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<br /> `Approved development' means development for which zoning has been granted by the county. <br /> `Critical road area' means a geographical area where any of the transportation facilities serving the area <br /> <br /> have been determined by the council to be worse than the acceptable level of service. <br /> `Immediate vicinity of a proiect' means the azea in which transportation facilities will be required to <br /> miti at~imoacts caused primarily by the project <br /> `Level of service or LOS' means a qualitative measure describing operational conditions within a traffic <br /> stream and shall be determined using the procedures in the latest edition of the Highway Capaciri <br /> Manual Transportation Research Board. <br /> `Mitigation' means specific actions to reduce traffic congestion Mitigation is of two ripest `local <br /> mitigation' which consists of improvements to roads and intersections that are in the immediate viciniri <br /> of a proiect, including channelization of intersections tum lanes into a proiect and similar <br /> improvements `Area mitigation' consists of improvements which increase the capaciri of an arterial or <br /> other major road such as additional lanes in the general region containing the proiect or construction of <br /> anew arterial or collector road in the general area containing the proiect or improvements to public <br /> transportation such as buses or park and ride facilities sufficient to offset the traffic demand venerated <br /> by the proiect. <br /> `Occupancy' means (ll the issuance of a certificate of occupancy for a commercial, multifamily. <br /> industrial building hotel or other structure requiring a certificate of occupancy (2) the issuance of a <br /> building permit for residential buildings that do not require a certificate of occupancy or (3I final <br /> subdivision approval for subdivisions where dwellings are allowed. but dwellings are not being <br /> constructed before sale of any lot. <br /> `Project azea' means the azea in which the proiect is expected to have an impact on the level of service <br /> of transportation facilities. <br /> `Reasonable assumptions' means the percentage of full build-out that is expected to occur during the <br /> twenri-year period after the date of the application as determined by the planning director. <br /> `Transportation facilities' means State and County highways roads and public transportation facilities <br /> `Worse than the acceptable level of service' means that the level of service at the AM or PM peak is "E" <br /> or "F". <br /> (d) Traffic Impact Analysis Report Required <br /> (I1 A traffic impact analysis report (TIARI orepazed or updated within six months before the <br /> submission of the application shall be included with the application for any change of zone that can <br /> generate 50 or more peak hour trips The determination of peak hour trips shall be based on the Institute <br /> of Transportation Engineers "Trio Generation Handbook" or any other nationally recognized source. <br /> When the number of trips depends upon the exact future uses of the site, and those aze unknown at the <br /> time of rezoning (for example the types of commercial used the determination shall be based upon a <br /> 2 <br /> <br />