Discussion and possible action on any and all matters regarding Ordinance No. 391.  An ordinance of the Mayor and City Council of the City of San Luis, Arizona, amending the San Luis City Code on Building Regulations, Section 150.014 by adding subsection 150.014 (C) Traffic Impact Studies; repealing any conflicting provisions; providing for severability; and declaring an emergency. (Kay Marion Macuil, City Attorney)

A. Action on Reading of Ordinance No. 391 by title only.
     (City Clerk to read Ordinance No. 391 by title only)
B. Action on Ordinance No. 391.

Background

The City has experienced the development of properties wherein a subdivision is not involved, yet the development generates traffic. These properties cause a need for major infrastructure improvements to accommodate the development and to deal with the new demands created by the increase in traffic due to that development. 

How the Ordinance will fit into the San Luis City Code

Public Works Standards
The city has formally adopted Public Works Standards. Standard Number 2-100 of these Public Works Standards provide guidelines for Traffic Impact Studies.  The standard requires a traffic study if the development or modification to development are expected to generate 100 or more additional trips during any hour.  The amount of traffic expected to be generated by the development must be determined using the procedures in "Trip Generation," current edition, published by the Institute of Transportation Engineers.

General Plan
The Ordinance prohibits school zones and school crossings on existing and future arterial roads. Exhibit 4.1 of the General Plan's Transportation Circulation Plan shows the current arterial roads in the color green on the attachment.

Building Regulations
The Ordinance amends the Building Regulations because it deals with developments which are not part of a zoning conditional use permit, subdivision, lot tie or lot split.

The purpose of this ordinance is to:

(1) augment the adopted public works standards,

(2) make it clear when a traffic study will be required and

(3) make it clear that the developer must build appropriate infrastructure at the cost of the developer.