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074 _-. PROPOSED ORDINANCE AMENDMENT - ORDINANCE: . .Subdivision Regulations _ - - : - REFERENCE: Section IV-B-3-e (New) TRAFFIC IMPACT STUDY ORIGIN OF AMENDMENT: x, Staff - - x_ Planning Board BOCC • Public - Others - STAFF PRIORITY RECOMMENDATION: High Middle_x_Low = Comment: EXPECTED PUBLIC HEARING DATE: November 23 , 1987 PURPOSE OF AMENDMENT: new Section IV-B-3-e will require preparation and submission of a traffic impact study as part of the application for approval of sub- divisions with 80 or more dwelling units or where the estimated traffic generated by the subdivision exceeds 800 trips/day. IMPACTS/ISSUES: Large-scale development has a significant effect on a community' s and in some cases a region' s environment, economy, and public facilities. A traffic impact study is used to determine whether the roadway network in the area of a proposed major development will be able to handle the existing traffic plus additional traffic that will be generated by the development. If in preparing the study, it is determined that the roadway network cannot adequately handle the additional traffic, the study should provide useful information for determining the types and extent of improvements necessary to handle the additional traffic. In this way, it can provide a basis for linking roadway improvements with develop- ment project approval. This amendment would require preparation and submission of a traffic impact study as part of the application for preliminary plan approval for subdivision containing 80 or more dwelling units. Procedures are included that would allow Orange County to require preparation of a study for smaller subdivisions as well as an exemption proce-