§ 9.6.6. Definitions.

Certain words or phrases unique to this section shall be construed as defined below, unless it is apparent from the context that they have a different meaning.

Building permit. A building permit issued by the Larimer County Building Department or any other county office before any building or construction activity can be initiated on a parcel of land.

Capacity. The maximum number of vehicles that have a reasonable expectation of passing over a given section of a regional road during a given time period, under prevailing traffic conditions, expressed in terms of vehicles per day. Capacity is measured in this regulation and in the TCEF during the week day.

Existing traffic-generating development. The most intense use of land within the past ten years prior to the time of commencement of new traffic-generating development.

Expansion of the capacity of a regional road. Any widening, intersection improvement, signalization, or other capital improvement designed to increase an existing regional road's capacity to carry vehicles.

Fee payer. A person commencing traffic-generating development who is obligated to pay a regional road capital expansion fee in accordance with this regulation.

Level of service (LOS). Applied to roads, a qualitative measure describing operational conditions, from A (best) to F (worst), within a traffic stream or at intersections, which is quantified for road segments by determination of a volume-to-capacity ratio (V/C), which is a measurement of the amount of capacity of a road that is being utilized by traffic. The LOS and corresponding V/C ratios are defined in the highway capacity manual.

Non-site-related improvements. Regional road capital improvements for regional roads that are not site-related improvements.

Participating local governments. Any municipality within Larimer County that has entered into an intergovernmental agreement between the governing body and Larimer County to implement this regulation.

Person. An individual, corporation, governmental agency or body, business trust, estate, trust, partnership, association, two or more persons having a joint or common interest, or any other entity.

Regional road capital improvement. The transportation planning, preliminary engineering, engineering design studies, land surveys, alignment studies, engineering, permitting, and construction of all necessary features for any road on the regional system undertaken to accommodate additional traffic resulting from new traffic-generating development. Regional road capital improvement may include but are not limited to any of the following in connection with the regional road system: (a) construction of new through lanes; (b) construction of new bridges; (c) construction of new drainage facilities in conjunction with new road construction; (d) purchase and installation of traffic signals, including new and upgraded signalization; (e) construction of curbs, gutters, sidewalks, medians and shoulders; (f) relocating utilities to accommodate new road construction; (g) construction and reconstruction of intersections; (h) widening existing roads; (i) constructing bus turnouts; (j) adding acceleration and deceleration lanes; (k) adding interchanges; and (l) purchasing and installing traffic control devices.

Regional road system. That system of regional roads defined in the TMP and shown in Exhibit A.

Site-related improvements. Road capital improvements that provide direct access to the development. Direct access improvements are typically located within or adjacent to a development site and include but are not limited to the following: (a) driveways and streets leading to and from the development; (b) right- and left-turn lanes leading to those driveways and streets; (c) traffic control measures for those driveways and streets; and (d) internal streets and driveways. Credit is not provided for site-related improvements under the terms of this regulation.

Traffic-generating development. Land development, building construction, or activity designed or intended to permit a use of the land that will increase the generation of vehicular traffic over the existing traffic-generating development.

Traffic-generating development, commencement of. Occurs upon the approval of a final plat for land division, a special review, or the issuance of a building permit, whichever occurs first after the effective date of this regulation.

Trip. A one-way movement of vehicular travel from an origin (one trip end) to a destination (the other trip end).

Trip generation. The attraction or production of trips caused by a certain type of land development.

Vehicle-miles of travel (VMT). The product of the number of vehicles traveling during a given time period and the distance (in miles) they travel.

(Res. No. 12262006R003, 12-26-2006; Res. No. 07-17-2018(1), Exh. A, 7-17-2018)