Section 25.12.420 Applicability and effect.

When any part of the site of a proposed development is located within a radius of five hundred feet of the terminus of any ramp leading onto or off of any existing or proposed interchange with a limited access street or highway and when the terminus of such ramp leads to a street segment from which access to private property is allowed and which development involves more than forty thousand square feet of gross floor area or more than five acres of land, then:

1. No building permit shall be issued, nor rezoning granted for such development until the applicant for a building permit or for an amendment to this title has filed with the city traffic engineer a description of the proposed use and a detailed plan showing vehicular ingress and egress to the development. Such plan shall show parking areas and access routes within the site for a distance of one hundred fifty feet or such greater distance as necessary to show facilities for handling congestion due to large traffic generation potential.

The applicant shall also provide a report from an independent traffic engineer setting forth the probable traffic flows from the development, recommended control devices over traffic from said development, and the impact of said development on the interchange; provided, however, that this report may be waived by the commission or council if it finds that sufficient information is available upon which to base a decision.

2. The city traffic engineer shall, within twenty days of receipt of the aforesaid information, file his report and recommendation with the planning and zoning commission and the city council.

Said report shall set forth the probable traffic flows from the development, recommend control devices over traffic from said development and the probable impact of said development on the interchange.

3. The city council may, based upon the report of the city traffic engineer, attach specified conditions to the issuance of a building permit or, in the case of a proposed amendment, and following a recommendation by the planning and zoning commission, attach specified conditions to the grant of any amendment to the zoning ordinance, to ensure that the efficiency and safety of the interchange shall be protected. (Ord. S-30424, 1976)