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(3) The TIAR shall include proiections for future growth in traffic for a minimum of five, ten, and twenty years and shall include other approved or proposed development that is expected to impact the proiect area with reasonable assumptions about the build-out of such development. (4) The TIAR shall present an assessment of the impacts of the project on LOS and an evaluation of alternative Mans for mitigating those impacts The evaluation shall include budeetazv cost estimates for the capital and operating costs of promising alternative plans. (e) Mitigation Required. ~l If the LOS for any transportation facility in the proiect area is (1) currently worse than the acceptable level of service or (2) proiected to become worse than the acceptable level of service dunne the five year period of the TIAR any rezoning of the property if approved shall contain conditions that re~c uire mitigation of adverse traffic effects before occupancy of the project is permitted or that occupancy be delayed until the level of service has reached the acceptable level and is no longer protected to be worse than the acceptable level. ~2) Where the LOS deficiency is due to roadway or intersection deficiencies in the immediate vicinity of the protect the conditions of zoning shall require local mitigation Where the deficiency in LOS is due to insufficient capacity in the transportation facilities serving the proiect area, the conditions of zoning shall require area miti at~on. i3) If there is more than one way to mitigate an adverse effect the director shall present to the council the pros and cons of the alternatives. (fl Mitigation requirements will be deemed satisfied when: (1) a public agency has committed funds for area mitigation that will remove the LOS deficiency In the case of the State commitment of funds means that the governor has released funds to complete the improvement In the case of the County commitment of funds means that the council has appropriated funds to complete the improvement; or (2) the private developer's commitment to implement mitigation has been secured by bond or equivalent security or mandatory participation in an improvement district community facilities distnct, or other equivalent means of suazanteeingperformance. (g) A developer's azea mitigation expenses shall be credited against any fair shaze or similaz fee requirement for roads A developer's local mitigation expenses shall be credited against any fair shaze or similar fee requirement for roads if the council determines that the mitigation substantially benefits the e~neral public and was not necessary primarily for the benefit of the proiect In eeneral roads that are necessary for access to or within a development or turn lanes for a private proiect shall not qualify for fair share credit. (h) The following types of rezoning applications shall be required to submit a TIAR when required by this section but shall not be required to perform area mitigation: 3