Item 27 - Appeal Application Nos. 2020-03 and 2020-04 - Central Pointe Mixed-Use Development

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5.0 PROJECT TRAFFIC CHARACTERISTICS 5.1 Project Traffic Generation Traffic generation is expressed in vehicle trip ends, defined as one-way vehicular movements, either entering or exiting the generating land use. Generation equations and/or rates used in the traffic forecasting procedure are found in the loth Edition of Trip Generation, published by the Institute of Transportation Engineers (ITE) [Washington D.C., 2017]. Table 5-1 summarizes the trip generation rates used in forecasting the vehicular trips generated by the proposed Project and presents the project's forecast peak hour and daily traffic volumes. As shown in the upper portion of Table 5-1, ITE Land Use 221: Multifamily Housing (Mid -Rise), ITE Land Use 820: Shopping Center, and ITE Land Use 932: High Turnover Sit -Down Restaurant trip rates were used to forecast the trip generation potential for the proposed project. A review of the lower portion of this table indicates that the proposed Project, after adjustment for internal capture, is forecast to generate approximately 4,121 "net" daily trips, with 264 "net" trips (82 inbound, 182 outbound) produced in the AM peak hour and 344 "net" trips (205 inbound, 139 outbound) produced in the PM peak hour on a "typical" weekday. 5.2 Project Traffic Distribution and Assignment Figure 5-1 presents the traffic distribution pattern for the proposed Project. A tabular summary of the general directional Project trip distribution pattern is presented Table 5-2. Project traffic volumes both entering and exiting the project site have been distributed and assigned to the adjacent street system based on the following considerations: ■ location of site access points in relation to the surrounding street system, ■ the site's proximity to major traffic carriers and regional access routes, ■ physical characteristics of the circulation system such as lane channelization and presence of traffic signals that affect travel patterns, ■ presence of traffic congestion in the surrounding vicinity, ■ ingress/egress availability at the project site (i.e. right -turn restrictions on 4th Street access and full access on Park Court Place driveway), ■ distribution patterns contained within the Traffic Impact Study for the Metro East Overlay Zone in the City of Santa Ana, and ■ input from City staff. The anticipated AM and PM peak hour project traffic volumes associated with the proposed Project are presented in Figures 5-2 and 5-3, respectively. Figure 5-3 also presents the daily Project traffic volumes. The traffic volume assignments presented in Figures 5-2 and 5-3 reflect the traffic distribution characteristics shown in Figure 5-1 and the traffic generation forecast presented in Table 5-1.