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Copart USA Traffic Impact Study Elk River, MN 1/14/2020 smaller than those of standard car dealerships. Westwood has compiled the findings from these trip generation surveys and has applied the rates to the proposed Elk River site. Most Copart sites operate during the business hours of 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. The following lists the average trip generation potential of the site under full build conditions: Weekday: • Average of 593 trips per day (297 inbound; 296 outbound) • (Note: Directional Distribution: 50% entering, 50% exiting) Weekday. Peak Hour of Adjacent Street Traffic, One Hour between 7 and 9 A.M.: • Average of 51 trips per hour (45 inbound; 6 outbound) from 7:00-8:00 a.m. • (Note: Directional Distribution: 88% entering, 12% exiting) Weekday. Peak Hour of Adjacent Street Traffic, One Hour between 4 and 6 P.M.: • Average of 81 trips per hour (27 inbound; 53 outbound) from 5:00-6:00 p.m. • (Note: Directional Distribution: 33% entering, 67% exiting) 2. COMPARATIVE LAND USES The prospective Copart site is currently zoned as 1-3 — General Industrial land use. According to the Elk River Municipal Code, the 1-3 District shall "serve as a general industrial zone to provide area for industrial development not requiring municipal water and sewer. This district is appropriate for manufacturing, warehousing and similar industrial uses because of access to warehousing." Allowable uses can range from business offices and light manufacturing to bottling & distribution plants, warehouse spaces and research & development facilities. Accessory uses, such as retail sales and parking lots (including new and used car sales) are also allowed in this district. 3. COMPARATIVE TRIP GENERATION The Institute of Transportation Engineers lists trip generation rates and equations for many of these comparative land uses in its Trip Generation Manual, Tenth Edition. In most cases, the trip generation for this size of development far exceeds that forecast for the Copart site. For instance, an Industrial Park (ITE Land Use Code 130) encompassing 47 acres would generate up to 6,900 trips per day, or 820 trips each of the a.m. and p.m. peak hours. According to the Trip Generation Manual, an Industrial Park "... contains a number of industrial or related facilities. It is characterized by a mix of manufacturing, service, and 11 Westwood