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• <br /> Q4ti <br /> PROPOSED ORDINANCE AMENDMENT <br /> ORDINANCE: Zoning Ordinance <br /> REFERENCE: Article 22 DEFINITIONS <br /> ORIGIN OF AMENDMENT: ix_ Staff x_ Planning Board <br /> BOCC Public <br /> Other: <br /> STAFF PRIORITY RECOMMENDATION; High Middle_x_Low <br /> Comment: -- <br /> EXPECTED PUBLIC HEARING DATE: November 23, 1987 <br /> PURPOSE OF AMENDMENT: Article 22 will be amended by adding <br /> definitions of terms used in the <br /> traffic impact study requirements <br /> proposed as Article 13 of the Zoning <br /> Ordinance. <br /> IMPACTS/ ISSUES: The traffic impact study requirements that <br /> are proposed as a new Article 13 of the <br /> Zoning Ordinance contain certain terms that <br /> should be defined within the Zoning <br /> Ordinance. Article 22 will be amended by <br /> adding definitions for the following terms: <br /> Level of Service, Major intersection, Study <br /> Area, Trip Generation Rates, and Volume/- <br /> Capacity Analysis. These terms will be <br /> added alphabetically. No other change in <br /> Article 22 is proposed. <br /> PROPOSED AMENDMENT: The following terms will be added <br /> alphabetically to Article 22: <br /> LEVE I <br /> described in the 1965 Htghwey Capacity <br /> a part ieu_I �r h ightay fee i1_ify or t_llroug_h a <br /> specific intersection. There are. -six levels <br /> of _servicing ranging from A through_ F. <br /> Level of sery ice A [nd icafes generally free <br /> movement. Level of service E _represents <br /> maximum capacity of the facility, Level F <br /> indicates corlge5tion. Leyei of- service C, is <br /> e el of setviQe, <br /> r es,r j end a <br /> r-e I at i ve I v sa.tnisi tort'_travel speed <br /> MAJOR R - interseijab_wherp <br /> traffic Qeaeratgd lay the proposel will hove <br />