[Added 7-14-1998 by Ord. No. 972]
A. Traffic impact study. All conditional
shall prepare a traffic impact study for review by the Township officials and consultants. The objective of the traffic impact study is to provide the Township enough information to properly determine:
(1) The impact generated by the proposed
on the Township
network.
(2) The capital
to existing transportation facilities that will be needed because of additional traffic volumes generated by the proposed land
in order to maintain the existing level of service.
(3) The traffic safety problems that may be generated by the proposed land
.
B. Minimum contents. As a minimum, the impact study should include the following:
(1) Existing twenty-four-hour and peak hour traffic volume data for
providing direct access to the proposed land
and for all impacted adjacent
and intersections. The Township may request data for other locations if warranted.
(2) Estimates of the total number of vehicle trips to be generated by the proposed land
for a typical twenty-four-hour period and typical a.m. and p.m. peak periods. Data shall be collected for a minimum two-hour period during a normal, weekday, non-holiday period for both a.m. and p.m. peaks.
(3) Assignment of future twenty-four-hour and peak-hour volumes to the
that will serve the proposed land
based on the estimates from Subsection B(1) above and estimate of normal growth in overall traffic volumes. The impact study must include traffic estimates from other nearby land
.
(4) Projected twenty-four-hour and peak-hour turning movement data for all access points proposed for the land
.
(5) Capacity analyses of major intersections in the Township which will be impacted by the additional volumes generated by the proposed land
.
(6) Data about existing accident levels at these intersections categorized by accident type for each intersection.
(7) Descriptions of, and cost estimates for the
to
,
and intersections that will be required in order to avoid problems of traffic congestion and traffic safety that might be generated by traffic from the proposed land
, including all locations which will have an expected peak-hour increase of 50% or more or carry 10% or more of traffic to the proposed
.
(8) Cost estimate of any proposed
that will be required.
(9) Description of any actions proposed or offered by the applicant to alleviate any burdens caused by the impact of the proposed land
on the transportation network. Such actions may include ridesharing (carpooling or vanpooling), transit service and flexible work hours.
(10) Provisions for transit stops.
(11) Written text to interpret the information and data presented in terms of the aforementioned objectives.
C. Organization of report. The traffic impact study findings should be labeled as consecutively numbered exhibits and properly referenced throughout the text of the documents. The report shall be written in a manner and style that clearly focus the information, data and analysis on the issues mentioned above. Sources of all data must be appropriately documented. The name and title of the preparer is required. The preparer must be a licensed engineer experienced in transportation.