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Parking structures may be permitted provided that the Planning Board determines that their design, placement and operation will not adversely impact public health or safety or the character of the area and that their design will be compatible with the existing and proposed architectural character of the area. Said structures will not be counted toward maximum developable area and may not exceed thirty (30) feet in height." Replace the current wording of Subsection F with the following: "F. No site for such use may have more than one (1) direct vehicle access way to Routes 28 or 151 or more than two (2) direct vehicle accesses to any other abutting street not created as part of the commercial center, and such access ways shall intersect the abutting street at a ninety (90) degree angle, unless the Planning Board approves a different intersection angle. Additional access ways may be approved by the Planning Board, where they are found to be necessary for reasons of safety or proper traffic flow. Where the commercial center will be subdivided into multiple lots, there shall be no separate vehicle access from any individual lot within the development onto Route 28, Route 151 or Great Neck Road North. A traffic impact report, indicating projected traffic flows from the project at its buildout, projected traffic flows and levels of service on nearby roadways in 5 years and at buildout of the development, current traffic flows, levels of service and accident records for said roadways, projected capacity, service level and safety problems anticipated in 5 years and at project buildout, proposed mitigation measures and approximate costs in current dollars and other relevant information shall be submitted as part of the application and explained to the Board at a public meeting by a competent professional traffic engineer or transportation planner. The Planning Board may require traffic signals, traffic or turn lanes, sidewalks, bikeways or any other mitigation measures that it believes necessary to protect public safety and maintain proper traffic flow on roadways within or impacted by the development. Streets and drives within the development shall be constructed in accordance with the Planning Board's subdivision and special permit regulations, except that the Board may require additional sidewalks, traffic lanes, turn lanes, traffic signals or other items as necessary. Projected traffic may be calculated on the basis of firm projections of commercial uses and floor areas when available, on the basis of 166 average weekday trip ends per 1000 square feet of gross leasable floor area, or on shopping center vehicle trip generation rates contained in the latest edition of Trip Generation by the Institute of Transportation Engineers. In performing such calculations where there is no firm estimate of gross leasable floor area, estimated area shall be calculated based on twice the maximum lot coverage allowed for the project. Page 26 of 63