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3.1.2 Trip Generation Rates <br /> When using Attachment 1 of this Appendix to determine the trip rate to be assigned to <br /> the proposed development, the City Traffic Engineer shall apply the description which <br /> most nearly describes the type of development proposed by the applicant. If the <br /> proposed development is not represented on Attachment 1, the City's Traffic Engineer <br /> will determine the rate. <br /> 3.2 Alternate Calculation <br /> Anytime prior to the issuance of a permit requiring payment of Transportation SDCs, an <br /> applicant may elect to use the Altemate Calculation method of determining the trip generation <br /> for the type of development proposed, as provided in this paragraph 3.2. This election must <br /> be by written application to the City Traffic Engineer, must be accompanied with payment or <br /> the agreement to pay the transportation SDC using the Standard Calculation and must be <br /> approved by the City Traffic Engineer. Issuance of a final certificate of occupancy for the <br /> development will be contingent on a final,decision by the City Traffic Engineer on the Altemate <br /> Calculation submitted for review. In the absence of the City Traffic Engineer's approval of the <br /> applicant's election to use an Altemate Calculation, the Standard Calculation shall be used. <br /> All calculations shall be based on the p.m. peak hour traffic on the adjacent street for a general <br /> type of development similar to the proposal and not on the p. m. peak hour traffic on the <br /> development site. <br /> 3.2.1 Existing Traffic Study Standards <br /> If an applicant provides previously performed traffic studies that meet the standards in <br /> this paragraph and have been approved by the City Traffic Engineer, the trip rate based <br /> upon those studies may be used to calculate the transportation SDC. Except that the <br /> studies may come from geographic locations other than those listed in paragraph 3.2.3.3, <br /> the studies shall meet the standards set in paragraph 3.2.3 and shall not be more than <br /> ten years old. <br /> 3.2.2 Independent Traffic Study <br /> If an applicant does not want to use the trip generation rates in paragraph 3.1 nor to have <br /> the rate determined under paragraph 3.2.1, with the prior written approval of the City <br /> Traffic Engineer by complying with the standards in paragraph 3.2.3 below the applicant <br /> may conduct an independent survey of the proposed development's trip generation rate. <br /> 3.2.3 Transportation Traffic Study Criteria <br /> To be used to calculate the Transportation SDC for a proposed development under this <br /> paragraph 3.2, a transportation study must meet the following standards unless the City's <br /> Traffic Engineer modifies them because of unique circumstances: <br /> 3.2.3.1 Qualifications of Study <br /> The completed study must be stamped by either a licensed civil engineer qualified <br /> to conduct traffic studies or a licensed traffic engineer, who has been approved <br /> by the City's Traffic Engineer. <br /> <br /> May 1, 1997 City of Eugene SDC Methodology Page C-9 <br /> <br />