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AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE CABARRUS COUNTY ZONING ORDINANCE BE IT ORDAINED that the Cabarrus County Zoning Ordinance is hereby amended as follows: . Add the following text to create Appendix A: SECTION I: Traffic Impact Analysis (TIA) Required General Information The Traffic Impact Analysis (TIA) is a specialized study that evaluates the effects ofa development's traffic on the surrounding transportation infrastructure. It is an essential part of the development review process to assist developers and local government agencies in making land use decisions involving annexations, subdivisions, rezoning requests, special land uses, and other development reviews. The TIA helps identify where the development may have a significant impact on safety, traffic and transportation operations and provides a means for the developer and the government agencies to mitigate these impacts. Ultimately, the TIA can be used to evaluate if the scale of the development is appropriate for a particular site and what improvements may be necessary, on and off the site, to provide safe and efficient access and traffic flow. Mitigation measures may involve strategies other than roadway construction or other physical improvements such as changes to traffic signal timing or phasing and transportation management strategies. . When A TIA Is Required . A TIA shall be required for residential developments proposed within Cabarrus County that have an estimated trip generation of 2,000 vehicles per day or greater during an average weekday based on a five day national average as defmed in the Institute of Transportation Engineers (ITE) Trip Generation M-anual. . A TIA shall be required for commercial type developments proposed within Cabarrus County with an estimated trip generation of 3,000 vehicles per day or greater during an average weekday based on a five day national average as defmed in the Institute of Transportation Engineers (ITE) Trip Generation Manual. . A TIA shall be required for mixed-use developments proposed within Cabarrus County with an estimated trip generation of 3,000 vehicles per day or greater during an average weekday based on a five day national average as defmed in the Institute of Transportation Engineers (ITE) Trip Generation Manual. . A TIA may also be required for proposed accesses within 1,000 feet of an interchange, in the vicinity of a high accident location, on a major arterial roadway, when involvement with an existing or proposed median crossover is necessary, when the project includes highway improvements that are in the Transportation Improvement Program, when involvement with an active roadway construction project is necessary or at the discretion of the District Engineer working with Cabarrus County. , In certain instances, the need for a T1A may be waived when Cabarrus County and NCDOT agree a TIA is not needed. In the event a waiver is requested, the applicant must provide evidence to show that a waiver is appropriate. Waiver requests shall be handled on a case-by-case basis. Calculating Trip Generation The trip generation of a proposed development is the sum of the number of inbound and oulbound vehicle trips that are expected for the type and size of the proposed land use. For purposes of determining the requirement to submit a TIA, no adjustments such as modal split, pass-by trips or internal capture rates will be allowed to the site traffic calculation. A TIA will vary in range and complexity depending on the type ~--I (4) Page 1 of6