standards.
South Hope Chapel Road (CR 547) is an Urban Minor Arterial roadway under Ocean County jurisdiction with a general north/south orientation. In the vicinity of the site the posted speed limit is 45 MPH and the roadway provides one (1) travel lane in each direction. On-street parking is prohibited along both sides of the roadway. Curbing and sidewalk are provided along both sides of the roadway. South Hope Chapel Road provides a straight horizontal alignment along the site frontage and a relatively flat vertical alignment. The land uses along South Hope Chapel Road in the vicinity of The Project is a mix of commercial and residential.
Trip generation projections for The Project were prepared utilizing trip generation research data as published under Land Use Code (LUC) 710 – General Office Building in the Institute of Transportation Engineers' (ITE) publication, Trip Generation, 12th Edition. This publication sets forth trip generation rates based on empirical traffic count data conducted at numerous research sites. The following table shows the anticipated trip generation for The Project.
| AM PSH | PM PSH | Sat PSH | |||||||
| Land Use | In | Out | Total | In | Out | Total | In | Out | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14,979 SF Office | 33 | 4 | 37 | 7 | 39 | 46 | 7 | 6 | 13 |
Table 1
Trip Generation
As shown above, the proposed development is anticipated to result in 37, 46, and 13 trips during the weekday morning, weekday evening, and Saturday midday peak hours, respectively. It should be noted that no credit was taken for the traffic associated with the existing uses on-site. It should be further noted that the number of new trips falls below the NJDOT accepted threshold of a significant increase in traffic of 100 peak hour trips. As such, it is not anticipated that the proposed redevelopment will have any perceptible impact on the traffic operation of the adjacent roadway network.