LUTPmapJun2015Jamestown (CSi) At the Jamestown City Planning Commission meeting on Monday February 8, 2016, at City Hall, a Public Hearing will be held to amend an Ordinance.

Discussion will be held between the Planning Commission and city staff regarding goals for 2016, with recommendations from SRF Consulting Group, Inc.

It pertains to Traffic Impact Studies. The proposed amendment would establish requirements for the study of traffic impacts created from new or modifications to existing development.

The work session will be held at the City Hall lower level conference room.

The provision of a traffic impact study with specific development proposals was first discussed with the North Dakota Department of Transportation (NDDOT) during the development of the Land Use and Transportation Plan. The draft ordinance to be discussed as an amendment would set local requirements for the review of traffic impacts to the transportation system resulting from new development. The staff compared traffic impact study requirements of the NDDOT and other cities during the development of the draft ordinance language. The comparison was provided to the Planning Commission for review and discussion in early 2015. The discussion resulted in the determination of many elements of the draft ordinance. The staff recommends, “To accept the findings of staff, and recommend approval of the text amendment to Section 6.7 and Section 9 of Appendix B and Section 11 of Appendix C to require the submittal of a traffic impact study to the City Council.”