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Existing traffic volumes for average daily <br />traffic, peak highway hour(s) traffic and peak <br />development generated hour(s) traffic, if <br />aRpropriate, shall be recorded. Manual <br />traffic counts at major intersections in the <br />study area shall be conducted, encompassing <br />the peak highway and development generated <br />hour(s), if appropriate, and documentation <br />shall be included in the report. Existing <br />average daily or eak -hour traffic counts <br />made within one year of the study date-maybe <br />used subject to Planning Department-Approval. <br />A volume /capacity analysis based upon existing <br />volumes shall be performed during the peak <br />highway hour(s) and the peak development <br />generated hour(s), if aMropriate, for all <br />roadways and major intersections expected to <br />be impactedJby deve,loRment traffic [ in the <br />study area.] Levels of service shall be <br />determined for each [location] signalized <br />intersection or roadway segment analyzed <br />above. <br />This analysis will determine the adequacy of <br />the existing roadway system to serve the <br />current traffic demand. Roadways and /or <br />intersections experiencing levels of service E <br />or F shall be noted as congestion locations. <br />(The proposed amendments add traffic accidents <br />as a required component of documenting <br />existing conditions and allow the Planning <br />Department some discretion in deciding on the <br />suitability of traffic counts). <br />D) Transportation Impact of the Development - <br />Estimation of vehicular trips to result from <br />the [proposal] proposed development shall be <br />completed for the average weekday_, the average <br />daily AM and PM peak [highway hour(s)] hours <br />of _highway travel in the study area, and, if <br />appropriate peak [development generated] <br />hour [(s)] of traf kc generation by the <br />development. Vehicular trip generation rates <br />to be used for this calculation shall be <br />obtained from an accepted source such as [the <br />Transportation and Traffic Engineering <br />Handbook, Institute of Transportation <br />Engineers] "Trip Generation" (institute of <br />Trans ortation Engineers, Fourth Edition 1987 <br />as amended. These development generated <br />traffic movements as estimated, and the <br />reference source(s) and methodology followed <br />shall be documented. [All turning movements <br />[] = delete text <br />bold underline = add text <br />