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CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS -ELEMENT facility. Capacity, however, is measured differently for each type of facility. Table 13.19, Service Level Measures, identifies both the capacity and demand measures for each public facility. These measures are addressed in details and existing capacities are identified in the applicable elements of the comprehensive plan. Concurrency requires that the specific facility within the geographic scope of a proposed project have sufficient capacity to accommodate the project's demand. If that capacity is not available, the project cannot be approved. The principal function of the concurrency management system then is to provide a mechanism whereby demand and capacity measures can be compared on a project -by project basis. Table 13.19, Service Level Measures, provides the criteria for establishing a demand to capacity comparison for a proposed project. While most of the characteristics are self-explanatory, one needs clarification; this is the geographic scope for the traffic public facility category. For concurrency purposes, affected roadways will be those roadways impacted by a project's traffic. All projects, regardless of size, are deemed to impact the roadway on which the project fronts or to which the project directs trips. Level of service standards are to apply to all requests for development orders and permits. Level of service standards are measurements based on peak -hour trips and based on volume ranges or average travel speed for the peak hour. Demand is an important component of the concurrency management system. Essentially, demand is a measure of facility use. When compared to facility capacity, demand can indicate the level -of - service for the facility. As depicted in Table 13.19, Service Level Measures, demand can be measured quantitatively for each public facility category. While the demand function for each facility consists of applying a rate to the number of facility users, estimation of total demand is more complex. For concurrency management purposes, demand can be divided into three types: existing, committed, and projected. Each must be considered separately for purposes of concurrency management. c Existing Demand Existing demand is simply the current level of use for a facility. For a roadway, it is the peak hour trips; for water and wastewater treatment plants, it is the existing flow volume measured in gallons per day. These figures are included within applicable plan elements.