Ordinance 1670-89 - Laserfiche WebLink

• • 1 WHEREAS, the City Council finds that the adoption of interim 2 transportation guidelines will provide the City's Traffic Engineer and SEPA 3 Responsible Official with direction in implementing the City's identified 4 SEPA policy for transportation during this interim period; and WHEREAS, the City Council finds that the City, County and other local 6 jurisdictions should work together to coordinate their efforts to provide 7 for traffic mitigation; and 8 WHEREAS, the City Council finds that this ordinance is necessary for 9 the immediate preservation of public peace, health and safety, and the 10 public welfare; 11 NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY OF EVERETT DOES ORDAIN: 12 Section 1 : This ordinance is adopted as a policy under SEPA and is to 13 be used on an interim basis by the City for the purpose of implementing its 14 SEPA transportation policy. This ordinance enables the City to identify 15 significant adverse environmental impacts to the transportation system and 16 where such impacts may be reasonably mitigated by improvements to the 17 transportation system, to provide a methodology of fairly distributing the 18 costs of transportation system improvements in accordance with the impacts 19 resulting from proposed developments. 20 Section 2: This ordinance shall be considered an interim measure, and 21 within the shortest time possible the City Administration is hereby directed 22 to develop a comprehensive traffic mitigation ordinance and such other 23 traffic mitigation ordinances needed to address short and long-term 24 mitigation and funding measures. 25 Section 3: Whenever in the opinion of the City Traffic Engineer a 26 proposed development, or other action subject to SEPA, will generate fifty 27 (50) or more additional (new) peak hour (inbound and outbound) trips to and 28 from the site, said fifty (50) trips shall constitute a significant adverse 29 impact which must be mitigated and the Responsible Official or his/her 30 designee as part of the SEPA review shall be provided by the project 31 proponent a written traffic impact analysis in accordance with this 32 . 3