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4 6 <br />county law en orcement and the N-, C. Highway Patrol. <br />Existing traffic volumes for average daily traffic, peak <br />highway hour(s) traffic, and peak development generated <br />hour(s) traffic, if aRgropriat e shall be recorded. Man al <br />traffic counts at major intersections in the study area <br />shall be conducted, encompassing the peak highway and <br />development- generated hour(s), if apgrogriAtex and <br />documentation shall be included in the report. Existing <br />year of the stud date may be used sub act to Plannin <br />De artment a2Rrovale A volume /capacity analysis based upon <br />existing volumes shall be performed during the peak highway <br />hour(s) and the peak development - generated hour(s), if <br />a ro riate for all roadways and major intersections <br />ex acted to be iMpacted-by develo2ment traffic. [in the <br />study area.] Levels of service shall be determined for <br />each [location] signalized intersection or roadway se e t <br />analyzed above. <br />This analysis will determine the adequacy of the existin <br />roadway system to serve the current traffic demand. <br />Roadways and /or intersections experiencing levels of <br />service E or F shall be noted as congestion locations. <br />(The proposed amendments add traffic accidents as a <br />required component of documenting existing conditions an <br />allow the Planning Department some discretion in decidin <br />on the suitability of traffic counts ). <br />d) Transportation IM pact of the Development <br />Estimation of vehicular trips to result from the [proposal] <br />ro osgd development shall be completed for the average <br />we kday, the average daily AM and PM peak [highway hour(s)] <br />hours of highway travel in the study area, and, if <br />aRprogriate, the peak [development generated] hour[(s)] <br />of traffic generation by the dev to meat. Vehicular trip <br />generation rates to be used for this calculation shall be <br />obtained from an accepted source such as [the <br />Transportation and Traffic Engineering Handbook, Institute <br />of Transportation Engineers] "TrilR generation" AInstitute <br />of Transportation Engineers, Fourth Edition, 1987 as <br />amend d). These development -- generated traffic movementE as <br />estimated, and the reference source(s) and methodology <br />followed shall be documented. [All turning movements stall <br />be calculated.] These generated volumes shall be <br />distributed to the study area and assigned to the existing <br />roadways and intersections throughout the study area. <br />Documentation of all assumptions used in the distribute n <br />and assignment phase shall be_ provided., All avers a da 1 <br />shown_!;; -si nalized and other ma or intersections, <br />including all access Rgints to the develo ant. [Traff c <br />[] = delete text <br />bold underline = add text <br />