<br />Hearings Official Decision (WG 19-2) 7 <br />proposed development will generate or receive traffic by vehicles <br />of heavy weight in their daily operations. <br />“For purposes of EC 9.8650 through EC 9.8680, ‘daily operations’ does not <br />include routine services provided to the site by others, such as mail delivery, <br />garbage pickup, or bus service. ‘Daily operations’ does include, but is not <br />limited to, delivery (to or from the site) of materials or products processed or <br />sold by the business occupying the site. For purposes of EC 9.8650 through <br />EC 9.8680, ‘heavy vehicles’ are defined as a single vehicle or vehicle <br />combination greater than 26,000 pounds gross vehicle weight or combined <br />gross vehicle weight respectively.” <br /> The primary trigger for a TIA is a development that will generate 100 or more vehicle <br />trips during any peak hour. The applicant’s traffic engineer calculated that the proposed use <br />would generate 69 trips during the AM peak hour and 41 trips during the PM peak hour. This is <br />below the thresholds for requiring a TIA under EC 9.8670(1). The applicant’s traffic engineer <br />also explained why a TIA is not required under EC 9.8670(2-4). The applicant’s traffic <br />engineer’s evidence is very persuasive. Traffic Opponents do not attempt to refute the applicant’s <br />traffic engineer’s evidence. The only evidence from Traffic Opponents is speculative and <br />anecdotal. I agree with the applicant’s traffic engineer that a TIA is not required under EC <br />9.8670. Therefore, Traffic Opponents’ arguments do not provide a basis to deny the application. <br /> All of the approval criteria are satisfied. <br />CONCLUSION <br />For all the reasons set forth above, the Hearings Official APPROVES the application for a <br />Willamette Greenway Permit with the following conditions of approval. <br />CONDITIONS OF APPROVAL <br />1. The applicant shall add a note to the site plan (Sheet C1.0) that states: “Final landscaping <br />consistent with the Landscape Plan shall be installed before final occupancy.” <br />2. The applicant shall add a note to the site plan (Sheet C1.0) that states: “Bicycle parking <br />shown is conceptual and the required location, number and specific design will be <br />reviewed during the building permit process to ensure compliance with EC 9.6105.” <br />3. The applicant shall add a note to the site plan (Sheet C1.0) that states: “Accessible <br />parking is conceptual. The location, number and specific dimensions will be reviewed <br />during the building permit process to ensure compliance with EC 9.6410.”