Ordinance 1733-90 - Laserfiche WebLink

• • 1 ORDINANCE NO. /75.3--96) 2 AN ORDINANCE amending the City's interim traffic mitigation 3 policy, Ordinance No. 1670-89. 4 5 WHEREAS, the City Council finds that on December 27, 1989, it adopted 6 Ordinance No. 1670-89 as an interim traffic mitigation policy to be used for 7 reviewing the traffic impacts of projects subject to SEPA until the City 8 adopts a comprehensive traffic mitigation ordinance; and 9 WHEREAS, the City Council finds that based upon the City's experience 10 with the interim policy that the following amendments are needed; 11 NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY OF EVERETT DOES ORDAIN: 12 Section 1 : That Section 3 of Ordinance No. 1670-89 which reads as 13 follows: 14 Section 3: Whenever in the opinion of the City Traffic 15 Engineer a proposed development, or other action subject to SEPA, will generate fifty (50) or more additional (new) peak hour 16 (inbound and outbound) trips to and from the site, said fifty (50) trips shall constitute a significant adverse impact which 17 must be mitigated and the Responsible Official or his/her designee as part of the SEPA review shall be provided by the 18 project proponent a written traffic impact analysis in accordance with this ordinance. The analysis shall include impacts for the 19 year the development is proposed to be completed and a future (5 year) horizon year, currently 1995. This analysis shall be paid 20 for by the project proponent, and shall be prepared by a licensed professional engineer with standing in the Institute of 21 Transportation Engineers. 22 be and the same is hereby amended to read as follows: 23 24 Section 3: Any additional trips assigned to the transportation facility in accordance with Section 4 of this 25 ordinance are considered to have a significant adverse impact on it's operation and must be mitigated in accordance with Section 9 26 of this ordinance. 27 The project proponent shall provide the Responsible Official or his/her designee as part of the SEPA review a written 28 Traffic Impact Analysis, hereinafter referred to as the "Traffic Analysis or analysis," in accordance with this ordinance when 29 either the proposed development will generate fifty (50) or more additional peak hour (inbound and outbound) trips or when deemed 30 necessary by the City's Traffic Engineer. The Traffic Analysis shall include impacts for the future (5 year) horizon year. The 31 City' s Traffic Engineer may require additional analysis, including the extension of the horizon year, for projects that 32 are built in phases, or designed to be built-out over a number of