NAC408.429. Applicants for occupancy permits: Report on impact of traffic required; requirements for report.

     1. An applicant for an occupancy permit must submit to the Department a report concerning the impact of traffic for all driveways and street intersections which serve major traffic generators. The report must be prepared by a professional engineer who is licensed in this state and possesses experience in transportation planning and traffic engineering.

     2. The report must contain:

     (a) The type and extent of the proposed development, including any planned expansion.

     (b) A scaled plan of the site of proposed development. The plan must:

          (1) Indicate the location of streets and highways adjoining the proposed development including the proposed points of access from the site to the adjoining streets and highways;

          (2) Indicate the location of the proposed buildings, driveways and parking areas within the development; and

          (3) Include a diagram of the proposed pattern of traffic within the development.

     (c) A detailed description of current conditions of the flow of traffic on the highways and adjoining streets and intersections, including the existing points of access, patterns of traffic and posted speed limits for those highways and streets, without a consideration of the additional traffic that is anticipated to be generated by the proposed development.

     (d) The projected amount of traffic to be generated by the proposed development, at the completion of the initial development and, if the development is to be completed in phases, for each year before the additional phase of development is completed.

     (e) An analysis of the impact of traffic on the existing highways and adjoining areas by the additional traffic anticipated to be generated by the proposed development, at the completion of the initial development and, if the development is to be completed in phases, for each year before the additional phase of development is completed. Any projections for future conditions must also include increases in traffic expected on the highways and streets studied separately from traffic attributable to the development that is the subject of the report.

     (f) Recommendations to mitigate any adverse effect on existing or anticipated future flows of traffic on the highways and streets assessed which is attributable to the proposed development. Measures to mitigate anticipated adverse effects may include, without limitation, the:

          (1) Installation of traffic signals at key intersections identified in the report;

          (2) Widening of the highways or streets to accommodate adequately additional volumes of traffic attributable to the proposed development; and

          (3) Construction of street medians or islands to control the movement of traffic in and around the proposed development.

     (g) A detailed description of the:

          (1) Methods used to prepare the report;

          (2) Source of information used in the report for existing volumes of traffic and projected future increases in volumes of traffic; and

          (3) Procedures used for an analysis of the data included in the report.

     3. The Department will include in the permit authorizing access from the state highway to the proposed development, specific conditions that must be complied with by the developer of the proposed site, including the installation of improvements to the highway which may include, without limitation, the recommendations set forth in paragraph (f) of subsection 2.

     4. Additional information concerning the preparation of reports on the impact of traffic from proposed developments on existing highways and streets is available at no cost from the Traffic Engineer of the Department of Transportation, 1263 South Stewart Street, Carson City, Nevada 89712, or from one of the following district offices of the Department located at 123 East Washington Avenue (P.O. Box 170), Las Vegas, Nevada 89101, 310 Galletti Way (P.O. Box 930), Reno, Nevada 89504, or 1951 Idaho Street, Elko, Nevada 89801.

     5. As used in this section, “major traffic generator” means the site of a proposed development with an anticipated volume of traffic ingressing and egressing the site through a vehicular point of access:

     (a) At a rate of 100 or more vehicles during the anticipated peak hour of flow of traffic; or

     (b) That contributes to areas of traffic congestion or areas with high rates of accidents.

     (Added to NAC by Dep’t of Transportation, eff. 1-6-95; A by R135-98, 10-3-2000)