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~e~ c~o~~ ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER NO. 58-02-02 of the City Manager of the City of Eugene PROPOSED ADOPTION OF STANDARDS FOR TRAFFIC IMPACT ANALYSES (TIA) ADMINISTRATIVE RULE R-9.8650. The City Manager of the City of Eugene finds as follows: ~. A. Section 2.019 of the Eugene Code,1971 (EC) authorizes the City Manager to adopt rules for administration and implementation of any provisions of that Code. Some provisions of EC Chapter 9 which became effective on August 1, 2001, require the submission of an application for Traffic Impact Analysis Review in order to ensure that developments that will generate a significant amount of traffic, cause an increase in traffic that will contribute to traffic problems in the area, or result inlevels of service of the roadway system in the vicinity of the development that do not meet adopted level of service standards, provide the facilities necessary to accommodate the traffic impact of the proposed development. T'he conditions that require a Traffic Impact Analysis Review are set forth in EC Section 9.8670, and are contained in the Standards for Traffic Impact Analyses (TIA) hereinafter set forth. B. EC 9.8675 provides that an application for Traffic Impact Analysis Review shall contain each of the items required by the Standards for Traffic Impact Analyses available from the City. C. City staff has worked with the development community for several months in developing the Standards for Traffic Impact Analyses contained herein, and the City's Transportation Engineer has recommended its adoption. Staff has developed a list of reference materials that may be utilized by the City and applicants in the review and preparation of reports, which is attached as Exhibit B. I have reviewed and concur with the Traffic Engineer's recommendation, and' find that adoption of the Standards for Traffic Impact Analyses Administrative Rule as hereinafter set forth is necessary in order to provide direction in meeting the requirements of the Eugene Code, 1971. Based on the above findings, I therefore propose to adopt the following: STANDARDS FOR TRAFFIC IMPACT ANALYSES ADMINISTRATIVE RULE R-9.8650 R-9.8650-A Traffic Impact Analysis (TIA) -Purpose. As provided in EC 9.8650, the purpose of Traffic Impact Analysis Review (TIA review) is to ensure that developments that will generate a significant amount of traffic, cause an increase in traffic that will contribute to traffic problems in the area, or result in levels of service of the roadway Administrative Order - 1 r:\adminord\rules\O l stdstial ao.wpd(12/06/01)