(A) Responsibility.
(1) The county will prepare or contract for preparation of any traffic studies. When submitted by the applicant, the study shall be reviewed by an independent consultant hired by the county or the county itself, and paid by the applicant through the county.
(2) The developer shall deposit with the county funds for all costs prior to county preparing any required traffic studies.
(B) When required.
(1) Unless waived by the County Engineer, the county shall prepare a written traffic study for a development project when traffic caused by the development project is expected to exceed 50 trip ends during any day.
(2) (a) At the request of the County Engineer, the county shall prepare a written traffic study for a development project when traffic caused by the development project is expected to be less than 50 trip ends during any day.
(b) If traffic is less than 50 trip ends during any day, a traffic study will not normally be prepared unless there are special extenuating circumstances, such as traffic safety concerns.
(C) Supplemental study required. The county may prepare a supplemental traffic study if, after preparing an original traffic study for any development project, the property use is changed so that total trip generation is increased by more than 15%.
(D) Content. To provide consistency and facilitate review, the following format shall be followed for organizing information gathered, traffic assumptions, analysis, findings and mitigation measures:
(1) Introduction;
(2) Existing circulation system;
(3) Existing traffic conditions;
(4) Trip generation;
(5) Trip distribution and assignment;
(6) Traffic impacts;
(7) Cumulative traffic conditions;
(8) Cumulative impacts; and
(9) Mitigation measures.