A traffic impact study shall be required for any of the following projects:
A. 
Any multifamily project:
1. 
In the R-4 zone;
2. 
That is likely to add forty-three or more peak hour trips; or
3. 
Multifamily project with forty or more units.
B. 
Any mixed-use project:
1. 
That includes more than forty multifamily residential units;
2. 
With ground-level multifamily residential units; or
3. 
That is likely to add forty-three or more peak hour trips.
C. 
Mixed use projects located in the mixed commercial (CM) zone combining residential and nonresidential uses in the same building or building site.
This chapter shall not limit the effect of any other requirements under local, state, or federal law.
(Ord. 2109 § 5, 2016; Ord. 2155 § 5, 2018)
A. 
A licensed traffic engineer, retained by the city at the applicant's sole expense, shall prepare the traffic impact study. The project applicant shall submit the traffic impact study to the department of public works as part of the project application.
B. 
The traffic impact study shall determine the current and projected (with project) levels of service and volume-to capacity ratio at all potentially affected intersections within a one-mile radius of the proposed project. The levels of service shall be based on Table 1 of the Circulation Element of the General Plan using the Intersection Capacity Utilization method.
C. 
Traffic impact study shall also determine the current and projected (with project) impacts at the following California Department of Transportation off-ramps within a three-mile radius of the project site utilizing strict Caltrans guidelines:
1. 
WB 105 off-ramp to Hawthorne Blvd.
2. 
WB 105 off-ramp to Prairie Ave.
3. 
WB 105 off-ramp to Crenshaw Blvd.
4. 
EB 105 off-ramp to 120th St.
5. 
NB 405 off-ramp El Segundo Blvd.
6. 
SB 405 off-ramp to La Cienega/El Segundo Blvd.
7. 
SB 405 off-ramp to El Segundo Blvd.
8. 
NB 405 off-ramp to Rosecrans Ave.
9. 
SB 405 off-ramp to Rosecrans Ave.
10. 
SB 405 off-ramp to Hindry Ave.
(Ord. 2109 § 5, 2016)
A project specified in Section 14.04.020 shall satisfy the following traffic impact development standards:
A. 
The proposed development will not increase intersection capacity utilization by:
1. 
0.01 or more at an intersection operating at an E or F level of service;
2. 
0.02 or more at an intersection operating at a D level of service; or
3. 
0.04 or more at an intersection operating at a C level of service.
B. 
The State Department of Transportation's "Guide for the Preparation of Traffic Impact Studies," December 2002. (See www.dot.ca.gov/hq/tpp/offices/ocp/igr_ceqa_files/tisguide.pdf)
(Ord. 2109 § 5, 2016)
If the study determines that the project will cause traffic impacts that exceed the development standards in Section 14.04.060, the applicant shall either: (1) alter the proposed project to conform to those standards; or (2) include specific traffic and roadway improvements to address the traffic generated by the project.
(Ord. 2109 § 5, 2016)