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implemented at the local level. The TPR (OAR 660 - 012 -0060) states that when land use changes, including amendments to acknowledged comprehensive plans, significantly affect an existing or planned transportation facility the local government shall put in place measures to assure that the allowed land uses are consistent with the identified function, capacity and performance standards (level of service, volume to capacity ratio, etc.) of the thcility. Section 9.8670 of the Eugene Code, 1971, requires a development applicant to comply with the City's Traffic Impact Analysis (TIA) Review code provisions if the proposed development will "generate 100 or more vehicle trips during any peak hour as determined by using the most recent edition of the Institute of Transportation Engineer's Trip Generation Manual." One of the stated purposes of the City's TIA Review requirement is "to ensure that developments which will generate a significant amount of traffic, cause an increase in traffic that will contribute to traffic problems in the area, or result in levels of service of the roadway system in the vicinity of the development that do not meet adopted level of service standards provide the facilities necessary to accommodate the • traffic impact of the proposed development." The City's TIA Review follows a Type II process and is approved or conditionally approved upon the applicant's demonstration of compliance with the following criteria at EC 9.8680: (1) Traffic control devices and public or private improvements as necessary to achieve the purposes listed in this section will be implemented. These improvements may include, but are not limited to, street and intersection improvements, sidewalks, bike lanes, traffic control signs and signals, parking regulation, driveway location, and street lighting. (2) Public improvements shall be designed and constructed to the standards specified in EC 9.6505 Improvements - Specifications. The requirement of • improvements based on a traffic impact analysis does not negate the ability of the city traffic engineer to require improvements by other means specified in this code or rules or regulations adopted thereunder. (3) • An exception to any or all of the requirements listed in the "Standards for Traffic Impact Analyses" for development that generate less than 100 trips in any peak hour may be granted if the applicant demonstrates that the study is not • necessary in order to demonstrate compliance with this subsection. (4) In addition to the above criteria, if the Traffic Impact Analysis Review was required based on EC 9.8670(4), the improvements shall also address the structural • capacity of the street in the County's jurisdiction and address identified structural deficiencies, or reduction in the useful life of existing street structures related to the • proposed development. Improvements may be needed to eliminate the identified structural deficiencies and to accommodate vehicle impacts to structures. In accordance with the above - quoted Eugene City code provisions, prior to the any development on the subject property that will generate more than 100 peak hour trips per day, the developer will • need to prepare a TIA Review that parallels the TPR analysis required by Statewide Planning Goal 12. Because of the size of the subject property (approximately 63 acres), the number of allowed Findings of Consistency Pages •