2014-028 - Approving General Plan Amendement No. 2014-01

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City of Santa Ana -Park View at Town and Country Manor and Traffic Draft EIR western edge of the project site. OCTA requests that a standard size turnout be created in conjunction with the project and that OCTA be allowed to review preliminary plans in order to plot the exact location of the turnout. 4) Airport Land Use Commission for Orange County, indicating that, although the project site lies outside the Noise Impact Zones, Clear Zone, and Height Restriction Zone for John Wayne Airport, if building height is more than 200 feet above ground, the project must file with the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). The 8 -story project structure is 123 feet in height, and will not require filing with the FAA. All comments included in the NOP comment letters are addressed in the discussion and analyses contained within this section of the Draft FIR. 4.6.2 - Existing Conditions Methodology Signalized Intersections - Intersection Capacity Utilization (ICU) Methodology In accordance with the City of Santa Ana and the County of Orange Congestion Management Program (CMP) requirements, peak hour operating conditions at the City - operated signalized intersections were evaluated using the Intersection Capacity Utilization (ICU) methodology. The ICU methodology provides a comparison of the theoretical hourly vehicular capacity of an intersection to the number of vehicles actually passing through that intersection during a given hour. Based on the City of Santa Ana analysis criteria, the ICU calculation assumes a per -lane capacity of 1,700 vehicles per hour (vph) for each through travel lane and 1,600 for turning lanes through a non- CMP intersection. At CMP intersections, a capacity of 1,700 vph is used for all lanes. A clearance factor of 0.05 (5 percent) of the total intersection capacity is included in the ICU calculation, to account for the effect of the red and yellow signal phases at a signalized intersection. The ICU calculation generates a volume -to- capacity (V /C) ratio that translates into a corresponding Level of Service (LOS) measure, ranging from LOS A, representing uncongested, free- flowing conditions, to LOS F, representing over - capacity conditions. A summary description of each Level of Service and the corresponding V/C ratio is provided below in Table 4.6 -1. Table 4.6 -1: Level of Service Descriptions for Signalized Intersections - ICU Methodology of I ICU valullL� Description A 0.00-0.60 Excellent operation. All approaches to the intersection appear quite open, turning movements are easily made, and nearly all drivers find freedom of operation. 4.6 -2 Michael Brandman Associates H\Cl t(PN- Rnb327b32]0030DEai 3270030 Sec01 Tmspo md¢