Hawthorne Municipal Code Ch. 14.06 Site-Specific Traffic Safety Studies

A site-specific traffic safety study shall be required for the following projects:

A. A multifamily project:

1. In the R-4 zone;

2. That is likely to add forty-three or more peak hour trips; or

3. Multifamily project with forty or more units.

B. A mixed-use project:

1. That includes more than forty multifamily residential units; or

2. With ground-level multifamily residential units.

(Ord. 2109 § 5, 2016)

A. A licensed traffic engineer, retained by the city at the applicant's sole expense, shall prepare the traffic safety study. The project applicant shall submit the traffic safety study to the department of public works as part of the project application. If the applicant submits a traffic safety study prepared by a consultant not retained by the city, the city may retain, at the applicant's sole expense, a traffic consultant to verify the applicant's study.

B. The traffic safety study shall assess the safety of traffic flows within the project site and at each ingress and egress point of the proposed project.

(Ord. 2109 § 5, 2016)

The project shall satisfy one or more of the following traffic safety development standards:

A. A vision clearance triangle shall be provided and maintained, where the legs of the vision clearance triangle are a minimum of fifteen feet in length as measured from the edge of the driveway at the property line and from two to eight feet above the driveway height.

B. All relevant sight distances and other design requirements set forth in Chapter 400 of the California Department of Transportation's Highway Design Manual.

(Ord. 2109 § 5, 2016)