This article is intended to support the SCAQMD's imposition of the vehicle registration fee and to bring the city into compliance with the requirements set forth in Section 44243 of the Health and Safety Code in order to receive fee revenues for the purpose of implementing programs to reduce air pollution from motor vehicles.
(Ord. 91-25 § 2)
As applied in this article, the following words and terms shall be defined as follows:
"City"
means the city of Temecula.
"Fee administrator"
means the finance director of the city or his/her designee.
"Mobile source air pollution reduction programs"
means any program or project implemented by the city to reduce air pollution from motor vehicles which it determines will be consistent with the California Clean Air Act of 1988 or the plan proposed pursuant to Article 5 (commencing with Section 40460) of Chapter 5.5 of Part 3 of the California Health and Safety Code.
(Ord. 91-25 § 3)
A. 
Receipt of Fee. The additional vehicle registration fees disbursed by the SCAQMD and remitted to the city, pursuant to this article, shall be accepted by the fee administrator.
B. 
Establishment of Air Quality Improvement Trust Fund. The fee administrator shall establish a separate interest-bearing trust fund account in a financial institution authorized to receive deposits of city funds.
C. 
Transfer of Funds. Upon receipt of vehicle registration fees, the fee administrator shall deposit such funds into the separate account established pursuant to subsection B of this section. All interest earned by the trust account shall be credited only to that account.
D. 
Expenditure of Air Quality Trust Fund Revenues. All revenues received from the SCAQMD and deposited in the trust fund account shall be expended within one year of the completion of the programs.
E. 
Audits. The city consents to an audit of all programs and projects funded by vehicle registration fee revenues received from the SCAQMD pursuant to Section 44223 of the Health and Safety Code. The audit shall be conducted by an independent auditor selected by the SCAQMD as provided in Sections 44244 and 44244.1(a) of the Health and Safety Code.
(Ord. 91-25 § 4)
The provisions of this article shall be construed as necessary to effectively carry out its purposes, which are found and declared to be in furtherance of the public health, safety, welfare and convenience.
(Ord. 91-25 § 5)
This article is intended to protect the public health, welfare and safety by reducing air pollution and congestion caused by vehicle trips and vehicle miles traveled.
(Ord. 93-01 § 2)
"Alternate work schedules"
means a variation from the traditional five-day/forty-hour work week to a four-day/forty hour, nine-day/eighty-hour work schedule or other alternative schedules.
"Applicable development"
means any new or existing development that meets or exceed the employment threshold identified in Section 8.08.070.
"Flex-time"
means allowing employees to determine their own starting and quitting times by either extending the work day in the morning or evening, or both.
"Parking management"
means an action taken to alter the supply, operation and/or demand of parking facilities to force a shift from the single-occupant vehicle to carpool, vanpool or other transportation mode.
"Rideshare"
means a transportation mode with multiple occupants per vehicle.
"Telecommuting"
means the employee forgoes a trip to the normal work site and instead, works, from home or from a satellite office near home.
(Ord. 93-01 § 3)
A. 
Applicability.
1. 
This article is applicable to new employment-generating developments that could employ one hundred or more persons based upon the following methodology:
Land Use Category
Gross Square Feet/Employee
Retail commercial
500
Office/professional
300
Industrial/manufacturing
500
Warehouse
1,000
Hotel/motel
.5 employees/guest room
Hospital
300
2. 
For mixed-use developments, the project employment factor shall be based upon the proportion of the development devoted to each land use.
B. 
Standards. All applicable developments shall incorporate facilities and/or programs in their development plans sufficient to attain a twelve percent work-related trip reduction from the expected number of trips related to the project as indicated in the Trip Generation Handbook published by the Institute of Traffic Engineers (ITE). Trip reductions shall be calculated in accordance with standards established by Southern California Association of Governments (SCAG) and/or the South Coast Air Quality Management District (AQMD).
C. 
Facilities. Facilities provided in accordance with the provisions of this section may include, but are not limited to:
1. 
Preferential parking for carpool vehicles;
2. 
Bicycle parking and shower facilities;
3. 
Information center for transportation alternatives;
4. 
Rideshare vehicle loading areas;
5. 
Vanpool vehicle accessibility;
6. 
Bus stop improvements;
7. 
On-site child care facilities;
8. 
Local TSM and road improvements;
9. 
Facilities to encourage telecommuting;
10. 
Contributions to support regional facilities designed to reduce vehicle trips and miles traveled; and
11. 
On-site amenities such as cafeterias and restaurants, automated teller machines and other services that would eliminate the need for additional trips.
D. 
Trip Reduction Plan Option. Proponents for new development proposals shall submit trip reduction plans and/or design features specified in Section 8.08.080 to achieve trip reduction requirements of this section. Such plan shall be approved prior to the issuance of occupancy permits. Agreements to secure implementation of such plans shall become a condition of development and shall be recorded with the deed of trust for the property.
(Ord. 93-01 § 4)
A. 
Applicability. This article is applicable to all employers that employ one hundred or more persons at one site.
B. 
Trip Reduction Plans. All applicable developments or businesses shall submit a trip reduction plan to reduce work-related vehicle trips by twelve percent. Such plan shall be submitted within one hundred twenty days from the issuance and/or renewal of the business license.
C. 
Trip Reduction Methods. Any combination of the following methods may be utilized to achieve the required vehicle trip reduction:
1. 
Alternate Work Schedules/Flex-Time.
a. 
Office/Professional, Industrial, Manufacturing, Warehouse.
i. 
Incorporate alternate work schedules and flex-time programs. (Adoption of 9/80 work schedule for all employees would account for a ten percent reduction in vehicle trips.)
b. 
Hospital.
i. 
Incorporate alternate work schedules and flex-time programs for employees that normally work between the hours of eight a.m. and five p.m.
2. 
Telecommuting.
a. 
Office/Professional.
i. 
Office facilities twenty-five thousand square feet or larger may preserve five percent of the gross floor area for telecommuting purposes to allow tenants with multiple facilities to establish satellite work centers.
ii. 
Establish telecommuting or work-at-home programs to allow employees to work at a home or a satellite work center either one day per week or one day every two weeks.
iii. 
Through the telecommuting or work-at-home program, provide incentives or offset employee costs in acquiring the needed equipment and supplies for telecommuting.
b. 
All Other Uses.
i. 
Establish telecommuting or work-at-home programs for selected employees (i.e., certain clerical or administrative employees).
ii. 
Through the telecommuting or work-at-home program, provide incentives or offset employee costs in acquiring the needed equipment and supplies for telecommuting.
3. 
Bicycle Facilities.
a. 
All Uses.
i. 
Provide bicycle parking facilities equivalent to five percent of the total required automobile parking spaces.
ii. 
Preserve two percent of the gross floor area for employee locker and shower facilities.
4. 
Parking Management.
a. 
All Uses.
i. 
Designate, with signs in lieu of painted pavement, employee parking area based upon the following percentage of the required parking as set forth in the zoning ordinance:
(A) 
Office/professional: Seventy-five percent of required parking;
(B) 
Commercial retail: Thirty percent of required parking;
(C) 
Industrial/manufacturing/warehouse: Eighty percent of required parking;
(D) 
Hospital: Seventy percent of required parking.
ii. 
Designate with signs, in lieu of painted pavement, twenty-five percent of employee parking for carpools and vanpools.
iii. 
Offer financial or other incentives to employees who participate in ridesharing or an alternative mode of transportation other than the single-occupant vehicle.
5. 
Mass Transit Facility Usage.
a. 
All Uses.
i. 
Provide incentives to employees to use mass transit facilities. Incentives could include provision of a bus pass, additional pay, flex-time or any other incentive which encourages employees to use mass transit in lieu of the single-occupant vehicle.
6. 
Truck Dispatching, Rescheduling and Re-Routing.
a. 
Commercial and Industrial Uses.
i. 
Establish delivery schedules and truck routing to avoid congested areas and minimize peak hour travel.
D. 
Other Measures. Any other method or measure which can exhibit a reduction in vehicle trips shall be credited toward attaining the requirements of this article.
E. 
Enforcement. Upon approval of the applicable trip reduction plan, if there is future noncompliance with this article, or exhibited failure to implement the trip reduction plan, one or more of the following provisions shall apply:
1. 
Exercise a lien, based upon the terms of the agreement, on the subject property;
2. 
A monetary penalty compounded on a monthly basis upon the length of time of noncompliance equal to the business license renewal fee.
(Ord. 93-01 § 5)
A trip reduction plan review fee payable at the time of initial submittal or annual review shall be required. This fee shall be used to defray the costs of processing and reviewing each individual trip reduction plan. The fee will not apply to voluntary programs.
(Ord. 93-01 § 6)
Trip reduction plans approved by the AQMD in accordance with provisions of Regulation XV may be submitted to the city in lieu of plans required under the provisions of this article. AQMD-approved Regulation XV trip reduction plans approved by the city shall be deemed to comply with trip reduction plan requirements of this article.
(Ord. 93-01 § 7)
A. 
Employers which employ fewer than one hundred people will be encouraged by the city to submit trip reduction plans on a voluntary basis to achieve an overall trip reduction within the city of twelve percent.
B. 
The city manager or his representative shall be responsible for developing effective inventive programs which promote voluntary programs to reduce vehicle trips and miles traveled.
(Ord. 93-01 § 8)