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10 <br /> I =T.If a project will generate new traffic for more than 6 years,the horizon year shall be the <br /> planning horizon for the land use and transportation elements in the comprehensive plan <br /> that is in effect at the time of the complete application(i.e.,the years remaining between <br /> the time of the complete application and the end of the planning horizon used for the <br /> adopted comprehensive plan). <br /> -5.For any project,the City Traffic Engineer may make a case-by-case determination of the <br /> horizon year,including extension of the horizon year,or the requirement for intermediate <br /> analysis years,for projects that are built in phases or designed to be built over a number <br /> of years. <br /> 7.3 Base traffic and growth factor. The base traffic for the traffic analysis shall include <br /> existing traffic plus traffic generated by any project in the study area that has been previously <br /> reviewed under SEPA, any proposed project currently under review by the city, and any <br /> additional traffic reasonably foreseeable as deemed appropriate by the City Traffic Engineer. <br /> This additional traffic may include trips generated in other jurisdictions. The applicant may <br /> request to use a specific growth factor if the applicant can demonstrate with analysis that such a <br /> growth factor is appropriate for the project location and is not inconsistent with the <br /> comprehensive plan (including SEPA or other traffic analysis supporting the comprehensive <br /> I plan). The City Traffic Engineer may require that a different background growth factor be used <br /> when site specific information supports a different factor. Where there is no area specific . <br /> information,a four(4)percent background growth factor compounded annually shall be used to <br /> project the existing traffic to the required horizon year. <br /> 7.4 Trip generation and distribution. The traffic analysis shall assign and distribute the <br /> proposed project's peak hour trips down to and including the minimum threshold level of 50 new <br /> Iproject-generated peak hour trips. Unless otherwise required or approved by the City Traffic <br /> Engineer,trip generation rates shall conform to the latest edition <br /> of Institute of Transportation Engineers(ITE)Trip Generation Manual. Where proposed traffic <br /> or transportation impacts are not predominantly automobile(for example,trucks,trailers,rail,air <br /> or waterborne traffic), the analysis shall identify the type of traffic and mode split in the. <br /> - generation and distribution analysis. Directional distribution shall be determined in consultation <br /> Iwith the City Traffic Engineer. For large projects or in 'areas experiencing substantial <br /> development activity, the City Traffic Engineer may require directional distribution and trip <br /> assignment to be performed using computerized model. <br /> 7.5 Level of service. The method for analyzing the Level of Service when required (see <br /> section 9 of this ordinance) shall be the current edition of the Transportation Research Board <br /> Highway Capacity Manual and its related computer software,or a method otherwise approved by <br /> the City Traffic Engineer. <br /> 7.6 Other items. The traffic analysis shall include applicable items in sections of Exhibit la, <br /> as well as other items relevant to the particular project being reviewed,as determined by the City <br /> Traffic Engineer. <br /> I <br /> Section 8: Mitination analysis and plan <br /> -4- <br /> 49 <br />