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HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance No. 21-1990ORDINANCE 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. Ordinance No. 21 -90 Page 1 of 3 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 A1A within the City limits, and the other two shall be taken at the stations nearest the development, which are not located on SR A1A. (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 A1A within the City limits, one shall be 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 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. Ordinance No. 21 -90 Page 2 of 3 SECTION 2. Severability. for any reason is held to be holding shall not affect the If any portion of this Ordinance unconstitutional or invalid, such 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 ATTEE :e S1 4", ty Clerk Approved, as @tai Form: City Attorney , 1990. First Reading, April 18, 1990 posted: April 19, 1990 Advertised; April 21, 1990 Second Reading: May 1, 1990 Ordinance No. 21 -90 Page 3 of 3