City of Coral Gables

File #: 18-7110    Version: 1 Name:
Type: Ordinance Status: Adopted
File created: 2/21/2018 In control: City Commission
On agenda: 3/20/2018 Final action: 3/20/2018
Enactment date: 3/20/2018 Enactment #: 2018-09
Title: An Ordinance of the City Commission of Coral Gables, Florida, requiring Traffic Studies for certain new developments; providing for a repealer provision, severability clause, codification, enforceability, and providing for an effective date. (Sponsored by Commissioner Mena) (Sponsored by Commissioner Lago)
Sponsors: Vice Mayor Mena, Mayor Lago
Attachments: 1. Signed Ordinance 2018-09, 2. Cover Memo - indepdent traffic study 2nd reading, 3. Ordinance - independent traffic study - 2nd reading - REDLINE, 4. CG Projects Trip Gen, 5. Cover Memo - indepdent traffic study 1st reading, 6. Ordinance - independent traffic study - 1st reading - 2-2018, 7. Verbatim Transcript - CCMtg Feb 27 2018 - Agenda Item F-1 - Ordinance requiring Traffic Studies for certain new developments_docx, 8. Verbatim Transcript - CCMtg Mar 20 2018 - Agenda Item F-2 - Ordinance requiring Traffic Studies for certain new developments

Title

An Ordinance of the City Commission of Coral Gables, Florida, requiring Traffic Studies for certain new developments; providing for a repealer provision, severability clause, codification, enforceability, and providing for an effective date.

(Sponsored by Commissioner Mena)

(Sponsored by Commissioner Lago)

 

Body

In Resolution 2017-213, the Traffic Advisory Board requested that the City review the traffic impact study procedure developed by the Board.  The recommendation was accepted by the City Commission. This Ordinance requires independent traffic impact studies for certain new developments.  All recommendations made by the Traffic Advisory Board have been incorporated into the Ordinance with the exception of the language in Section 74-208(c).  The Board proposed that any provider that worked for the applicant in the previous 12 months be prohibited from conducting the independent traffic study for that application.  The language was not included as there were concerns raised that it would be too restrictive.