§ 135-1402. Definitions.

For the purposes of this article the following terms shall have the following meanings:

ADEQUATE CAPACITY

Level of Service (LOS) D or better on every major approach for arterial and collector streets; LOS C or better for residential and subcollector streets.

AVERAGE DAILY TRAFFIC (ADT)

The number of vehicles passing a point on a street during a twenty-four-hour period on a typical day.

CAPACITY OF AN INTERSECTION

The maximum number of vehicles which can reasonably be expected to be processed through an intersection or street segment during a one-hour peak time period.

DESIGN YEAR

The fifth year after a development is scheduled to be completed.

EXCEPTIONAL PEAK PERIOD

An exceptional hourly, daily or seasonal period of trip generation (i.e., the December holiday).

IMPACTED STREET

A residential or subcollector street or intersection receiving 25 or more peak hour trips from a development; a collector arterial street or intersection receiving 50 or more peak hour trips from a development.

LEVEL OF SERVICE (LOS)

A measure of the operating conditions of an intersection or street segment ranked on a scale from LOS A (optimum) to LOS F (failing) as defined in the Highway Capacity Manual, latest edition, Transportation Research Board.

PASS-BY TRIPS

The number of trips captured by a land use from existing traffic on an adjacent street.

PEAK PERIOD, EVENING

3:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m.

PEAK PERIOD, MORNING

7:00 a.m. to 9:00 a.m.

PEAK PERIOD, SATURDAY

12:00 noon to 4:00 p.m.

SIGNAL PHASE

That part of a traffic signal's time cycle allocated to a traffic movement or a combination of movements (including exclusive pedestrian movements) receiving the right-of-way simultaneously.

STREET

ARTERIAL COLLECTOR

An interregional street with an ADT of more than 5,000 conveying traffic between centers.

COLLECTOR

A street carrying large volumes of traffic (maximum ADT of 5,000) between arterial streets and residential and subcollector streets and having limited direct access to lots.

SUBCOLLECTOR — A street with a maximum ADT of 1,000 to 2,000 which provides access to lots and carries residential traffic to collector and arterial streets.

RESIDENTIAL

A street with low traffic volume (maximum ADT of 1,000) which provides frontage for access to lots and carries traffic with destination or origin on the street itself.

STUDY AREA

An area which encompasses all impacted streets.

TRIP

A single or one-directional vehicle movement.

TRIP ASSIGNMENT

Assignment of development generated and through trips to municipal streets and a development's driveways.

TRIP RATE

The number of trips per unit of independent variable (e.g., trips per dwelling unit, employee or square footage).