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Ob PROPOSED ORDINANCE AMENDMENT ORDINANCE: Zoning Ordinance . REFERENCE: . Article 13 .TRAFFIC IMPACT STUDY -- ORIGIN OF AMENDMENT: x Staff x Planning Board BOCC Public Other: - -RECOMMENDATION: . STAFF PRIORITY High Middle -. _ - g �xLow - Comment: EXPECTED PUBLIC HEARING DATE: November 23, 1987 PURPOSE OF AMENDMENT: Article 13 will create a new require- ment for developments that produce 800 or more trips per day. These develop- ments will be required to prepare and submit a traffic impact study. 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 an application for a zoning atlas amend- ment, a special use permit, or site plan approval that would result in production of more than 800 trips per day. Procedures are included that would allow Orange County to require preparation of a study for smaller proposals as well as an exemption procedure for larger proposals when it can be demon- strated that the proposal would not produce a need for transportation improvements.