Ordinance 1733-90 - Laserfiche WebLink

1 3. When the City' s Traffic Engineer and the Responsible Official determine that the required mitigating 2 improvements to create or maintain a Level of Service of "D" or better may not be practical , City Council 3 may make a determination that Level of Service "E" or "F" is acceptable in conjunction with consideration 4 of a Local Transportation Plan. Consideration of a proposal to accept a Level of Service of "E" or "F" 5 and consideration of a Local Transportation Plan shall be made following a public hearing. 6 Notification for the hearing shall be provided in the City's official public newspaper. In addition, 7 notification shall be provided to those parties/persons required to be notified pursuant to 8 the City' s SEPA ordinance, all affected recognized Neighborhood Organizations and any other party/person 9 deemed appropriate by the Responsible Official . 10 C. The development's fair share cost to the City for the required future transportation improvements shall be determined 11 by the summation of the following two types of facility improvements (inclusions of county, state and/or other city 12 facilities shall be required when the City's Traffic Engineer deems it appropriate) : 13 1 . Where the need to provide mitigations on a facility 14 is directly related to the developments traffic and would not be required at the horizon year if the 15 development was not constructed, the cost for the mitigation(s) will be entirely borne by the 16 development. Additionally or in lieu of payment, the Traffic Engineer and Responsible Official may require 17 that the development design to City standards and construct the improvement. The Traffic Engineer and 18 the Responsible Official shall make the determination when said construction is to be completed. In the 19 event the City's Traffic Engineer identifies more than one development under simultaneous review, 20 cumulative impacts and distribution of mitigation costs shall be considered; and 21 2. Where the need to provide mitigations on a facility 22 by the horizon year is needed regardless of the proposed development and: 23 a. the current level of Service is "D" or better, 24 the traffic impacts of the development will be considered mitigated by a contribution of a 25 share of the costs for the improvements based on the development' s percentage of, the total 26 peak hour traffic trips at the horizon year on the facility less existing peak hour traffic 27 volume; or 28 b. the current Level of Service is "E" or "F" , the traffic impacts of the development will be 29 considered mitigated by a contribution of a share of the costs for the improvements based 30 on the development' s percentage of the total peak hour traffic trips at the horizon year on 31 the facility. 32 5