The purpose of this article is to manage traffic so as to:
(1)
Provide for the orderly movement of traffic, reduce accidents,
allow adequate emergency response and maintain adequate and safe streets;
(2)
Discourage the use of neighborhood streets as shortcuts by promoting
the use of arterial and collector streets;
(3)
Encourage the use of traffic engineering design standards appropriate
for a residential suburban community;
(4)
Encourage private sector participation in managing traffic;
(5)
Create and maintain safe and convenient pedestrian access and
bike paths;
(6)
Encourage the use of public transit, car pools and van pools;
(7)
Promote clean air by reducing exhaust emissions.
For the purposes of this article the following terms shall have
the following meanings:
ADEQUATE CAPACITY
Level of Service (LOS) D or better on every major approach
for arterial and collector streets; LOS C or better for residential
and subcollector streets.
CAPACITY OF AN INTERSECTION
The maximum number of vehicles which can reasonably be expected
to be processed through an intersection or street segment during a
one-hour peak time period.
DESIGN YEAR
The fifth year after a development is scheduled to be completed.
EXCEPTIONAL PEAK PERIOD
An exceptional hourly, daily or seasonal period of trip generation
(i.e., the December holiday).
IMPACTED STREET
A residential or subcollector street or intersection receiving
25 or more peak hour trips from a development; a collector arterial
street or intersection receiving 50 or more peak hour trips from a
development.
LEVEL OF SERVICE (LOS)
A measure of the operating conditions of an intersection
or street segment ranked on a scale from LOS A (optimum) to LOS F
(failing) as defined in the Highway Capacity Manual, latest edition,
Transportation Research Board.
PASS-BY TRIPS
The number of trips captured by a land use from existing
traffic on an adjacent street.
SIGNAL PHASE
That part of a traffic signal's time cycle allocated to a
traffic movement or a combination of movements (including exclusive
pedestrian movements) receiving the right-of-way simultaneously.
ARTERIAL COLLECTOR
An interregional street with an ADT of more than 5,000 conveying
traffic between centers.
COLLECTOR
A street carrying large volumes of traffic (maximum ADT of
5,000) between arterial streets and residential and subcollector streets
and having limited direct access to lots.
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SUBCOLLECTOR — A street with a maximum ADT of
1,000 to 2,000 which provides access to lots and carries residential
traffic to collector and arterial streets.
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RESIDENTIAL
A street with low traffic volume (maximum ADT of 1,000) which
provides frontage for access to lots and carries traffic with destination
or origin on the street itself.
STUDY AREA
An area which encompasses all impacted streets.
TRIP
A single or one-directional vehicle movement.
TRIP ASSIGNMENT
Assignment of development generated and through trips to
municipal streets and a development's driveways.
TRIP RATE
The number of trips per unit of independent variable (e.g.,
trips per dwelling unit, employee or square footage).
Article
XIV shall apply to every application for a special permit (SP) or site plan review (SPR).
If the SPGA determines that its conditions on traffic are not
being met, the SPGA shall require the applicant to bring the development
into compliance.
If the SPGA finds that any section or provision of this article
does not apply, it may be waived by vote of the SPGA.
Should any section or provision of this article be declared
to be invalid, said section or provision shall not invalidate any
other section or provision of this article.