Developer asks to waive traffic study, commission signals willingness to consider

The applicant asked the commission to consider relief from the plan-development requirement that typically triggers a professional traffic study, arguing that six residences will generate lower vehicle trips than some alternative uses of the site. John Sheese told the board that the existing lot has about 26 parking spaces and that converting that lot to residences will likely reduce, not increase, traffic intensity. "That logic we've laid out will... not require a traffic study for this development," he said, asking the commission to accept the rationale at the informational stage.