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Zoning districts shall be classified into three development tiers (Tier 1 - Urban, Tier 2 - Suburban, and Tier 3 - Rural). The classifications are as follows: Tier 1 (Urban) includes the HDR District where the development pattern is established, and which public policy favors relatively high levels of human activity. · Tier 2 (Suburban) districts are suburban or urbanizing in nature and are as follows: MDR, LC, GC, LI, and GI. Tier 3 (Rural) zoning districts are characterized by agricultural and/or rural service levels and are as follows: LDR, CR and AG Districts. Land within these zoning districts shall be protected in order to avoid the unnecessary conversion of agricultural land to suburban or urban development. These zoning districts are characterized by lands which do not have public facilities and services at urban service levels, and will not be provided with urban levels of service for at least a twenty (20) year horizon. ¥) Transportation LOS shall be based upon the volume-to-capacity ratios as established by the Transportation Research Board, Highway Capacity Manual (Washington, D.C.: National Research Council, 3d ed. 1998), which document is hereby incorporated by this reference. The traffic analysis shall be consistent with the assumptions and guidelines of the following documents, which are hereby incorporated by reference: Cabarms/South Rowan Thoroughfare Plan, Appendix H; Institute of Transportation Engineers, Trip Generation (Sth ed. 1991). For uses generating less than ten (10) trips per day, the directional split of traffic leaving the site shall be deemed to be 50% in either direction. For all other applications, the directional split shall be based upon the traffic Impact Study. ~ The County Commission fmds and determines that 1-85 experiences significant pass-through traffic,' and that the ability to expand 1-85 is limited due to jurisdictional, funding, and physical constraints. Accordingly, 1-85 shall not be included in the Impact Area for any Application for Development Approval. G) Waiver. The requirements of this section for a Traffic Impact Study may be waived by the Zoning Administrator when it is determined that such report is not necessary to determine needed road improvements or that no unsafe or hazardous conditions will be created by the development as proposed. 6) SCHOOLS. The number of students generated for each residential dwelling unit (hereinafter the "student generation rate") for each dwelling unit is computed using the Student Information Management System data and actual numbers of dwellings to determine expected students/dwelling. For purposes of this Ordinance, the student generation rate for each category of schools shall be as follows: Elementary schools: 0.30 · Middle or Junior High schools: 0.167 · High School: 0.167 The above-referenced figures may be adjusted from time to time by the County Commission by amending this Ordinance to reflect updates to the student generation rate calculated by the Cabarrus County Planning Services Department. B) The Administrator shall certify that public schools within the County have sufficient available capacity and acreage to accommodate the demand generated by the proposed residential development at the adopted level of service. Available capacity shall be calculated for the applicable high school feeder area and shall be expressed in terms of possible student enrollment which can be accommodated, in accordance with the following formulae: 9