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(3) - CODE OF ORDINANCES Title X. - IMPACT FEES CHAPTER 1010. TRAFFIC FACILITIES AND FAIR SHARE ROADWAY IMPROVEMENTS The traffic facilities average level of service for impact fee calculation purposes standard for the county is "D" on all roadways during peak hour, peak season, peak direction conditions for all roadways in the county. For impact fee calculation purposes, it is assumed that some roadways operate above LOS D while others operate below LOS D - (Ord. No. 2005-015, 5-17-05) Section 1010.03. Establishment -Use of a fee schedule or individual assessment (traffic). (1) Any person who shall initiate any new land development activity generating traffic shall pay a "fair share roadway improvements fee" for the land development activity as established by the fee schedule attached as Appendix A to this title and incorporated by reference herein, or the manner set forth in subsection 1010.03(2). (2) As an alternative to the fee schedule, a feepayer may opt to conduct an individual assessment of fiscal impact of land development activity on the major road network. Such assessment shall be based on a traffic impact analysis and a demonstration that the demand generated by the land development activity is less than the demand component calculated for the applicable land use in the fee schedule (Appendix A). For individual assessments, the following criteria shall apply: (A) The "fair share roadway improvements fee" shall be determined by the individual assessment of the fiscal impact of land development on the major road network if: 1. Any person commencing land development activity generating traffic which increases demand chooses to have the fee determined by the individual assessment and pays to the county an individual assessment review fee as established by the board of county commissioners by ordinance or resolution; or 2. The proposed land development activity requires a development of regional impact or building permit and the county administrator or his designee determines the nature, timing or location of the proposed development makes it likely to generate impacts costing substantially more to accommodate than the amount of the fee that would be generated by the use of the fee schedule. (B) The individual assessment shall be undertaken through the submission of a traffic impact analysis, which shall include the following information: 1. The projected trip generation rates for the proposed land development activity based on the average daily traffic of the proposed land development activity. Trip generation rates shall be assessed on an average annual basis, and on a peak hour, peak season, peak direction basis. The trip generation rates shall be based upon local empirical surveys of trip generation rates for the same or similar land use types that meet methodological standards acceptable to the transportation engineering profession. If local empirical surveys are not available, state and/or national trip generation rate information may be used, if it is based on methodological standards acceptable to the transportation engineering profession; 2. The projected trip length and percent new trips for the proposed land development activity based on surveys of similar land use types. Trip length and percent new trips information shall be based upon local empirical surveys of similar land use types or data compiled by the county administrator or his designee for average trip lengths and percent new trips for similar land use types. If local empirical surveys are not available, state and/or national trip length and present new trips information may be used, if it is based on methodological standards acceptable to the transportation engineering profession. 3. The resulting impact fee for the proposed land development activity will be calculated using the trip generation rate; trip rate, trip length, and percent new trips developed in the preceding Updates are shown with * ';� ughs and underlines. Strike -through wording will be deleted from the ordinance, underlined wording will be added. Indian River County, Florida, Code of Ordinances Page 30 152