318.1. All uses requiring a traffic study shall provide a study prepared by a professional traffic engineer with the following minimum considerations:

1. A description of the traffic impact area (TIA), including its major roads and potential traffic generation rates to be determined by current references.

2. Existing 24-hour and peak hour traffic volume data for all streets which provide direct access to the proposed development, and for the collectors and arterials which will serve it, as well as any major intersection within the impact area.

3. Estimates of the total number of vehicle trips to be generated by the development for a typical 24-hour period, and including typical a.m. and p.m. peak periods.

4. Assignment of future 24-hour and peak hour volumes to the collectors and arterials, and other streets that will serve the proposed development based on the projections of increased traffic volumes within the traffic impact area, to be determined by an extrapolation of former development trends, and the amounts of usable area already planned and/or zoned within the traffic impact area. Any previously approved projects within the TIA that have not yet been occupied, should also be factored in these future traffic volume projections.

5. Projected 24-hour and peak hour turning movement data for all access points proposed for the development.

6. Capacity/level of service analysis on major intersections which will be impacted by the additional volumes generated by the development.

7. Recent data about existing accident levels at the above intersections categorized by accident type for each intersection.

8. Descriptions of the street improvements that will be required in order to avoid problems of traffic congestions and traffic safety.

9. Cost estimates of any proposed improvements that will be required.

10. Descriptions of existing and planned public transportation services in the Township and the potential to serve the proposed development.

11. Descriptions of any actions proposed or offered by the applicant to alleviate the impact of the proposed development on the transportation network.

12. The source of standards used in the data as presented.

13. The applicant shall make any improvements necessary to maintain an adequate level of service on all abutting intersections and streets.