INC NEWS - Rezoning Votes before NCDOT review -- contact Mayor Bell

[Pat Carstensen]

I should have highlighted, in response to Ken's concern, that stuff in the downtown tier doesn't require a TIA.  I think this is because:
* With public transit, a well-developed grid, and the parking decks, downtown is already pretty well-served with transportation
* Doing a TIA would be complicated downtown (too many things that could change)
* Too much stuff close together so it is hard to figure out 1 project's impact
* Some amount of it being in public interest to have a vibrant downtown

Anyhow, this makes a small incentive for downtown development......

Regards, pat

From: pats1717 at hotmail.com
To: inc-list at durhaminc.org
Date: Fri, 5 Sep 2008 20:49:47 -0400
Subject: Re: INC NEWS - Rezoning Votes before NCDOT review -- contact	Mayor	Bell








3.3.1 Applicability
Unless exempted below, a traffic impact analysis (TIA) shall be required for zoningmap changes utilizing a development plan, site plans, and preliminary plats that can
be anticipated to generate at least 150 vehicle trips at the peak hour (as determined
by Institute of Transportation Engineers Standards). Trips generated by separate
developments meeting the criteria of Sec. 3.3.3, TIA Submission for Projects with
Cumulative Impacts, shall be considered cumulatively.

3.3.2 Exemptions
The following projects shall not be required to submit a TIA:
A. Projects located within the Downtown Tier.
B. Developments that submitted a TIA in conjunction with a zoning map change or
previously approved site plan, special use permit, or other plan, where the TIA
remains valid, consistent with the provisions of Sec. 3.3.6, Period of Validity.
C. Redevelopment of any site on which the increase in traffic at peak hour represents an
increase of less than 150 trips from the previous development, if the redevelopment
is initiated within 12 months of the cessation of use of the previous development so
long as no access road that leads directly to the site is operating

[my bold}

Regards, pat

> Date: Fri, 5 Sep 2008 20:36:31 -0400
> From: randy at 27beverly.com
> To: inc-list at durhaminc.org
> Subject: Re: INC NEWS - Rezoning Votes before NCDOT review -- contact Mayor	Bell
> 
> There is no traffic impact from the rezoning process. It's not until the
> plans are drawn and development planned/built that traffic should be
> considered. Then is when, in the site approval process, the traffic impact
> analysis shoud be calculated. Until then, a vacant piece of land, zoned as
> it is now or as it is being requested, generates the same amount of
> traffic... none. So where's the foul?
> 
> RWP
> 27 Beverly
> 
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