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19.51.020 Location of definitions and usage. Definitions and usage for purposes of this chapter are found in Section 19.51.180.Table 1 indicates when a traffic analysis or fee payment is required. Table 1:General Requirements to Prepare a Traffic Analysis and/or Pay a Fee to Mitigate Traffic Impacts* Prepare traffic Pay fee for system Number of trips generated analysis? improvements? Fewer than 10 new trips per day No No 10 or more new trips per day No Yes More than 50 additional peak hour Yes Yes trips *Any exceptions to these general rules are specified in Sections 19.51.030 through 19.51.050 and 19.51.100 through 19.51.120.Definitions of these terms are found in Section 19.51.180. 19.51.030 When a fee to mitigate transportation impacts is required. A project that will generate ten or more average daily vehicle trips is required to pay a fee to mitigate for its impacts on the transportation system,as summarized on Table 2 and specified in Sections 19.51.100 through 19.51.140. 19.51.040 When a traffic analysis is required. The applicant shall provide the city traffic engineer with a written traffic analysis as part of the city's project review process whenever a proposed project will generate fifty or more additional peak hour trips,or if deemed necessary by the city traffic engineer.The traffic analysis shall be paid for by the applicant and shall be prepared by a licensed professional engineer or transportation planner with standing in the Institute of Transportation Engineers or is acceptable to the city traffic engineer. 19.51.050 When a traffic analysis is not required. A. The requirement to submit a traffic analysis does not apply to: 1. Proposed projects that generate fewer than fifty additional peak hour trips,except if deemed necessary by the city traffic engineer; 2. Proposals where SEPA review has already addressed project impacts or is not otherwise required under Chapter 43.21C RCW,Chapter 197-11 WAC,and EMC 19.43;or 3. Projects proposed as"planned actions,"as defined in Section 19.51.180(C),as long as: (a)project-level environmental review confirms that traffic generation is within the thresholds set for the specific planned action,as provided by WAC 197-11-172,Chapter 15.02.500,and the specific planned action ordinance relating to the proposed project,and(b) mitigation elements of the planned action are implemented. B. An existing traffic analysis may be adopted or used by the city to determine an applicant's responsibility for transportation improvements, in accordance with project review and SEPA procedures for the use of and reliance upon existing environmental documents. C. Proposed projects on which a traffic analysis is not prepared conform to the provisions of Section 19.51.110. 19.51.060 Scope of traffic analysis. The traffic analysis should include the following,as further specified in this chapter:(A)traffic generated by the project;(B)transportation effects of the project;and (C) measures to avoid or otherwise mitigate adverse transportation effects of the project,which consist of transportation system improvements and/or local transportation improvements. 19.51.070 Impact analysis. Ch.19.51 Transportation Mitigation 2 City Council Action(11/04/2020)