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C. Traffic Impact Study. 1. When required by this section or NCDOT, a TIA shall be used to review the potential impacts of proposed. or revised developments on the State Highway System. The TIA covers safety, capacity, and access issues. When required and completed, a TIA shall be used by Cabarrus County and NCDOT to determine the required improvements to the State Highway System within the vicinity of the development to mitigate undesirable impacts of the project. 2. The District Engineer, working together with Cabarrus County, will determine the basic parameters of the TIA. When mutually agreed upon by the NCDOT, the applicant, and Cabarrus County in a pre-submittal conference, the basic requirements and parameters for the TIA may be modified. 3. The TIA shall be prepared under the direct charge of, and sealed by, a licensed North Carolina Professional Engineer with expertise in traffic engineering. All work shall be in accordance with NCDOT approved methods and input parameters and shall be of sufficient scope and detail to allow Cabarrus County and the NCDOT to evaluate the impact of the development with regards to roadway capacity and operational and safety improvements that may be needed. 4. The format and contents of the required TIA shall be established in conjunction with NCDOT and Cabarrus County (see Appendix A). D. TIA Findings. When the County and the applicant concur that the technical analysis is complete, the report shall be forwarded to the Planning and Zoning Commission. A subdivision improvement agreement detailing the applicant's responsibilities and the County's responsibilities for implementing any mitigation measures shall be prepared, and what, if any, improvements may be assessed against other benefited properties. If the County finds that the proposed development will not meet applicable service level standards, staff shall recommend one or more of the following actions: 1. Reduce the size, scale, scope or density of the development to reduce traffic generation; 2. Divide the project into phases and authorize only one phase at a time until traffic capacity is adequate for the next phase of development; 3. Dedicateright-of-way for street improvements; 4. Construct new streets; 5. Expand the capacity of existing streets; 6. Redesign ingress and egress to the project to reduce traffic conflicts; 7. Alter the use and type of development to reduce peak hour traffic; 8. Reduce background (existing) traffic; 9. Eliminate the potential for additional traffic generation from undeveloped properties in the vicinity of the proposed development; 10. Integrate non-vehicular design components (e.g., pedestrian and bicycle paths or transit improvements) to reduce trip generation; or 11. Recommend denial of the application for development for which the TIA is submitted. , -2- E-I (a.)