HomeMy WebLinkAbout1777 - Traffic Phasing OrdinanceORDINANCE NO. 1777
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF NEWPORT BEACH
AMENDING ORDINANCE NO. 1765 - TRAFFIC PHASING
ORDINANCE - SECTIONS 15.40.030(D)(ii) AND
15.40.040 OF THE NEWPORT BEACH MUNICIPAL CODE
The City Council of the City of Newport Beach DOES
ORDAIN as follows:
SECTION 1. Section 15.40.030(D)(ii) of the Newport
Beach Municipal Code is amended to read as follows:
"(ii) if it shall find that traffic during any
2.5 hour peak traffic period on each leg of each critical
intersection will be increased by less than 1% by traffic
generated from the project during that 2.5 hour period;"
SECTION 2. Section 15.40.040 of the Newport Beach
• Municipal Code is amended to read as follows:
"15.40.040 Definitions. The following terms used
in this Chapter shall have the meanings indicated below:
UNSATISFACTORY LEVEL OF TRAFFIC SERVICE means peak period
traffic service which is worse than Level of Service 'D'
for one hour determined according to standard traffic
engineering practices.
PROJECT shall be determined by reference to the California
Environmental Quality Act [California Public Resources
Code §21000 et seq.] and the administrative guidelines
established thereunder.
LEVEL OF SERVICE 'D' shall mean that level of traffic
• service set forth as 'Level of Service 'D'' in the Highway
Capacity Manual (1965) or any subsequent edition thereof,
provided, however, that such level of service shall not
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exceed the most appropriate of the following criteria,
as applicable:
• (i) intersection capacity utilization of 0.90;
(ii) other criteria selected by the City Traffic
Engineer which are consistent with subsection (i), and
which have been reviewed and approved by the Planning
Commission.
CRITICAL INTERSECTION shall mean any intersection operating
at an unsatisfactory level of traffic service, either prior
to or as_a result of a project, on any 'major,' 'primary-
modified,' or 'primary) street.
'MAJOR,' 'PRIMARY - MODIFIED' or 'PRIMARY' street shall be
defined by the General Plan of the City of Newport Beach,
Circulation Element.
• ELIGIBLE TO VOTE shall mean all members lawfully holding
office except those disqualified from voting due to a
conflict of interest. ".
SECTION 3. This Ordinance shall be published once in
the official newspaper of the City and shall be effective thirty
(30) days after the date of its adoption.
This Ordinance was introduced at a regular meeting of
the City Council of the City of Newport Beach held on the 14th
day of August , 1978, and was adopted on the 28th day of
August 1978, by the following vote, to wit:
AYES, COUNCILMEN Hart, Hummel, Strauss,
Williams and Mayor Ryckoff
NOES, COUNCILMEN McInnis
• ABSENT COUNCILMEN Heather
ATTEST: l ' Ma or
CERTIRED AS n4E CmwAt AND
CERTINED AS TO PUBLICATION
City Clerk
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8/11/78
—42L CLERK OF THE CITY OF NEW T SeACH