Expedited Review Information

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WHAT IS EXPEDITED REVIEW?
GRTA recognizes that some DRI Plans of Development do not justify full-blown GRTA review because their impacts on regional mobility and air quality are negligible or even positive. Accordingly, expedited review, with shortened timeframes and reduced submittal requirements, is available under certain circumstances. In general, Developments of Regional Impacts (DRIs) that meet one of the following conditions:

generate less than 1,000 average daily vehicular trips and do not require an air quality permit from the Georgia Department of Natural Resources Environmental Protection Division;
provide a mix of uses that creates a trip reduction of at least 50% below standard trip generation rates based on internal capture and transportation by means other than single occupant vehicles;
significantly reduce average vehicle miles traveled; or
significantly promote the use of alternatives to the single-occupant vehicle,

may be eligible for expedited review. Expedited Review will be granted to DRI Plans of Development that satisfy the specific expedited review criteria in Section 3-101 and 3-102 of the Procedures and Principles for GRTA Development of Regional Impact Review, as determined pursuant to acceptable methodologies and supporting criteria:

EXPEDITED REVIEW CRITERIA
(excerpted from Procedures and Principles for GRTA Development of Regional Impact review)

Section 3-101. General Criteria Application to all Proposed DRIs.

Internal Circulation. The proposed DRI is designed so that on site vehicle and pedestrian movements are efficient and will avoid delays during peak access periods.

Ingress and Egress. The proposed DRI is designed so that ingress and egress to any onsite parking facilities and all access points to adjacent public roads are likely to operate in a safe and efficient manner and are not reasonably anticipated to result in peak hour ingress and egress congestion on adjacent roads and at nearby intersections.

Section 3-102. Criteria for Expedited Review

General. A proposed DRI shall be eligible for Expedited Review if the Proposed DRI complies with the requirements of any one of the subsections B, C, D, or E of this Section 3-102.

Limited Daily Trip Generation. The proposed DRI is projected to generate less than one thousand (1,000) daily trips and does not require and air quality permit from Georgia Environmental Division.

Mixed Uses. The proposed DRI contains two or more complementary, interconnected or interdependent uses so that the vehicular trips generated by each independent use of the proposed DRI are reasonably anticipated to be reduced by a trip reduction of at least fifty percent (50%) below standard generation rates based on internal capture of trips and use of alternative modes of transportation other than single occupant vehicles, provided that a trip reduction of at least fifteen percent (15%) is attributable to internal capture and at least fifteen percent (15%) is attributable to use of alternative modes of transportation; and

Area of Influence: Land uses in the proposed DRI are such that when considered in the context of existing approved uses in the proposed DRI's Area of Influence, it is likely that:

1.	The proposed DRI is designed so that ingress and egress to any on-site parking facilities and all access points to adjacent public roads are likely to operate in a safe and efficient manner and are not reasonably anticipated to result in peak hour ingress and egress congestion, and either:
2.	At least sixty-five percent (65%) of the single occupant automobile trips generated by the proposed DRI are reasonably anticipated to have a trip length of six (6) miles or less; or,
3.	At least fifty percent (50%) of the work-related single occupant vehicle trips generated by the proposed DRI are reasonably anticipated to have a trip length of six (6) miles or less.

Alternative Modes of Transportation. As a result of the location, character or design of the proposed DRI, the DRI is reasonably anticipated to be served by modes of transportation other than single occupant vehicles, and:

1.	Is designed so that ingress and egress to any on-site parking facilities and all access points to adjacent public roads are likely to operate in a safe and efficient manner and are not reasonably anticipated to result in peak hour ingress and egress congestion, and either:
2.	At least twenty-five percent (25%) of the trips generated by the proposed DRI are likely to be b way of modes of transportation other than the single occupant vehicle or,
3.	The proposed DRI includes improvement and facilities which substantially increase the likelihood that a significant percentage of the residents, employees or visitors are reasonably anticipated to use alternative modes of transportation other than the single occupant vehicle and that there are no other reasonable measures which could be implemented to increase use of alternatives modes of transportation; or,
4.	The proposed DRI is located within an area which has been designated by GRTA as a Transit Enabled Area and is consistent with any land use parameters established by GRTA as a part of the designation of the area as a Transit Enabled Area.

Required Factual Showing. In determining whether a particular DRI complies with the criteria in subsections B, C, D or E of this Section for eligibility for approval by Expedited Review, the Executive Director of the DRI Committee, as the case may be, may consider statistical information in regard to existing and planned jobs, projected and existing household incomes, and housing costs in the proposed DRI or the Area of Influence as the case may be, as a sufficient factual basis for approval, provided that the source of such information is derived from a reliable and appropriate source of public or private information. Data from the 2000 U.S. Census, current property tax records, public agencies responsible for planning, implementation or management of land use, housing economic development or transportation, private sector providers of demographic studies, and published real estate information including listing and sale prices shall be considered appropriate sources of information. In the event that the factual showing involves analysis, derivation or extrapolation from source information, the methodology and assumptions shall be submitted to GRTA. In the event that GRTA determines that such analysis, derivation or extrapolation is unreliable, GRTA may reject such information as insufficient to demonstrate the required showing for eligibility for Expedited Review.