“Actual existing project site trip generation” means the actual count of daily and peak hour trips generated at the site of a proposed project.

“Average existing project site trip generation” means the number of daily and peak hour trips which would be expected to be generated from a project site when the trip generation rates as described in the Institute of Transportation Engineers (ITE) “Trip Generation Manual” are applied to the existing development on the project site or, should the existing project land use not be listed in the ITE manual, the number of trips which would be generated when the trip generation rate recommended by the City Traffic Engineer and approved by the City Council is applied to the existing development on the project site.

“City” shall mean the City of Larkspur.

“Discretionary approvals” means approvals attained at public hearings before the Larkspur Planning Commission as required by Larkspur Municipal Code Titles 17 and 18, including, but not limited to, the following: use permits, variances, design review, grading permits, tentative subdivision maps, and master plans authorized under the planned development, residential master plan, and planned commercial zoning districts.

“Intersection, impacted” means an intersection that regularly experiences a level of congestion which exceeds the City’s level of service standards.

“Level of service” (also “LOS”) means a measure of the conditions existing or projected under various traffic delay and volume conditions on any highway or at a street intersection. These levels of service, designated “A” through “F,” from minimum or no delay to severe congestion and long delays, cover the entire range of traffic operations that may occur.

“Level of service, acceptable” means the acceptable level of service for most signalized intersections of the primary circulation system is level of service “D” as measured for peak hour conditions by the planning procedures in Transportation Research Circular 212 or successor. The following intersections are recognized to currently operate at LOS “E” or “F” and should not be improved due to the undesirable impacts which the improvements would cause:

Sir Francis Drake Boulevard at Eliseo Drive;

Sir Francis Drake Boulevard at La Cuesta Drive;

Sir Francis Drake Boulevard at Bon Air Road.

For unsignalized intersections the acceptable level of service shall be “C” or as designated by the City on a case-by-case basis. The following intersections are recognized to operate at worse than level “C” for the traffic on the side street and should not be improved due to the undesirable impacts which the improvements would cause:

Magnolia Avenue at William Avenue;

Magnolia Avenue at Baltimore Avenue;

Magnolia Avenue at Wiltshire Avenue.

“Peak hour traffic” means the total volume of traffic crossing a fixed point at the boundary of a project or at a specific point on the street and highway system on an average weekday during the highest morning or afternoon traffic hour.

“Primary circulation system” means that system of roads and highways and associated intersections shown on Figure 4-4, titled “Primary Circulation System,” of the Larkspur General Plan.

“Programmed transportation system improvements” means the officially adopted list of traffic and circulation system improvements which are to be funded by the revenue collected under the Traffic Impact Fee (TIF), Larkspur Municipal Code Chapter 18.15.

“Projected traffic” means traffic demand projected for the time when all potential development in Larkspur would be complete (also known as “build-out” of the City) based on estimates of future development provided by the City and other public agencies. (Ord. 1069 § 6, 2023; Ord. 1030 § 2(12), 2018; Ord. 933 § 3, 2004; Ord. 838 § 1 (part), 1992)