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(1) The individual assessment shall be prepared by a qualified traffic engineer or engineering firm.

(2) The traffic study shall be signed by the traffic engineer submitting the assessment and shall include, without limitation, the following elements:

a. A projection of the number of vehicular trips entering and departing from the project during the evening peak hour on an average weekday.

b. If the site is already developed, and some or all of the existing development will be replaced by the completed project, a calculation of the number of vehicular trips for that portion of the existing development that will be replaced by the completed project.

c. The percentage of those trips identified in (a) and (b) above that are "primary trips" (as opposed to "pass-by trips" or "diverted-link trips" for which the project is not the primary destination).

d. The average length of those trips on the City's major roadway system.

e. The assumptions and conclusions from which any projections are made. If the assumptions or conclusions are derived from the current edition of the ITE manual or other standard reference materials, the materials shall be identified, and appropriate excerpts or specific references provided. Otherwise, the reasoning underlying the assumptions and conclusions shall be clearly stated in writing.

f. Such other information as the Impact Fee Administrator shall reasonably request.

(3) The Impact Fee Administrator shall determine the fee based on the review of the independent assessment and the guidelines and the following formula:

Fee = one-way peak-hour trips (PHT) X primary trip factor X average trip length X net cost per peak-hour travel mile, where "one-way peak-hour trips" means one-half the evening peak-hour trip ends on a weekday, "primary trip factor" means the percentage of peak-hour trips to or from the development that are primary trips as opposed to pass-by or diverted-link trips, and "average trip length" means the average distance per one-way peak-hour trip traveled on the City's major roadway system. "Net cost per peak-hour travel mile" shall be as identified in the adopted Consolidated Fee Schedule.

(Ord. No. 97-30 Enacted 07/01/1997; Ord. No. 06-03 Amended 01/17/2006)