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5) ROADS/STREETS. Traffic Impact Studies shall be required for any Comprehensive Plan Amendment, rezoning, subdivision plat, site plan, Conditional Use Permit, Certificate of Zoning Compliance, Preliminary Plat or Site Plan under the following described conditions. The types of traffic studies required under the ordinance are: A Rezoning Traffic Analysis. The purpose of these studies will be to evaluate whether adequate transportation capacity exists or will be available within a reasonable time period to safely and conveniently accommodate proposed uses permitted under the requested land use or zoning classification. · A Traffic Impact Report - This Report will be required for certain permitted and Conditional Uses, Land Subdivisions and Preliminary Plats exceeding specific trip generation threshold. B) A Rezoning Traffic Analysis shall be required for: · A proposed rezoning that could generate 100 or more directional trips during the peak hour or at least 1000 more trips per day for the most intensive use that could be developed under existing zoning; · A proposed rezoning on a site located along or which has the potential to take access within 500 feet of a corridor identified as a freeway or expressway on the Thoroughfare Plan; · A proposed amendment to the Comprehensive Plan involving more than one acre which would permit uses generating higher traffic than the existing Comprehensive Plan designation · Where a Rezoning Traffic Analysis is required, the acceptance of the rezoning application for the purposes of beginning the mandatory 60 day time limit applicable to city action on a rezoning request shall not commence until the Rezoning Traffic Analysis has been reviewed for completeness and has been accepted by the Administrator as meeting the content requirements of the ordinance. C) A Traffic Impact Report shall be required when a proposed conditional use, major subdivision, or major/minor site plan is: · Of a land use type which has an average trip generation rate of 2,000 trips per day or greater, according to most current versions of the ITE Trip Generation Informational Report or comparable research data published by a public agency or institution; or · Designed so that it utilizes an at-grade access opening onto an existing or proposed freeway or expressway as indicated on the Thoroughfare Plan. D) The LOS for each zoning district tier shall be as listed in Table 1, below. Table 1 ZONING DISTRICT TIER Rural Suburban Urban Freeway/Expressway C D n/a Major thoroughfare C D n/a Minor thoroughfare C D E Minor arterial C D E Major collectors C D E Minor collector B D E Local roads B C E Local streets B C E 8