For the purpose of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
ADJUSTED DAILY TRAFFIC VOLUMES. Correction to reflect seasonal variations on a month-to-month basis within a year and/or day-to-day within a given week (e.g., traffic patterns will differ from weekends to weekdays and from summer [vacation] months to winter).
AVERAGE DAILY TRAFFIC or ADT. The total volume of traffic crossing a fixed point (for example, the boundary of a project) over a 24-hour period, averaged over some period of time.
DISCRETIONARY APPROVALS. Approvals attained at public hearings before the Fairfax Planning Commission or Town Council, as required by this code and this title, including, but not limited to the following: use permits, variances, design review, grading permits, tentative subdivision maps and master plans authorized under the Planned Development and Single-Family Residential Master Plan zoning districts.
INTERSECTION, IMPACTED. Those intersections that regularly experience atypical traffic volumes, which require special study and standards.
LEVEL OF SERVICE or LOS. A measure of the conditions existing under various speed and volume conditions on any highway or street. These levels of service, designated “A” through “F,” from best to worst, cover the entire range of traffic operations that may occur.
LEVEL OF SERVICE, ACCEPTABLE. The acceptable level of service for signalized intersection of the principal circulation system is level of service “D.” For unsignalized intersections, the ACCEPTABLE LEVEL OF SERVICE shall be as designated by the Town Council.
PRINCIPAL CIRCULATION SYSTEM. The system of roads and highways and associated intersections shown on a map adopted by a resolution of the Fairfax Town Council.
PROJECTED TRAFFIC. Traffic demand projected for five years from the date of the traffic report, based on estimates of future development provided by the town and other public agencies.
ROADWAY SEGMENT. An entire length of roadway between intersections or a portion separate from an intersection.
TOWN. The Town of Fairfax.
(Prior Code, § 17.30.020) (Ord. 352, passed - -19
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; Am. Ord. 553, passed - -1986)