(A)
Purposes
and Findings.
(1)
New
development shall be supported by an adequate network of thoroughfares.
(2)
Thoroughfares
are an essential component of the City’s street network and
are necessary to accommodate the continuing growth and development
of the City.
(3)
It
is necessary and desirable to obtain rights-of-way for off-site, abutting,
and internal thoroughfares to support new development at the time
of platting or development.
(4)
The
City desires to assure both that development impacts are mitigated
through contributions of thoroughfare rights-of-way and improvements
and that a development project is not required to contribute more
than its fair share of thoroughfare costs.
(5)
It
is the City’s intent to assure that dedications of thoroughfare
rights-of-way and thoroughfare construction requirements are proportional
to the traffic demands created by a new development.
(6)
It
is the intent of the City that a road adequacy determination be made
concurrent with approval of development applications.
(B)
Applicability.
(1)
A
Traffic Impact Analysis (TIA) may be required whenever it is determined
by the Director of Transportation that the proposed development has
the potential to generate a high number of vehicle trips per day that
may adversely affect the City’s transportation network.
(2)
The
method of preparing the TIA shall be determined by the Director of
Transportation.
(Ordinance 6773 adopted 5/19/15)
TIA and Update Required. When required
by the Director of Transportation, a TIA shall be submitted with an
application for a change in zoning, a Preliminary Plat, a Final Plat
or review and approval of Site Engineering Drawings, whichever occurs
first in the development or redevelopment of a land parcel. An updated
TIA shall also be submitted with the Final Plat, and shall be generally
consistent with the TIA submitted with the Preliminary Plat, if applicable.
The initial TIA shall be also be updated whenever the plan for the
proposed development is modified to authorize more intensive development,
such as through a request for a change in zoning.
(Ordinance 6773 adopted 5/19/15)
(A)
The Director
of Transportation shall evaluate the adequacy of the TIA and shall
make recommendations concerning:
(B)
The Director
of Transportation may withhold issuance of a Site Permit where the
surrounding roadway network is determined to not be adequate for the
proposed development, and may impose one or more of the following
remedies:
(1)
Delay
or phasing of development until thoroughfares with adequate capacity
or intersection improvements are constructed;
(2)
The
dedication or construction of thoroughfares or traffic-control improvements
needed to mitigate the traffic impacts generated by the proposed development;
or
(3)
Any
combination of any of the above.
(Ordinance 6773 adopted 5/19/15)
