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Comprehensive Plan Transportation Element <br />limited to the afternoon peak hour. Existing peak hours will be identified from traffic <br />counts between 7:00 and 9:00 a.m., 11:30 a.m. and 1:30 p.m., and 4:00 and 6:00 p.m., <br />using 15 -minute intervals. Counts not taken during the peak season shall be factored, <br />based on county traffic counts in the project area, to represent peak season conditions. <br />Level of service calculations shall be based on the Operational Analysis methodology <br />described in the 3099 latest edition of the Highway Capacity Manual. <br />Future levels of service shall be calculated for the buildout date of the proposed project, <br />as well as for any intermediate development phases. Conditions with and without the <br />proposed development shall be evaluated and documented. Conditions with the <br />development shall be based on a combined traffic volume of the projected peak <br />hour/peak season traffic generated by the site and the projected peak hour/peak season <br />background traffic. The background traffic shall be calculated based on one of the <br />following methods: <br />a) Increase the existing peak season traffic to the buildout date based on historical <br />growth trends over a minimum of 5 years and a maximum of 10 years. Traffic <br />generated by committed developments which would impact the study area shall <br />also be included subject to appeal to reviewing agencies. <br />b) Increase the existing peak season traffic to the buildout date based on an <br />interpolation using traffic volumes projected by the county. The county reserves <br />the right to require method "a" to be used if it feels traffic projections may be <br />inaccurate due to recent changes in land use or roadway improvements. <br />Roadway improvements which are committed and scheduled to be complete at or before <br />the project buildout, or development phase, date may be included when calculating future <br />levels of service. <br />Roadway improvementswhich are necessary to maintain projected peak hour -peak <br />season peak direction conditions at a level of service consistent with Policy 1.1 shall be <br />identified. <br />POLICY 1.6: The county shall maintain its traffic impact fee process and shall review <br />the fee schedule at least once every two years. If necessary, changes to the fee schedule <br />shall be made based upon the results of the fee schedule review. <br />POLICY 1.7: By 2005, the county shall consider imposing part or all of the ELMS one <br />to five cent local option gas tax. <br />OBJECTIVE 2 SAFETY <br />By 2010, the number of intersections with a high relative crash rate (over 2.0 accidents per <br />million entering vehicles) will be less than the five high relative crash rate intersections <br />identified in 2001. <br />Community Development Department Indian River County 106 <br />