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6' <br />2 � <br />A subdivision containing 80 or more dwelling <br />units or which generates traffic in excess of <br />800 trips /day or 1O0 tri s durin the AM or <br />PM eak -hour of--highway traffic, may be <br />exempted for the requirement to prepare and <br />submit a traffic impact study if, as part of <br />sketch plan review for the subdivision, a <br />traffic in act study has Rrevigusly been <br />prepared for this garticular project or <br />development and there is to be no change in <br />land use or density that would increase travel <br />and no change in access to the external street <br />system. [material is submitted to demonstrate <br />that traffic created by the subdivision when <br />added to existing traffic will not result in a <br />need for transportation improvements.] <br />Planning Department Staff will review material <br />submitted in support of an exemption and will <br />determine from that material whether or not to <br />grant the exemption. If an exemption is <br />granted, documentation of the exemption will <br />be submitted as part of the staff <br />recommendation on the preliminary plan. <br />(The proposed amendments incorporate a peak - <br />hour threshold for developments that generate <br />a high proportion of their trips during the <br />peak hour and identify criteria under which a <br />proposed development may be exempted from TIS <br />requirements). <br />Orange County may require any subdivision <br />approval application to be accompanied by a <br />traffic impact study when a road capacity or <br />safety issue exists. If one is required, the <br />County will notify the applicant of the reason <br />for the requirement. <br />*iv- B- 3 -e -3. General Re uirements and Standards - The <br />traffic impact study shall contain the <br />*Amended following information: <br />2 -1 -88 <br />A) General Site Des cri tion - The site <br />description shall include the size, location, <br />proposed land uses, number of units and gross <br />square footage by land u§eo existing land use <br />and zoniaa, construction staging and <br />completion date of the proposed land <br />development to the extent known or able to be <br />described at the time the-application is <br />prepared. If the development is residential, <br />types of dwelling units and number of bedrooms <br />[] = delete text <br />bold underline = add text <br />