City Hall 4Jamestown (CSi) The Jamestown City Planning Commission Monday, authorized SRF Consulting, a planning firm retained by the commission, to prepare a memo detailing how other communities in North Dakota determine if a traffic impact study is warranted for a new development.

The exploring of options may lead to request the Jamestown City Council to reconsider its position on requiring traffic impact studies for new developments in Jamestown.

The City Council voted down a traffic impact study ordinance at its April 4 meeting. The ordinance would have required that developers furnish the city with an engineer’s study on the impacts the new development would have on traffic flows in the areas surrounding the development.

The request for the City Council to reconsider a possible traffic impact study ordinance could become part of the 2016 prioritization of action items presented by SRF to the City Planning Commission.

In other business, the Planning Commission gave preliminary plat and zoning approval to the Sumac Ridge Addition located in the 600 block of 11th Street Southwest or immediately behind the Jamestown Fire Department station located at the base of Mill Hill.

The developer plans to build three twin homes on the property with two yet to be constructed this summer and one planned for 2017 or 2018.