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Council eases egress-level standard in traffic impact analysis to help redevelopment
Summary
York County Council approved a text amendment to the land development code adjusting Level of Service (LOS) thresholds for site egress movements, loosening the standard for new developments and providing limited relief for existing sites with marginally failing egresses.
York County Council on Jan. 21 approved a text amendment to Section 154.365 of the county’s Land Development Code that revises Level of Service (LOS) criteria used in traffic impact analyses (TIAs) for site egress movements. The change lowers the LOS requirement for new developments from D to E for egress movements and allows existing developments to accept a higher delay in certain circumstances, subject to limits.
Jonathan, a county planning/transportation staff member, told the council the tweak is narrowly targeted to the egress movement — the delay that…
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