Code of Maine Rules › 17 - DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION › 229 - DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION - GENERAL › Chapter 305 - RULES AND REGULATIONS PERTAINING TO TRAFFIC MOVEMENT PERMITS › Part 6 - SUBMITTAL REQUIREMENTS

Current through 2024-29, July 17, 2024
Section 1. Required
				site and Traffic information that must be included with the Application is as
				follows:
A.
Site Plan.
Plans and
				drawings shall be in accordance with General Submission Requirements, supra
				Part 4. The Site Plan should identify the size of the parcel, the developable
				acreage of the parcel, general terrain features, and unique terrain features.
				The site plan should also identify the proposed "footprint" of the Project
				relative to existing site conditions, the boundaries of land owned by the
				Applicant, the abutting land uses, and transportation facilities (including
				private and access roadways, sidewalks, crosswalks, public right-of-way, public
				transit stations/stops/routes, and bicycle facilities) within and adjacent to
				the site. Review of the of the Site Plan will cover existing bicycle,
				pedestrian and public transportation infrastructure, existing and future
				multimodal desire lines, and a preliminary connectivity assessment.
B.
Description of Existing and Proposed
				Site Uses
. A description of the existing and proposed uses of the
				Development Area will need to include information about the anticipated number
				and type of parking spaces (to include automobile parking, bicycle parking, and
				preferential parking for carpoolers and other non-drive-alone modes) and
				information about potential shared parking, on-street parking, and off-site
				parking opportunities.
C.
Regional Mapping.
Identification of site and Study Area boundaries
				in the form of a regional map showing the Development area and each road in the
				Study Area of the proposed Development. This map must also show other proposed
				Development sites (all municipally approved Developments under 100 PCE and
				those Developments 100 PCE and over that have an approved TMP submittal to
				MaineDOT) in the Study Area of the proposed Development, including the location
				of their existing and proposed driveways to the extent such information is
				available. This map shall include pedestrian, bicycle and transit Trip
				generators, origins and destinations within a radius of ¼ mile for
				urban/suburban contexts and a radius of up to 1 mile for more rural
				contexts.
D.
Information
				Concerning Proposed Uses
. Information concerning proposed uses in the
				Study Area of the proposed Development and the Traffic increases that are
				expected from sources other than the proposed Development and that are highly
				likely to occur in the Vicinity (as defined in MaineDOT's chapter 305 of the
				General Rules of the Department of Transportation) of the proposed Development
				during the study period. At a minimum, the Applicant must identify Development
				or redevelopment proposals which have been approved, either locally or by the
				Department, provided such approvals have not lapsed, and Development or
				redevelopment proposals for which complete Applications have been filed with
				and accepted by a local reviewing authority or the Department, provided the
				Applicant is actively pursuing the Application. If a local reviewing authority
				or the Department has requested from an Applicant additional information or
				submittals necessary to complete the processing of an Application but has not
				received such information within 270 calendar days of the request, that
				Applicant shall be deemed to be not actively pursuing the Application and the
				Department will consider the application withdrawn and will so notify the
				applicant.
E.
Information
				Concerning Vehicle Trip Generation.
Vehicle Trip generation caused by
				the Development or redevelopment is the determining factor in whether a
				Developer is required to apply for and obtain an MaineDOT Traffic Movement
				Permit. The Applicant should identify the expected use or uses of the
				Development, the amount of space or number of site users (or other suitable
				indicator of Trip generation), and the resulting Vehicle Trip generation of the
				proposed Development, including the weekday morning peak hour, the evening peak
				hour, daily Traffic, and other peak periods as may be appropriate (weekday
				mid-day peak, weekend mid-day peak, etc.), The Applicant must include
				appropriate documentation and references and document both Trip rates and Trip
				types. Trip generation must be calculated using approved methodology referenced
				in the MaineDOT Traffic Analysis Guidelines. The Trip generation data must be
				presented in a summary table listing each type of land use, the size involved,
				the Trip generation rate used (total daily Traffic and a.m./p.m. peak, weekend
				peak if necessary), and the resultant total Trips generated for the design peak
				hour of the adjacent street, or the design peak hour of the generator,
				whichever is the worst case scenario for the network.
F.
Information about Trip
				Distribution.
Information about Trip distribution, including a
				description and diagram of the anticipated distribution of Traffic entering and
				exiting the proposed Development area. For Developments which generate 500 or
				greater Trips, a gravity model, market study, or other approved methodology
				referenced in the MaineDOT Traffic Analysis Guidelinesis required to determine
				Trip distribution.
G.
Information about Trip Assignment.
Information about Trip
				assignment including, at a minimum, a stick diagram showing the network
				impacted by the Development as well as the first Major Intersection to either
				side of the Development driveway(s). The Applicant shall also include
				projections of bicycle and pedestrian uses and information about additional
				intersections for Developments with over 200 PCE, if threshold volumes are met.
				Threshold volumes are met at intersections where, during any one-hour period,
				Traffic attributable to the proposed Development equals or exceeds:
(a) 25 vehicles in a left-turn-only
				lane;
(b) 50 vehicles in a through
				lane, right-turn lane, or a combined through and right-turn lane; or
(c) 50 vehicles (multiplying the left-turn
				volume by 1.5) in a combined left-turn and through lane, or a combined
				left-turn, through and right-turn lane. The Applicant shall also include a
				description and diagram of the anticipated utilization of roads and
				intersections in the Study Area of the proposed Development by Traffic
				attributable to the Development. Distribution and assignment of Trips must be
				based on population trends, surrounding land uses, the condition of roadways,
				market analyses, existing Traffic patterns and other relevant data. The
				technical analysis steps, basic methods, and assumptions used in this analysis
				must be clearly stated. The scope of this section must be to and including the
				first Major Intersection to either side of the Development driveway(s) and for
				multimodal considerations, bicycle/pedestrian/transit Trip generators, origins
				and destinations, and facilities within a radius of ¼ mile for
				urban/suburban contexts and a radius of up to 1 mile for more rural contexts.
Generally, for an over 200 PCE Application, the Study Area as
				  defined by the above criteria would be limited to a radius of 2 miles from the
				  Development Site unless the Department, at the Scoping Meeting, determines that
				  the proposed Development will impair the safe and efficient flow of Traffic
				  beyond a two mile radius due to the Development's scale, location, or
				  nature.