(1) Any developer proposing a development that will generate three or more peak hour vehicle trips, is required to attend a pre-submittal conference with the department of public works before submitting the development application, except for those submitting applications for a duplex residential permit on a single lot.

(2) The purpose of the pre-submittal conference is to review the traffic related aspects of the development proposal, to determine if a traffic study is necessary, and to ensure that the application is submitted with adequate information for the review process.

(3) The department of public works shall determine at the pre-submittal conference the need for a study and the scope of analysis of any study required.

(4) The transportation service area (TSA) in which a development is located will be determined at the pre-submittal conference. The department of public works will determine the transportation service area of developments that straddle a boundary, are physically adjacent to another transportation service area, or which generate the greatest traffic impacts in an adjacent TSA. The department of public works may change such determination upon review of the initial application.

(5) The determinations made by the department of public works at the pre-submittal conference shall be shown on a scoping sheet that will be signed by the department of public works and the applicant or their representatives. The scoping sheet shall remain valid for 90 days after signature. A valid scoping sheet must accompany any application for a development generating three or more peak-hour trips.

(6) A developer may choose to provide only trip generation or trip distribution with the initial application and leave the full scope of traffic impact analysis to be determined by the department of public works during its preliminary review of the application. In such cases, the department of public works will recommend in its first written traffic-related comments to the department of planning and development services, a requirement for additional traffic analysis to be provided by a traffic consultant approved by the department of public works and paid for by the developer. (Added by Amended Ord. 02-064, Dec. 9, 2002, Eff date Feb. 1, 2003).