An application for a Comprehensive Plan amendment, a rezoning or site plan approval of a proposed development shall determine the impact of the project by the following procedures:
(A) A traffic impact analysis shall be prepared by the developer or his or her designee that includes a projection of the gross daily trips to be generated by the project and the distribution of the trips onto adjacent streets. Institute of Traffic Engineers trip generation rates or another approved source shall be used as the basis for trip generation calculations.
(B) A development may be defined as de minimus if the development is anticipated to generate less than 1,200 gross daily trips. No additional concurrency analysis will be required for de minimus developments.
(C) A traffic study is required if the development is anticipated to generate more than 1,200 gross daily trips. If a traffic study is required, the traffic study analysis should be conducted following the procedures defined in Table 1: Traffic Study Requirements/Guidelines and Table 2: Traffic Study Assumptions.
(D) Both de minimus projects and projects requiring a traffic study shall provide, at a minimum, the following level of service calculations at each project access point during the p.m. peak hour:
(1) A determination of need and length of turn lanes at project driveways consistent with the city’s Land Development Code; and
(2) A determination of need for traffic signals or other traffic control devices at project driveways.
(E) Traffic analysis shall be conducted consistent with Table 2: Traffic Study Assumptions and shall be prepared using generally accepted traffic analysis standards and guidelines.
(Ord. 998-08, passed 2-11-2008)