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Implementation Regulations Growth Limitation Plan PEAK HOUR TRIP GENERATION RATE The highest one hour weighted average vehicle trip generation rate between 4:00 and 6:00 P.M. when the adjacent street traffic is at its peak. PEAK HOUR TRIP POINT REDUCTION RATE The rate at which points are deducted on the traffic weighted point system as the number of P.M. peak hour trips increases. PREFERENCE CRITERIA A list of development objectives identified by the City Council coinciding with the two year commercial development cycles. The preference criteria may be expressed as goals, policies, programs, or priority projects. The City Council will assign points to each of the items on the list. Preference criteria points will be totaled under the traffic weighted point system when determining whether a project will be granted an allocation. ROADWAY LEVEL OF SERVICE STANDARDS Roadway Level of Service Standards will be met or maintained if a traffic study shows that a project, at the time of project review, ff does not: l a) increase the Volume to Capacity (v /c) ratio above existing conditions on a Regional Corridor, and 1 b) increase the v/c ratio of any other intersection above the standards set forth on Table 2 -9 of the General Plan, and c) increase the v/c ratio of any intersection that already exceeds the General Plan standards (see Table 2 -9). SMALL PROJECT ALLOCATION POOL At the beginning of each two year commercial development cycle, the City Council may reserve up to 25,000 square feet of the total allocation pool for small projects. Small projects are new projects, or expansions of existing projects, less than 1,500 square feet in net new area. STRUCTURE, EXISTING For the purposes of these regulations, an existing structure is any building having a roof supported by columns or walls for the housing or the enclosure of persons, animals, or property of any kind. When redeveloping a site, credit for existing square footage shall not be given for accessory structures, greenhouses, garages, carports, breezeways, attics without floors, open porches, balconies or terraces unless replaced with similar structures and/or uses. TRAFFIC ENGINEER, WALNUT CREEK CERTIFIED A qualified traffic engineer from a company that is familiar with the regulations and methods used to calculate traffic standards in the City of Walnut Creek. The traffic engineer or company must be approved by the City's Transportation Administrator. TRAFFIC WEIGHTED POINT SYSTEM A method of selecting projects on a 100 point scale where points are deducted based on the number of net new P.M. peak hour trips generated by a project, and are credited for meeting certain development objectives (preference criteria). To receive an allocation reservation for commercial square footage, or to qualify to develop a residential project, the total project score must be higher than the minimum qualifying score established by the City Council. 17