Objective 5.1.2. - Level of Service Standards.
Implement adopted roadway Level of Service (infrastructure) Standards for review of proposed development orders, for use in capital improvements programming, and for quantifying the long-range goals for operation of major roadways.
Policy 5.1.2.1. Implement the 2035 level of service (infrastructure) standard for each major roadway based on the projected traffic volumes on the planned road network as identified on the Future Traffic Circulation Maps. These adopted goals shall remain fixed, and will represent a goal toward which annually-revised five-year level of service standards (objectives) will be targeted. These long-range level of service standards are contained in Table 5-1, under a separate tab at the end of this Sub Element.
The construction of roadway improvements reflected on the 2035 network (Maps 5-B, 5-C, 5-D, 5-F) shall be prioritized, at least in part, based on the number of years remaining through the 2035 planning time frame, and on the number and cost of the remaining improvements to be accomplished for completion of the 2035 roadway network.
No long-range (2035) level of service standard may be altered except through subsequent updates to the Comprehensive Plan (see also Policy 5.1.2.6).
Policy 5.1.2.2. Implement the five-year level of service (infrastructure) standard for each functionally-classified roadway segment which is either currently existing or which is scheduled for construction within the five-year Capital Improvements Element of this Comprehensive Plan.
These five-year level of service standards shall reflect the extent and projected impact of programmed roadway improvements on level of service of each roadway. The five-year level of service standards shall be revised annually to reflect change in the programmed improvements contained in the Capital Improvements Element. The five-year level of service standard shall also be used, in part, as a prioritization criteria for the scheduling of roadway improvements with the five-year capital improvements program. As the number of years remaining to implement a roadway improvement necessary to achieve the five-year level of service standard on a particular roadway decreases, priority for that improvement shall generally increase.
In the process of the annual revision of five-year level of service standards, where the five-year standard recognizes a worse level of service than the 2035 level of service standard for the same roadway, the five-year level of service standard shall not be permitted to decline over time.
These five-year level of service standards are contained in Table 5-1, under a separate tab at the end of this Sub Element (see also Policy 5.1.2.6).
Policy 5.1.2.3. Implement the "current year" level of service (infrastructure) standard, or policy, for each functionally-classified roadway segment currently existing or scheduled for completion during the first year of the capital improvement program within the Capital Improvements Element of this Comprehensive Plan. These infrastructure standards may be revised annually to reflect the impact of improvements programmed for the current fiscal year, or be revised to reflect a change in the development character of an area from rural to urban. Where a project constituting a Development of Regional Impact, a Florida Quality Development (FQD) or a General Development Plan meeting Large Project standards of the Land Development Code is proposed, Manatee County may permit the use of a peak hour Level of Service Standard of "D" for traffic impact studies associated with the DRI, FQD or GDP meeting large project standards of the Land Development Code, on a roadway whose current year standard is (peak hour) "C", if the approval of the project constitutes a rural to urban change in land uses, and if a plan amendment changing the peak hour standard from "C" to "D" is approved simultaneous with the adoption of a DRI, FQD or GDP meeting large project standards development order.
The "current year" level of service standard shall generally be prohibited from showing a decline in value over time, and shall generally not be established at a level which is better than the adopted five-year level of service standard for that roadway. The "current year" standard shall not be adopted at a level which is better than the adopted 2035 level of service standard.
The "current year" level of service standards, or policies, shall be used for purpose of review for Level of Service Compliance, as described in the Operative Provisions of the Future Land Use Element. No violation of these "current year" level of service standards shall be permitted through issuance of any development order. These "current year" level of service standards are shown in Table 5-1, under a separate tab at the end of this Sub Element (see also Policy 5.1.2.6).
Policy 5.1.2.4. Implement a peak hour level of service standard for each functionally-classified roadway segment as shown in Table 5-1 under a separate tab at the end of this Sub Element. At least once a year, the Board of County Commissioners of Manatee County shall reevaluate the peak hour LOS standard for each functionally-classified roadway segment and shall amend, where appropriate, such peak hour level of service standards through a Comprehensive Plan Amendment. This evaluation may include revisions to Table 5-1 of the Traffic Circulation Sub-Element. Changes to roadway functional classification also shall be reflected in the form of appropriate changes to Table 5-1 of the Traffic Circulation Sub-Element. Level of Service Compliance review conducted using service volumes developed pursuant to this policy shall not substitute for a more detailed traffic analysis, where such analysis is required by Manatee County. Detailed traffic analysis may also be required or provided to determine project impacts on intersections, using appropriate standards from the "Highway Capacity Manual".
Implementation Mechanism(s):
(a)
Concurrency review shall utilize Table 5-1 of the Traffic Circulation Sub-Element.
(b)
Use Florida Department of Transportation Level of Service software and/or tables to derive peak hour maximum service traffic volumes for maintaining adopted level of service.
(c)
Review of proposed developments pursuant to the Operative Provision within the Future Land Use Element, and for compliance with goals, objectives and policies of the comprehensive plan, to ensure that no development orders are issued which either causes a violation of an adopted Level of Service standard, or would otherwise not be eligible for issuance of a Certificate of Level of Service Compliance (e.g., for reasons of non-compliance with Objective 5.2.2).
Policy 5.1.2.5. Interpret the adoption of a "current year" Level of Service Standard "F" as meaning that current traffic volumes may not be increased, to any extent, without causing a violation of the adopted level of service standard. Special procedures for considering the issuance of any development order proposed in a manner so as to potentially impact a roadway operating at Level of Service "F" are contained in the Operative Provisions of the Future Land Use Element [see subsection F(2)(c) of these Operative Provisions]. As referenced in that subsection, Manatee County may determine and identify at time of adopting a "current year" level of service standard of "F" for any roadway, one (1) or more roadways which will be considered as parallel facilities and which are suitable for the diversion of traffic from the subject roadway. Any such parallel facilities shall be identified through the plan amendment process.
Policy 5.1.2.6. Prohibit the adoption of any current year, five-year, or 2035 Level of Service standard on any segment of I-275 and I-75 which is lower than Level of Service "C".
Implementation Mechanism:
(a)
Implementation of Policies 5.1.2.1, 5.1.2.2, and 5.1.2.3 in a manner consistent with this policy.
(Ord. No. 17-12 , § 3, 5-23-17; Ord. No. 18-04 , § 9(Exh. G), 8-23-18)