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ORDINANCE NO. 3-90
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF CAPE CANAVERAL, FLORIDA,
ESTABLISHING CHAPTER 662, CONCURRENCY MANAGEMENT
SYSTEM; PROVIDING SEVERABILITY; REPEALING ALL PORTIONS
OF THE CODE IN CONFLICT HEREWITH; PROVIDING AN
EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, the City of Cape Canaveral, in compliance with Section
163.3202, Florida Statutes, must establish certain land development
regulations to implement certain policies of its Comprehensive Plan; and
WHEREAS, as a key element of the land development regulations, the
City shall implement a Concurrency Management System to measure the
potential impact of any proposed development upon certain levels-of-service.
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED by the City Council of the City of
Cape Canaveral as follows:
SECTION 1 . Chapter 662 Concurrency Management System
Sec. 662.01 . Purpose and Intent:
A . As a key element of the City's Land Development Regulations (LDR's),
the City shall implement a Concurrency Management System (CMS) to
measure the potential impact of any proposed development upon the levels-of-
service for the six types of critical public facilities---i.e. potable water, sanitary
sewer, solid waste, recreation, drainage, and roadways---by evaluating that
impact in comparison with available capacity and the City's adopted level-of-
service standards for those facilities. No final development permit shall be
approved unless this concurrency evaluation process has determined that
adequate public facilities will be available at the time of development impact.
B. The City also intends that at least annually after implementation of this
mechanism, there will be follow-up monitoring and evaluation of its
performance with the objective of improving the system and enacting necessary
changes in the Concurrency Management Ordinance.
C. The City intends that this Concurrency Management Ordinance provide
the basic principles and guidelines for implementation of the CMS. However, it
is not the intent of the City that this Ord' ice contain all of the detailed
administrative procedures required for the day-to-day operation of the program.
Instead, the City desires that the City officials responsible for the CMS possess
a certain degree of flexibility and latitude to develop and employ such additional
procedures, forms, etc. as they deem necessary for carrying out an effective and
efficient concurrency management process. The City may develop and use a
Concurrency Manual or Guide to assist City officials in the day-to-day
administration of the program.
D. It is not the intent of the City that the Concurrency Management System in
any of its aspects, including concurrency evaluation and the issuance of the
Concurrency Compliance Certification, replace any other development review
criteria used by the City, unless those criteria are inconsistent with the
provisions of this Ordj.nance. The CMS is to primarily complement and not
supplant the other review criteria. This also means that the mere issuance of a
Concurrency Compliance Certification does not guarantee approval of a
development proposal if other project review criteria must also be satisfied.
[Ord. No. 3-90, §1, 25 Jan 90]
Sec. 662.03. Selected Definitions:
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For purposes of this Chapter, certain terms or words herein shall be
interpreted as follows:
"Accepted Engineering Principles" means engineering concepts and
practices generally accepted by the broad base of professionals in the
particular engineering discipline under consideration.
"Area of Development Influence" means the area of public facilities
impact surrounding an existing or proposed project; this area of influence will
vary according to the type and magnitude of the project.
"Assured Construction" means construction improvements scheduled for
critical public facilities in the City's Five-Year Schedule of Capital
Improvements---provided that the Schedule is realistic, financially feasible,
based upon currently available revenue sources, and contains targeted project
completion dates; in addition, for final Development Orders or Permits,
construction must be complete and operable for the following facilities:
wastewater treatment, potable water supply, solid waste disposal,
transportation, parks and recreation, and drainage.
"Available" means that a public facility/service will be provided as follows:
1. The facility/service is in place to serve a proposed project at the
time that the Development Order is approved;
2. The facility/service will be in place at the time of project impact;
3. The facility is under construction at the time a Development
Order is approved;
4. The facility/service is the subject of a binding executed
construction contract at the time that the Development Order is
approved.
5. The facility/service is guaranteed through an enforceable
Development Agreement;
6. The facility constitutes assured construction.
"Average Daily Traffic" or "Existing Traffic": both terms mean the average
of two consecutive 24-hour weekday traffic counts taken at one location.
"Building Permit" means a written authorization issued by the Building
Official which permits the construction or alteration of a building; it means the
same thing as a "Final Development Order".
"Buildout Period" means the time interval between the issuance of a
Development Order and project completion.
"Captured Trips" means motor vehicle trips which pass a project but
which are not generated by the project.
"Concurrency Compliance Certification" means the official City
compliance document which is issued for a proposed project after a favorable
concurrency evaluation has been completed resulting in a finding of no
concurrency deficiency (non-deficiency) for the project's impact.
"Concurrency Manager" means the City official who has been officially
designated to be in charge of the Concurrency Management System; presently
this responsibility is assigned to the City Manager.
"Critical Public facilities" means the six types of public facilities which are
subject to concurrency management: i.e. roadways, sanitary sewer, solid waste,
drainage, potable water, and recreation (i.e.: open space and parks).'
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"Developer's Agreement" means an agreement entered into pursuant to
Section 163.3220, F.S., to which the City is a party and which requires and
assures provision of a public facility/service.
"Development" shall be defined as set forth in Section 380.04, F.S.
"Development Order" means any official City directive which grants the
issuance of a Development Permit or amendments thereto.
"Development Permit" means any building permit, zoning approval,
rezoning, preliminary plat approval, final plat approval, site plan approval,
conditional use, or variance approving an exceedance of maximum lot
coverages. This meaning does not include the term "certificate of occupancy".
"Directly Accessed" means that a project is provided with adjacent
ingress/egress from/to a principal roadway.
"FDOT Guidelines" means the FDOT guideline document entitled the
Florida Highway System Plan - Level of Service Standards and Guidelines
Manual as issued in January, 1989, and as subsequently amended.
"Final Development Order" means a building permit.
"Insignificant Project" means a non-major project for which the project
trips within the Area of Development Influence during the Buildout Period and
at Project Completion are projected to be equal to or less than 10% above the
number assigned to the adopted Level-of-Service Standard "E", as specified in
the Comprehensive Plan.
"ITE" means the Institute of Transportation Engineers.
"Land Development Regulation" means any City ordinance regulating
any aspect of development, including any zoning, rezoning, subdivision,
building construction, site planning, sign regulation, landscaping, or other
regulations controlling land development. -3
"Level-of-Service" means an indicator of the degree of service provided
by a public facility based upon its operational characteristics and expressed as
the capacity per unit of demand.
"Level-of-Service Standard" means the minimum threshold level-of-
service for a public facility below which the level-of-service should not be
allowed to deteriorate without triggering restrictions on new development.
"Major Project" means any project which is either: a Development of
Regional Impact; a residential development of 250 or more dwelling units; or a
commercial/industrial development of more than 50,000 sq. ft. of gross building
area.
"Open Space" means a primarily undeveloped tract of land, whether
public or private, which is both suitable and available principally for "passive"
recreation or conservation uses, regardless of whether or not such land is
actually put to such uses; by definition, the term "open space" does not
encompass the meaning of the term "park".
"Park" means a tract of land which has been officially designated as such
and which is either developed or scheduled to be developed for primarily
"active" recreation uses; by definition, the term "park" does not encompass the
meaning of the term "open space".
"Project Completion" means the issuance of the final certificate of
occupancy for a project.
"Rendition" means the issuance of a written determination,'under the
CMS, by the Building Official, Concurrency Manager, City Council or Planning
Board, the date of execution of which shall be presumed to be the date affixed
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to said document; this document shall be filed with the City Clerk on the same
date.
"Total Traffic" means the traffic count during the buildout period of a
project. It consists of the sum of: existing traffic, traffic to be generated by the
project minus captured trips, and background traffic.
"Trip Generation Standards" means the guidelines contained in the
document entitled "TRIP GENERATION, 4TH EDITION" prepared by ITE in 1987,
and as amended.
"Vested Right" means the entitlement to develop enjoyed y a project
due to the fact that the City issued a Development Order/P4rrnit tor the project
prior to the effective date of this Concurrency Management System. Such a
project is not required to meet the concurrency requirements of this Chapter
unless the project is significantly changed in terms of its density, intensity, or
facility impact subsequent to the effective date of this Chapter---in which case
it will lose its vested right and be obliged to undergo a review under this CMS.
[Ord. No. 3-90, §1, 25 Jan 90]
Sec. 662.05. Concurrency Management Policies and Procedures:
A. Responsibility for Decision-Making in Concurrency Evaluation.
Although the City Manager in his capacity as Concurrency Manager has basic
oversight responsibility for the CMS, the immediate authority for making a
concurrency evaluation and finding and the issuance of a Concurrency
Compliance Certification shall rest with the Building Official; however, his
determinations on these matters shall be reviewed by the Concurrency
Manager. City officials may obtain assistance, opinions, and recommendations
from qualified professional engineers and planners in reviewing and evaluating
projects for concurrency purposes. The Planning and Zoning Board shall follow
its usual review procedures for development proposals, except that any final
approvals shall be contingent upon the issuance of a Concurrency Compliance
Certification by the Building Official.
B. Application for Concurrency Evaluation. As of the effective date of this
Ordjxiance, any application for approval of a site plan, subdivision plat, or a
building permit shall simultaneously request and trigger a concurrency
evaluation of the proposed project, unless a separate application for
concurrency evaluation of the project has previously been submitted. No
development application shall be approved unless and until the Concurrency
Management System has made a concurrency evaluation of the proposal, and
the Building Official has made a finding of non-deficiency and issued a
[note saying paragraph from next page] Concurrency Compliance Certification for it. Any party requesting a concurrency
evaluation shall submit the following information to the Building Official, on a
form provided by the City, and pay a scheduled fee established by resolution of
the City Council:
1. Name, address, and telephone number of property-owner.
2. Name, address, and telephone number of applicant.
3. Legal description of property.
4. Size of property in square feet.
5. The proposed project's capacity need for water, sewer,
transportation, parks and recreation, drainage and solid
waste services. Total need shall be shown, as well as a
breakdown of need for each phase or stage of the project. If
capacity has been reserved, the applicant shall furnish a capacity
reservation certificate from the provider entity; this certificate shall
state the amount of capacity reserved, the period for which
capacity is reserved and the beginning and ending dates for
said reservation.
6. If access to the project is from a State Roadway, applicant must
furnish a statement from the Florida Department of Transportation
stating that access will be approved upon submittal of appropriate
engineering and design exhibits for a driveway permit.
7. Specific use or uses.
8. Square footage or number of units for each use.
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9. If a subdivision, the number and type of units for each phase.
[star symbol around this paragraph] Any application for a development permit must be consistent with the
information on which the concurrency evaluation is based. If the applicant
increases the intensity or density of the project during any stage in the
development approval process, a new concurrency evaluation will be required.
C. Criteria for Evaluation. The following criteria shall be used to
determine whether the levels-of-service of the various public facilities are
adequate to support the specific impacts of the proposed development:
1. Building Permits of Insignificant Impact:
a. ) Certain types of property improvements requiring the
issuance of a building permit shall be presumed to have an
insignificant concurrency impact, thus requiring only a
minimal concurrency review. This is due to the fact that the
improvements involved do not result in any significant
increase in demand upon the levels-of-service of the critical
public facilities. These improvements include, by way of
example: remodelling or repair of an existing single-family
dwelling unit which does not provide for an increase in the
number of inhabitants of the property; addition of garages or
small storage structures to existing dwelling units; repairs or
installations to a property which do not involve enlargement
of the facility; etc.
2. Transportation Facilities:
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Ord. No. 21-90[ much text is crossed out]
3. Sanitary Sewer Facilities:
a.) The available capacity for sanitary sewer facilities shall
be calculated by subtracting the current flow and previously
committed capacity from the design capacity of the waste-
water treatment facilities. If wastewater capacity is avail-
able for the project, the City's Wastewater Treatment
Department shall issue a capacity reservation certificate for
it.
b.) The impact on the treatment plant shall be determined
by utilizing the City's adopted sanitary sewer level-of-
service standard, which is currently 118 gallons per capita
per day, equivalent to 400 gallons per day per equivalent
residential unit.
4. Potable Water Facilities:
a.) It shall be the responsibility of an applicant for
development approval to obtain a potable water capacity
reservation certificate, or equivalent certification, from the
Water Department of the City of Cocoa.
b.) The impact on water supply facilities shall be
determined by utilizing the City's adopted potable
water level-of-service standard, which is currently a usage
of 264 gallons per capita per day. Determination of impact
shall be coordinated with the Cocoa Water Dept. and shall
be consistent with the capacity determination of the Cocoa
Water Dept.
5. Solid Waste Facilities:
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a.) It shall be the responsibility of an applicant for
development approval to obtain a solid waste capacity
reservation certificate, or equivalent certification, from
Brevard County.
b.) The impact on solid waste disposal facilities shall be
determined by utilizing the City's adopted solid waste
disposal standard of 7.51 pounds per capita per day.
Determination of impact shall be coordinated with Brevard
County and shall be consistent with their capacity
determination.
6. Parks and Open Space:
a.) The City shall determine the adequacy of public park
and recreation facilities based upon the City's adopted
level-of-service standards for parks and open space---i.e.
one acre per 1000 population for parks, and the same for
open space.
b.) The impact of proposed development shall be
determined by comparing the existing population of the
City (as correlated with the existing parkland and open
space throughout the City) with the estimated population of
the City at the time of project impact (as correlated with the
projected amount of parkland and open space to be
available at that time). Only the population of proposed
residential development shall be considered in calculating
the impact of a specific project. In calculating the population
of residential units, the most recent household-size figures
contained in the data and analysis of the Comprehensive
Plan shall be used as the multiplier.
7. Drainage Facilities:
a .Adequacy of stormwater management facilities shall
be determined at the time of engineering review based, at
a minimum, on the City's adopted level-of-service standards
for drainage.
b. The applicant shall be required to submit a Stormwater
Master Plan for the proposed project at the time of
engineering review. This Plan shall meet, or preferably
exceed, the on-site drainage level-of-service standards of
this Code. It shall also include engineering calculations
demonstrating that the off-site stormwater facilities to which
the site will be connected possess adequate capacity to
handle the projected site runoff impacting them. The form
and degree of detail required in the Plan shall be
established by the City Engineer in accordance with
accepted engineering principles. The Plan shall be
prepared, sealed and signed by a qualified professional
engineer, licensed to practice in the State of Florida.
D. Concurrency Evaluation Finding of Deficiency.
1 . If the concurrency management evaluation of a development
proposal finds that the issuance of a development order or permit
would cause a deficiency (with reference to the adopted
standards) at the time of project impact in the level-of-service
provided by one or more of the six critical types of public facilities,
the City shall deny, defer, conditionally approve, or require
modification of the proposal in order to ensure that no such
deficiency emerges.
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2. In the event that the concurrency evaluation results in a finding
of deficiency as noted in the preceding paragraph, the applicant
may, by paying a scheduled fee specified by the City, reserve
priority for one year over subsequent applications competing for
the same facility capacity. When adequate capacity becomes
available, the City will notify those applicants with the highest
priority and which have maintained their reservations that there is
now a finding of non-deficiency on their application. This finding of
non-deficiency (Concurrency Compliance Certification) shall be
valid for 45 days from date of issuance subject to re-submission of
the corresponding application for development permit during that
time-frame.
E. Duration of Non-Deficiency Finding (Concurrency Compliance
Certification) After Issuance of Development Permit:
A Concurrency Compliance Certification shall remain valid for a period of
45 days following issuance provided that the related application for a
development permit has been submitted prior to the end of the 45-day
period. Once the development permit is issued, the Compliance
Certification shall continue in effect according to the following time
frames:
1. For site development plan approval: The Concurrency
Compliance Certification shall have a maximum duration of 18
months, unless the intensity or density of the proposed project is
increased since the last concurrency evaluation, in which case the
Compliance Certification shall become null and void and a new
concurrency evaluation shall be required.
2. For a residential subdivision, or a phase or unit thereof,
including planned unit developments: The Compliance
Certification shall remain valid for a period not to exceed 60
months from the date of construction permit issuance, provided
that authorized work proceeds in a timely manner.
3. For an individual single-family development: The Compliance
Certification shall remain valid for a period not to exceed 24
months provided that a building permit is obtained during that
period and that authorized work proceeds in a timely manner. Lots
included within subdivisions which have not passed a
concurrency evaluation or where the non-deficiency finding or
vesting period has expired are included in this category.
4. For a commercial, industrial, or multi-family development: The
Compliance Certification shall remain valid until construction has
been completed and a certificate of occupancy has been issued;
or for the life of the permit unless it is revoked or suspended.
F. Expiration of Concurrency Compliance Certification: When any
of the non-deficiency finding time-frames expire for a particular
project, a new concurrency evaluation shall be required in conjunction
with the next application for a development permit. Any vesting period
relating to concurrency may be considered null and void if the applicant
fails to perform in fulfilling all requirements to keep the vesting current,
including the payment of all fees pursuant to a capacity reservation. If an
applicant maintains a capacity reservation, the expiration of the
Concurrency Compliance Certification shall not nullify the capacity
reservation.
G. Cumulative Level-of-Service Records: The concurrency management
system shall maintain a cumulative record of the level-of-service capacity
allocations permitted by the approval of final development ordetrs or
permits.
H. Operating Systems. Procedures. and Tasks:
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1. Overall Concurrency Management. The City Manager shall
have operating responsibility for the Concurrency Management System
and in that capacity shall serve as the Concurrency Manager. The
Concurrency Manager may delegate administrative responsibilities to
others, particularly the Building Official. The Concurrency Manager may
utilize the services of professional engineering and planning consultants
to assist the City with such aspects of the CMS as project analysis,
concurrency evaluations, and program monitoring.
2. Concurrency Monitoring. The City shall maintain written and/or
computerized records of all capacities or volumes which are committed
for developments as a result of the issuance of development orders or
permits. Where another jurisdiction provides services to a project, the
City shall obtain pertinent and up-to-date capacity/volume information
from that jurisdiction.
3. Measuring Potential Impacts. For purposes of measuring the
potential impact of a project, all previously committed
capacities/volumes shall be taken into account on a cumulative basis
and considered in conjunction with existing levels-of-service and
adopted level-of-service standards.
I. Conditional Approval of Development Orders or Permits: If the
concurrency evaluation review indicates that the potential impact of a
proposed development project will cause a deficiency in the level-of-
service of one of the six critical public facilities, the City may conditionally
approve the development order or permit under certain specific
circumstances, as follows:
1. Subdivision Plats and Site Plans. Subdivision plats and site
plans may be conditionally approved if the indicated public facilities
deficiency will be corrected by the time of project impact through an
adequate facility improvement included in the City's Capital
Improvements Program and Budget or in that of another local
government responsible for providing the service in question.
2. Building Permits.
a.) Building permits may be conditionally approved if
construction of the necessary public facility improvement is
either: budgeted in the Annual Capital Improvements
Budget; or is under binding contract for construction; or is
already under construction; or is under some other binding
financial commitment.
b.) Building permits may be conditionally approved if the
developer enters into a legally-binding financial
commitment to construct all of the improvements necessary
to concurrently accommodate the development impacts.
c.) Building permits may be conditionally approved if the
applicable impact fees or "fees-in-lieu-of", which relate to
the needed public facility improvements scheduled within
the Capital Improvements Program, are paid at the time of
permit issuance to accommodate development impacts.
J. Vested Rights: Any development order or permit approved prior to the
effective date of this Ordinance for a project which has not undergone
any subsequent changes significantly increasing its impact on critical
public facilities shall not be subject to the concurrency management
provisions of this Ordinance.
Sec. 662.07 Appeals: Except as otherwise provided in this Code,
appeals from the decisions of the Building Official, Concurrency
Manager, or Planning Board or City Council making determinations
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hereunder, including, but not limited to, a finding of concurrency
deficiency, refusal to issue a Concurrency Compliance Certification,
project impact determination, refusal to issue a building permit, etc., shall
be taken before the Board of Adjustment. Any such appeal must be filed
in writing with the City Clerk within 20 calendar days of rendition of the
decision in question, and the reasons for such appeal shall be set forth
therein. The City Clerk shall arrange for an appeal hearing before the
Board of Adjustment, and the Clerk shall notify the appellant in writing of
the date, time and place of the hearing.
A. The appellant shall have the burden of affirmatively demonstrating that
the decision of the City official(s) was in error. Said official(s) shall have
the opportunity to present information and argument to support their
decision.
B. The Board of Adjustment shall base its decision on the requirements of
the City's Land Development Regulations. The Board shall make its
decision based upon its usual voting procedures. The decision shall be
issued in writing stating the reasoning involved, and it shall be rendered
within 60 days of the close of the hearing. No further
administrative appeal is available beyond this stage, though the
appellant retains the right of appeal through the Judicial System as
provided by law. [Ord. No. 3-90, §1, 25 Jan 90]
SECTION 2. Severability. If any section, paragraph, phrase or word of
this Ordinance for any reason is held to be unconstitutional or invalid, such
holding shall not effect the remaining portions hereof and it shall be construed
to have been the legislative intent to pass this Ordinance without such
unconstitutional or invalid part.
SECTION 3. Repeal. All ordinances or part of ordinances in conflict
herewith are hereby repealed.
SECTION 4. Effective Date. This Ordinance shall take effect immediately
upon adoption.
ADOPTED BY the City Council of the City of Cape Canaveral, Florida this
25th day of January , 1990.
[signature]
Mayor
ATTEST:
[signature]
City Clerk
Approved as to Form:
[signature]
City Attorney
NAME YES NO
ARABIAN X
PORTER X
RANDELS Absent
SALAMONE X
THURM X
First Reading 1-11-90
Posted: 1-12-90
Advertised: 1-15-90
Second Rending: 1-25-90
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To be Codified
Codified May 1990 LDR
ORDINANCE NO. 21-90
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 662,
CONCURRENCY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, OF THE
CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF
CAPE CANAVERAL, BY AMENDING THE
EVALUATION CRITERIA FOR TRANSPOR-
TATION FACILITIES ; PROVIDING
SEVERABILITY; REPEALING ALL PORTIONS
OF THE CODE IN CONFLICT HEREWITH ;
PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE .
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Cape Canaveral has,
by adoption of Ordinance No. 3-90, established Code Chapter 662,
Concurrency Management System, of the Code of Ordinances; and
WHEREAS, the City Council has retained a consulting firm to
conduct a study on the City' s transportation system; and
WHEREAS , as a result of said study, the consulting firm has
recommended an amendment to the existing ordinance ;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED by the City Council of the
City of Cape Canaveral, Brevard County, Florida, as follows :
SECTION 1 . Chapter 662, Concurrency Management System, of
the Code of Ordinances is hereby amended by deleting Sub-section
662. 05 (C) ( 2) in its entirety and replacing with the following :
Sec. 662 . 05 (C ) ( 2) Transportation Facilities :
a) The capacity and level of service thresholds for arter-
ial and collector transportation facilities shall be
evaluated with thresholds established by the City. These
thresholds are to be reevaluated by the City on an annual
basis . All evaluations required in this Chapter shall be
performed by an independent professional entity recognized
in the field of transportation studies .
b) The impact on the roadway system shall be determined by
utilizing the trip generation standards contained in the
report Trip Generation ( 4th Edition, Institute of Transpor-
tation Engineers ) , or as amended. The evaluation of traffic
impacts shall be for the p.m. peak hour or the a.m. peak
hour, whichever is greater.
c) The calculation of total traffic generated by a proposed
project will assume 100 percent build-out and occupancy.
Credit against the trip generation of non-residential land
uses may be taken for the capture of passing trips (passerby
trips ) . The use of passerby trip rates must be justified by
the applicant and is subject to approval by City staff . For
mixed-use developments, any trips that will be absorbed
internally by the project shall be specified and justified
by the Applicant . Should the development be replacing an
existing use , credit for trips generated by the existing use
shall be allowed , as long as the existing use was generating
traffic at the time existing traffic counts were taken.
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d) Traffic counts will be taken on an annual basis at
specified city traffic count stations . Peak hour, direc-
tional traffic counts will be determined for the mean of
peak season and annual average basis conditions . The
current traffic station count , as determined by the annual
city traffic count program, will be the basis upon which
available capacity is determined.
e ) The following trip generation thresholds are established
for determining available capacity:
( 1 ) For developments that are anticipated to generate
two ( 2) new peak hour trips or less, no evaluation of
road capacity is required .
( 2 ) For developments that are anticipated to generate
three ( 3 ) to twenty ( 20) new peak hour trips, a determin-
ation of excess capacity is required at four City
traffic count stations : one shall be at the northern
extreme of SR A1A within the City limits , one shall be
at the southern extreme of SR AlA within the City
limits, and the other two shall be taken at the stations
nearest the development, which are not located on SR
AlA.
( 3) For developments that are anticipated to generate
twenty-one ( 21 ) to one hundred ( 100) new peak hour
trips , the Applicant shall submit a traffic impact study
that notes trip generation characteristics, trip distri-
bution, and anticipated capacity impacts at five City
traffic count stations : one shall be at the northern
extreme of SR AlA within the City limits , one shall be
at the southern extreme of SR AlA within the City
limits, and the other three shall be taken at stations
nearest the development , which are not located on SR
A1A.
( 4 ) For developments that are anticipated to operate
over 100 new peak new trips, the Applicant shall submit
a traffic impact study that notes trip generation charac-
teristics, trip distribution and anticipated capacity
impacts at all City traffic count stations.
( 5) The evaluation of available capacity at each
traffic count station must include an assessment of
existing traffic volumes, previously approved project
traffic volumes and existing Level of Service "E"
service volumes . The evaluation for each traffic count
station is to be on a p.m. peak hour or a.m. peak hour,
whichever is higher , directional basis, unless otherwise
specified by City staff . Analysis is to be conducted
for the mean of peak season and annual average basis
conditions .
f ) Should a project 's capacity evaluation indicate defi-
cient capacity at traffic count stations on the City' s
arterial facility (SR A1A) , the Applicant may submit a
travel time delay study according to procedures outlined in
Chapter 11 of the 1985 Highway Capacity Manual (Transporta-
tion Research Board) . Results from this study will indicate
the actual operational level of service for this facility.
Prior to conducting a travel time delay study, the Applicant
shall submit to the City proposed methodology for approval .
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SECTION 2 . Severability. If any portion of this Ordinance
for any reason is held to be unconstitutional or invalid, such
holding shall not affect the remaining portions hereof and it
shall be construed to have been the legislative intent to pass
this Ordinance without such unconstitutional or invalid part.
SECTION 3 . All portions of the Code in conflict herewith
are hereby repealed .
SECTION 4 . This Ordinance shall take effect immediately
upon its adoption.
ADOPTED BY the City Council of the City of Cape Canaveral,
Florida, this 1st day of May , 1990 .
[signature]
Mayor
ATTEST:
[signature]
City Clerk
Approved as to Form:
[signature]
City Attorney
First Reading: April 18, 1990
Posted: April 19, 1990
Advertised: April 21, 1990
Second Reading: May 1, 1990
NAME YES NO
ARABIAN X
PORTER X
RANDELS Absent
SALAMONE X
THURM X
Ordinance No. 21-90
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History File Chapter 662
April 26, 1990
Proposed Amendments to Ordinance No. 21-90
(Recommended by City Manager )
Sub paragraph (e ) ( 2) be amended to read:
( 2) For developments that are anticipated to generate 3 to
20 new peak hour trips, a determination of excess capacity
is required at four City traffic count stations: one shall
be at the northern extreme of SR A1A within the City limits,
one shall be at the southern extreme of SR A1A within the
City limits, and the other two shall be taken at the
stations nearest the development, which are not located on
SR AlA.
Sub-paragraph (e ) ( 3) be amended to read :
( 3) For developments that are anticipated to generate 21 to
100 new peak hour trips, the Applicant shall submit a
traffic impact study that notes trip generation character-
istics , trip distribution, and anticipated capacity impacts
at five city traffic count stations : one shall be at the
northern extreme of SR A1A within the City limits, one shall
he at the southern extreme of SR A1A within the City limits,
and the other three shall be taken at stations nearest the
development, which are not located on SR AlA.
Recommend that the numbers be changed in paragraph (e) as
follows:
(e) ( 1 ) - "For developments that are anticipated to generate
two (2) new peak hour trips, or less..."
Should the proposed ordinance be more specific in stating that
traffic count/analysis be done by an independent consulting firm?
add to end of sec. 662.05(c)(2)(a) All [illegible] in this Chapter shall be performed by an
independant professional entity recognized in the field of [illegible] studies.