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The traffic impact study shall incorporate graphics, such as drawings and maps, and shall consider and include, but shall not be limited to, the following features:

A. Physical Roadway Features.

1. General description of location.

2. Type of existing roadway.

3. Existing roadway geometrics.

4. Existing type and condition of pavement surface.

5. Existing traffic controls.

6. Available and required stopping sight distances from point of access to highway.

7. Adjacent intersections and roadway access points with 300 feet of the parcel being developed.

B. Traffic Characteristics.

1. Existing annual average daily traffic (AADT).

2. Existing vehicle classifications.

3. Existing pedestrian and bicycle activity, travel patterns, and safety issues, both day and night.

4. Existing peak hour turning maneuvers.

5. Existing roadway or intersection capacity.

6. Existing roadway or intersection level of service, including all movements.

7. Three years of historical accident data.

8. Existing and likely pedestrian and vehicular traffic patterns between proposed and existing business and residential areas within 500 feet minimum of the parcel being developed. The city engineer may expand the minimum size area to be included in this analysis if the size and/or type of the proposed development warrants such expansion.

C. Speed Characteristics.

1. Prevailing eighty-fifth percentile speed.

2. Posted speed limits.

D. Existing Traffic Controls.

1. Passive controls (such as signs and markers).

2. Active controls (such as traffic signals).

3. Lighting.

4. Crosswalks.

5. Bicycle paths or lanes.

E. Traffic Generator Characteristics.

1. Description of traffic generator.

2. Gross land area of traffic generator.

3. Square feet of commercial building space.

4. Number of commercial parking spaces.

5. Number of dwelling units, including type.

6. Total number of trips per day anticipated from completed development.

7. Number of weekday peak hour trips anticipated from completed development.

8. Number of weekend peak hour trips anticipated from completed development.

9. Anticipated peak hour turning movement volume to or from street or highway, and to or from traffic generator.

10. Volume and direction of anticipated pedestrian and bicycle traffic during the peak hour.

11. Description of vehicle classifications anticipated for the traffic generator.

12. Level of service of roadway or intersection, including all movements, combining existing and development-generated traffic volumes. Such levels shall be delineated both:

a. Without consideration of roadway and traffic control improvements; and

b. With consideration of roadway and traffic control improvements.

13. Pedestrian generation and pedestrian traffic patterns.

F. Summary.

1. Pertinent discussion.

2. Results of analyses.

3. Recommendations addressing the maintenance of existing levels of traffic operations and traffic safety and safety impacts of vehicles associated with the development. These recommendations shall include description of the timing, funding and construction necessary to implement these improvements. All such recommendations shall be consistent with the recommendations and conclusions of the city’s Sedona Area Transportation Study as adopted by the council. The recommendations of any traffic impact study submitted prior to the adoption of the Sedona Area Transportation Study shall be consistent with the draft current at the time the traffic impact study is submitted.

G. Graphics Format. Graphics, such as drawings and maps, shall be drawn to scale upon substantial paper or Mylar and supplemented with a bar graph to preclude changes via enlargements or reductions. [Code 2006 § 7-17-6. Ord. 2008-05, 6-10-2008].