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`Aaaroved develoament' means develoament for which zonine has been Eranted by the <br /> coun <br /> `Critical road area' means a geoeraphical area where any of the ~ <br /> <br /> transportation facilities serving the area have been determined by the council to be worse than <br /> <br /> the acceptable level of service(,''°°°'' <br /> `Immediate vicinity of a proiect' means the area in which transportation facilities will be <br /> required to miti¢ate imaacts caused primarily by the aroiect. <br /> `Level of service, or LOS' means a qualitative measure describine operational conditions within <br /> a traffic stream, and shall be determined using the procedures in the latest edition of the Highway <br /> Capacity Manual, Transportation Reseazch Boazd. <br /> `Mitigation' means specific actions to reduce traffic congestion. Mitigation is of two types: <br /> `local mitigation' which consists of improvements to roads and intersections that are in the <br /> immediate vicinity of a project, includin¢ channelization of intersections, turn lanes into a <br /> proiect and similar improvements[~ndl. `[regienel] Area miti atg ion' [~vhiehl consists of <br /> improvements which increase the capacity of an arterial or other major road, such as additional <br /> lanes, in the general region containing the project, or construction of a new arterial or collector <br /> road in the general fre~ien] area containin the project,[°~a -°'-~°w °'-°--m D'°^ <br /> <br /> €ae-i}ities-niat~l or improvements to public transportation such as buses or park and ride facilities, <br /> sufficient to offset the traffic demand venerated bXthe proiect. <br /> `Occupancy' means (1) the issuance of a certificate of occupancy for a commercial, multifamily, <br /> industrial buildine, hotel or other structure requiring a certificate of occupancy; (2) the issuance <br /> of a buildingpermit for residential buildings that do not require a certificate of occupancy; or (3) <br /> final subdivision approval for subdivisions where dwellings are allowed, but dwellings aze not <br /> being constructed before sale of ft~ke-letsl any lot. <br /> `Project area' means the area in which the proiect is expected to have an impact on the <br /> level of service of transportation facilities. <br /> `Reasonable assumptions' means the percenta¢e of full build-out that is expected to occur <br /> durine the twenty-year period after the date of the aaplication, as determined by the <br /> planninE director. <br /> `Transaortation facilities' means State and Coupty hiehways, roads, and aublic <br /> transportation facilities. <br /> `Worse than the acceptable level of service' means that the level of service at the AM or PM <br /> peak is "E" or "F". <br /> 2 <br /> <br />