning and Zoning Board - May 5, 2026
Both public hearing items turned on existing traffic problems: residents on Kentucky Avenue near Denning Drive and on the Eastgate streets behind Lander Road described cut-through traffic, dangerous intersections, and speeders. The Fairbanks developer will dedicate right-of-way for a westbound left-turn lane onto Denning, and the car wash denial hinged on unresolved traffic questions.
Related development
CU #26-04 — Restaurant and Café at 1560 N. Orange Avenue
Residents get a rebuilt park gateway and landscaping but worry about traffic and noise; the fine-dining restriction blocks a future sports bar.
860 W Fairbanks Ave Conditional Use — former RV dealership southern parcel
The project comes in far under what zoning allows — 19.4% floor ratio versus 43% permitted, one story versus three — and the developer will dedicate right-of-way for the long-sought westbound left-turn lane onto Denning Drive.
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