(A) The city shall use the procedures listed below to determine compliance of an application for a development order with this concurrency management system for traffic. At the time of application for a development order, a concurrency evaluation shall be made to determine the availability of the facilities or services required to be concurrent prior to the issuance of the development order. An application for a development order shall provide the city or any entity with which the city is under contract to provide concurrency management system reviews with all information required to conduct the concurrency evaluation. Upon receipt of the development order application, the Planning Official shall perform the concurrency evaluation or review for each of the public facilities and services for which level of service standards have been determined, The review period for issuance of a certificate of traffic concurrency shall not begin until such time as the Planning Official has deemed the application complete.
(B) The following information is required for submittal to determine if adequate traffic capacity exists concurrent with the proposed development.
(1) Transportation facilities. The evaluation for roads shall compare the existing level of service standards to the adopted level of service standards established by the Comprehensive Plan for the impacted roads, pursuant to Rule 9J-5.0055(a), F.A.C., as amended.
(a) The evaluation shall address the need for new facilities and expansions of alternative transportation modes to provide a safe and efficient transportation network and enhance mobility.
(b) A transportation study shall be required if the proposed development meets any of the following criteria (the transportation study shall follow the requirements of division (B)(2) below).
1. The project or proposed development is determined to have impacts to any facility that is currently at or within 10% of the adopted level of service maximum volume.
2. The project or proposed development is projected to generate 100 or more peak-hour trips.
3. The project or proposed development meets any of the thresholds listed as 100 peak-hour trips in Table 1 of the Site Impact Handbook as produced by the Department of Transportation.
(2) Transportation study. A transportation study prepared by a Florida-licensed Traffic Engineer shall be required if the proposed development is determined to meet any of the criteria specified in Section 7 (6). The following requirements related to required transportation studies.
(a) Review. The Planning Official shall apply a concurrency evaluation to the subject property based on professionally acceptable trip generation characteristics as found in the most current edition of Trip Generation, published by the Institute of Transportation Engineers.
(b) Application meeting. An application meeting between the Planning Official and the applicant is required. The purpose of this meeting will be to review the methodology and procedure, and to determine the study area and study period.
(c) Define study area. The study area is defined as the primary impact area affected by traffic associated with the site. A study area will be established based on the average trip length associated with the land use, as set forth in the trip generation characteristics for that land use as approved by the Planning Official. The primary impact area will be approved by the Planning Official at the application meeting.
(d) Existing conditions. The following existing conditions shall be provided by the applicant:
1. Existing peak hour traffic volumes and level of service standards for all collectors and arterials within the study area; and
2. Existing turning movement at the impacted intersection(s) level of service.
(e) Sources of data. The required data shall be the most recent available. Traffic volumes shall be adjusted to reflect annual conditions using current FDOT seasonal adjustment factors approved by the city unless the project or proposed development is located within a tourist corridor, as defined at the application meeting. If so, then volumes shall be adjusted to a 13-week peak season.
1. The required level(s) of service for roadways shall be determined in accordance with the adopted level(s) of service given in the Transportation Element of the Comprehensive Plan. Specifically, the methodologies are provided in the most recent edition of the FDOT publication titled Florida’s Level of Service Standards and Guidelines Manual for Planning. The city shall adopt the LOS standards established by the DOT facilities on the Florida Interstate Highway System as defined in F.S. § 334.03, and the Strategic Intermodal System as defined in F.S. §§ 339.61 through 339.64.
2. The required intersection capacity(ies) shall be based on the most recent edition of the Highway Capacity Manual Special Report 209, as published by the Transportation Research Board.
(f) Projection of future roadway traffic. Traffic volume(s) shall be projected for each development phase including the year of project completion. Volumes can be determined using one of the following procedures:
1. Multiplying existing volumes by the annual growth factors provided by or on behalf of the city. Traffic generated by any major project approved since the traffic counts were conducted shall be used as background traffic data;
2. Multiplying existing volumes by an annual growth factor developed by the applicant and approved by the city. Traffic generated by any major project approved since the traffic counts were conducted shall be included as background traffic;
3. Using projections from an area modeling effort, when applicable; or
4. Methodology regarding projections of intersection(s) turn movements and level of service shall be established during the application meeting.
(g) Projection of traffic generation. The following procedures shall be provided.
1. To determine project traffic generation, the current edition of Trip Generation as published by the Institute of Traffic Engineers (ITE) shall be used, or trip rates may be obtained from studies of comparable sites or standards adopted by the city.
2. Identify all land uses, density and intensity of development and trip rates.
3. Any proposed reduction for internal capture of trips between land uses of a mixed-use project or for passerby trips shall be provided by the applicant at the application/ methodology meeting and shall be approved by the city.
4. Accident data, when required by the city or its designee.
(h) Projection of traffic distribution/ assignment. Project traffic distribution shall be based on reasonable and acceptable industry assumptions and methodologies as applied to the individual site(s) conditions to be approved by the city during the application/methodology meeting.
(i) Transportation system management strategies. A discussion of any proposed transportation system management strategies shall be included in the study.
(Ord. 532, passed 1-9-2007)