For the purpose of this Trip Reduction Ordinance (hereafter referred to as "TRO"), the following words and phrases are defined and explained:
"Alternative transportation modes"
means any mode of travel that serves as an alternative to the single occupant vehicle. This can include all forms of ridesharing such as carpooling or vanpooling, public transit, bicycling, walking or alternative methods such as telecommuting.
"Applicable development"
means any new development that is determined to meet or exceed the 50 employee threshold or any existing development that applies to increase its floor areas by 25,000 gross square feet. Applicable developments include complexes exceeding the 50 employee threshold and residential developments with 25 or more units. To determine the number of employees, the chart in this subsection is used. For purposes of determining whether a new or expanding employer is subject to this chapter, the total employment figure will be determined by the jurisdiction as follows:
1. 
Employment projections developed by the project applicant, subject to approval by the TRO Program Manager; or
2. 
Employment projections provided to sewer and water agencies in connection with the new or expanded use; or
3. 
The following employee generation factors by type of use:
Category
No. of Employees
Commercial (Regional, Community or Neighborhood)
1/500 gross square feet
Office/Professional
1/250 gross square feet
Industrial
1/525 gross square feet
Hotel/Motel room
0.8 per room
Mixed Use
Sum of individual figures for each use
Restaurant
1 per 10 seats
Hospital/Other Medical
1 per 4 beds
(Locally generated using springtime [May-Sept.] figures may be substituted once collected and approved by TAMC.)
"Average vehicle ridership" (AVR)
means the figure derived by dividing the number of employees (including those telecommuting) at a regulated work site who commute to and from work between 6:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m. Monday through Friday, by the number of vehicles driven by these employees between home and the work site over that five day period. The methodology for calculating AVR is contained in Appendix 2.
"Buspool"
means a heavy duty vehicle occupied by at least 16 passengers and the routing/scheduling for which is arranged between employer(s) and transit operators.
"Carpool"
is a light duty motor vehicle occupied by at least two but not more than six employees traveling together.
"Commercial developer"
means a developer of a commercial project that falls under the definition of "applicable development" above.
"Complex"
means any business park, shopping center, or mixed use development in separate or common ownership, which can be identified by two or more of the following characteristics:
1. 
It is known by a common name given to the project by its developer.
2. 
It is governed by a common set of covenants, conditions, and restrictions.
3. 
It was approved, or is to be approved as an entity by Sand City.
4. 
It is covered by a single tentative or final subdivision map or has been represented to Sand City as a single site and development.
5. 
It is located on a single assessor's parcel.
At the discretion of Sand City, a complex may also include the Central Business district and/or strip commercial areas.
"Congestion management program" (CMP)
is the County-wide program developed in accordance with California Government Code Sections 65088 et seq., requiring local jurisdictions and Congestion Management Agencies to adopt and implement a trip reduction and travel demand element. The CMP law also requires designation of a CMP principal arterial network, a transit network, a land use impact analysis program, a deficiency plan and level of service monitoring system, and a seven year capital improvement program.
"Developer"
means the individual or company who is responsible for the planning, design, and/or construction of an applicable development project. The developer is the individual who signs all permit applications on behalf of the property owner.
"Facility(ies)"
means the total of all buildings, structures and grounds that encompass a development site, at either single or multiple locations, that comprise or are associated with an applicable development project.
"Indirect Source Review Program"
means the program included in the 1991 Air Quality Management Plan for North Central Coast Air Basin to reduce emissions from indirect sources (land uses which generate vehicle trips).
"Mixed-use development"
means any development projects that combine residential with any one of these land uses; day care, office, commercial, light industrial, retail, and business park.
"Monterey Bay Unified Air Pollution Control District"
(MBUAPCD) is the regional governmental body responsible for the development and enforcement of regulations for control of air pollution within the counties of Monterey, Santa Cruz and San Benito.
"Park-and-ride lot"
means a parking lot located near residential communities or along highways which is served by a transit route or can be used by commuters as a staging area for carpool formation or for catching a bus. (A park-and-ride lot may also be used by visitors as a staging area for tourist shuttle buses.) Parking is free for commuters or visitors using a park-and-ride lot.
"Parking cash-out program"
means an employer funded, tax deductible program where employers provide a cash allowance to an employee equivalent to the parking subsidy the employer would otherwise provide. Cities and counties are required to grant appropriate parking requirement reductions for developments that implement parking cash-out programs.
"Parking management"
means comprehensive management of the location, cost and availability of parking to effect changes in travel behavior, trips generated, and mode used. Parking management can involve:
1. 
Charging for employee parking;
2. 
Providing an employee transportation monetary allowance for use in paying for a bus pass or other alternative commute mode;
3. 
Charging for a parking space;
4. 
Offering preferential, priority or reserved free parking for those employees who use alternative modes; or
5. 
Changing time limits for parking lot or street parking to reduce employee parkers.
"Residential developer"
shall mean an individual, group or designee responsible for the development of single-family or multiple family housing units in which 25 or more housing units will be constructed as a part of a single application.
"Site development plan/permit"
means a precise plan of development that may be subject to public hearing before the Planning Commission, or that may or may not be subject to a discretionary permit.
"Special event"
means a seasonal, recurring activity or a singular event which attracts both residents and non-residents to a facility for recreational or other activities.
"Telecommuting"
means a method of conducting work without leaving one's residence and thereby eliminating the commute round trip.
"Tourist-oriented development"
means a development that will attract visitors or nonresidents to the jurisdictions within Monterey County.
"Transportation demand management" (TDM)
means the implementation of programs, plans, pricing, or policies designated to encourage changes in individual travel behavior. TDM can include pricing to effect travel mode change; an emphasis on alternative travel modes to the single occupant vehicle (SOV) such as carpools, vanpools and transit; reduction or elimination of vehicle trips, or shifts in the time of vehicle commutes to other than the peak period. A listing of TDM techniques is included in Appendix 1.
"Transportation management association"
means a group of employers or other uses joining together in a formal association with the intent to reduce trips.
"Trip reduction"
means reducing the number of trips made in single occupant vehicles.
"Trip reduction checklist"
is the mechanism to be used by development to outline TDM measures they will implement to reduce trips.
"Vanpool"
means seven or more persons traveling to work in one vehicle.
"Vehicle trip"
means a point to point journey or trip in one direction utilizing a motorized vehicle. For example, an employed mother driving a car and dropping off two children at two daycare facilities and then going to an instant cash facility on the way to her job, makes a total of four vehicle trips.
(Ord. 94-01; Ord. 96-03 §2)
The Transportation Agency of Monterey County (as directed on January 27, 1993), in cooperation with Sand City, AMBAG, MST, and the private sector, will implement a two year voluntary Trip Reduction Demonstration Program focused on areas experiencing traffic congestion, LOS deficiencies, and/or parking congestion. The Employer Trip Reduction Demonstration Program was begun by TAMC on July 1, 1993. The effectiveness of the demonstration program will be evaluated by TAMC and summarized at the end of the two year program. Program evaluations will also be performed by TAMC as specific programs are implemented so that programs can be fine-tuned as needed.
(Ord. 94-01; Ord. 96-03 §2)
The purpose of this section is to outline the requirements for the facilities-oriented element of the Sand City Trip Reduction Ordinance. It includes one set of definitions and residential and tourist/commercial land use considerations for assisting in achieving the overall goals of 1.3% per year trip reduction, 1.35 average vehicle ridership, or 60% drive-alone rate.
(Ord. 94-01; Ord. 96-03 §2)
The purpose of the facilities-oriented element is to insure that facilities such as new development, redevelopment, and expansion of existing development in Sand City contain the needed infrastructure and programs to both reduce the need to travel in the first place, and encourage alternative mode usage in the second place. "Trip" as used herein refers to all trip purposes.
(Ord. 94-01; Ord. 96-03 §2)
This chapter shall apply to all residential developers, commercial developers, or tourist-oriented facility developers proposing and all applicable developments.
(Ord. 94-01; Ord. 96-02 §2)
A. 
Compliance shall be ascertained by: The jurisdiction reviewing residential development proposals and applying the ordinance and insuring/enforcing its implementation. TAMC shall occasionally audit the trip reduction checklist elements that are implemented as part of new developments, and determine whether trip reduction techniques are incorporated into the Zoning Ordinance, Subdivision Ordinance, and development standards when draft TROs are submitted to it for review. Transit operator input shall be sought in this process.
B. 
In addition, compliance is the responsibility of Sand City as they condition and approve new residential developments.
(Ord. 94-01; Ord. 96-03 §2)
A. 
All developers of applicable new residential developments with 25 or more units must submit a trip reduction checklist as part of the plan check process prior to the issuance of a building permit. The checklist shall identify proposed design elements and facilities that encourage alternative transportation usage by residents of the development.
B. 
Sand City shall take into consideration the nature and size of the project when reviewing the trip reduction checklist. Sand City will determine the necessary programs as part of the permit approval process. After review of the trip reduction checklist prepared by the developer, Sand City may require, but not be limited to, one or all of the following programs:
1. 
Provide ridesharing, public transportation and nearby licensed child care facility information to tenants/buyers as part of move-in materials.
2. 
Print transit scheduling information on all promotional materials.
3. 
Install bicycle amenities, such as bicycle racks and bicycle lanes (where appropriate).
4. 
Provide bus pull-outs, pedestrian access, transit stops, shelters and amenities as part of the site plan, as described in the MST Development Review Guidebook or subsequent publications.
5. 
Provide locked and secure transportation information centers or kiosks with bus route/schedule information, as part of common areas.
6. 
Provide pedestrian facilities linking transit stops and common areas.
7. 
Provide resources for site amenities that reduce vehicular tripmaking.
8. 
Park-and-ride facilities.
9. 
On-site child care facilities.
10. 
Local TSM improvements defined as shuttle bus services/bus pools or improved transit service as part of the development.
11. 
Facilities to encourage telecommuting.
12. 
Trip generation fees with proceeds to go toward provision of transit service, transportation management associations, ridesharing services and other alternative transportation services.
13. 
Mixed land uses designed to reduce the length and number of vehicle trips.
14. 
Pedestrian and bicycle system improvements.
15. 
Transit-oriented design and/or pedestrian-oriented design.
16. 
Sand City may require other measures to be added to or substituted for any or all of the above. Additional techniques for reducing trips are acceptable.
(Ord. 94-01; Ord. 96-3 §2)
A. 
All developers of applicable new tourist-oriented developments must submit a trip reduction checklist as part of the plan check process prior to the issuance of a building permit or a special event permit. The checklist shall identify proposed design elements and facilities that encourage alternative transportation usage by visitors to the development.
B. 
Sand City shall take into consideration the nature and size of the project when reviewing the trip reduction checklist. Sand City will determine the necessary programs as part of the permit approval process and in consultation with the transit operator. After review of the trip reduction checklist prepared by the tourist-oriented developer or special event promoter, Sand City may require, but not be limited to, one or all of the following programs:
1. 
Provide park-and-ride, public transportation shuttles, and associated marketing to special event ticket purchasers as part of the special event promotion or site/business promotion.
2. 
Print transit scheduling information on all promotional materials.
3. 
Install bicycle amenities, such as bicycle racks and bicycle lanes (where appropriate), paths or routes, and at intermodal connection points.
4. 
Provide bus pull-outs, pedestrian access, transit stops, shelters and amenities as part of the site plan, as described in the MST Development Review Guidebook or subsequent documents.
5. 
Provide locked and secure transportation information centers or kiosks with bus route/schedule information, as part of common areas and at intermodal connection points.
6. 
Provide pedestrian facilities linking transit stops and common areas and at intermodal connection points.
7. 
Provide resources for site amenities that reduce vehicular tripmaking.
8. 
Provide park-and-ride facilities.
9. 
Local TSM improvements defined as shuttle bus service/bus pools or improved transit service as part of the development.
10. 
Trip generation fees with proceeds to go toward provision of transit service, transportation management associations, ridesharing services and other alternative transportation services.
11. 
Mixed land uses designed to reduce the length and number of vehicle trips.
12. 
Pedestrian and bicycle system improvements.
13. 
Provide alternative transportation from the airport, provide airport information displays, contribute to the marketing or fare promotions of transit service and transit passes, provide concierges as sources of tourist transit promotion, rent bicycles to visitors, provide contributions of funds for implementing rail service to the area, provide transit information displays.
14. 
Education and marketing strategies designed to induce tourists to reduce their vehicular trips.
15. 
Programs and projects to provide alternatives to automobile transportation into Monterey County.
16. 
Sand City may require other measures to be added to or substituted for any or all of the above. Additional measures which reduce trips are acceptable.
(Ord. 94-01; Ord. 96-03 §2)
A. 
All developers of applicable new commercial developments must submit a trip reduction checklist as part of the plan check process prior to the issuance of a building permit. The checklist shall identify proposed design elements and facilities that encourage the use of alternative transportation.
B. 
Sand City shall take into consideration the nature and size of the project when reviewing the trip reduction checklist. Sand City will determine the necessary programs as part of the permit approval process and in consultation with the transit operator. After review of the trip reduction checklist prepared by the developer, Sand City may impose trip reduction requirements to mitigate the impacts of the proposed development except that any employee trip reduction program to be implemented by an employer shall not be mandatory. Available trip reduction programs include, but are not limited to:
1. 
Providing ridesharing, public transportation and nearby child care facility information to employees as part of orientation materials.
2. 
Providing on-site daycare for customers and employees.
3. 
Providing on-site banking ATMs, restaurants, dry cleaners, grocery, and other typically needed services to reduce the need to travel. Linking these uses with convenient and pedestrian oriented paths. Providing transit access that allows bus passengers convenient access to uses with a minimum of walking distance.
4. 
Siting building entrances close to bus stops with access uninterrupted by parking lots, parking aisles, and interior roadways. Placing parking at the rear of the development and the transit stop at the front of the development near the main entrance.
5. 
Printing transit information in employee paychecks occasionally. Providing on-site transit information displays.
6. 
Installing bicycle racks and land, paths or routes.
7. 
Providing bus pull-outs, pedestrian access, transit stops, shelters and amenities as part of the development as described in the MST Development Review Guidebook or subsequent documents.
8. 
Providing locked and secure alternative mode information kiosks.
9. 
Offering a parking cash-out program for employees.
10. 
Providing park-and-ride facilities within the development which are not limited to the site's customers or employees.
11. 
Providing preferential parking for employees who rideshare.
12. 
Providing local TSM improvements defined as shuttle bus services/bus pools or improved transit service as part of the development.
13. 
Facilities and policies to encourage telecommuting.
14. 
Providing pedestrian, bicycle, and transit system improvements.
C. 
Sand City may require other measures to be added to or substituted for any or all of the above. Additional measures which reduce trips are acceptable.
(Ord. 94-01; Ord. 96-03 §2)
Sand City shall incorporate measures and amenities into their zoning ordinances, development standards, and subdivision ordinances as appropriate within six months of adopting the ordinance codified in this chapter. The ordinance will be implemented thereafter through application of the zoning ordinances, development standards, and subdivision ordinances of the jurisdiction.
(Ord. 94-01; Ord. 96-03 §2)
As part of the annual conformance process of the Congestion Management Program, Sand City shall provide the TAMC with material and documentation as needed. Compliance shall be ascertained by also reviewing tourist shuttle implementation, special event transportation shuttles and parking programs, park-and-ride lot development, provisions for bicyclists and pedestrians, and other parking, pricing, marketing efforts, and educational strategies to induce reduced trips.
The TAMC staff will from time to time audit the implementation of the Sand City Trip Reduction Program in order to assure that it is being implemented. In addition, feedback from the transit operator(s) will be obtained to ascertain whether the operator's needs are being met by the development standards in place. The TAMC will from time to time monitor the effectiveness of various TRO implementation programs and provide reports and information on effectiveness to the jurisdictions and other interested parties.
MBUAPCD: In order to provide the MBUAPCD with information necessary to determine whether Sand City is in compliance with the Indirect Source Review Program Rule, Sand City shall provide the MBUAPCD with all the material and documentation required. (Note: to date no MBUAPCD rule is adopted or proposed. MBUAPCD is cooperating with TAMC and SCCRTC and using the trip reduction programs of these agencies.)
(Ord. 94-01; Ord. 96-03 §2)
Enforcement will occur via the jurisdiction implementing its zoning ordinances, subdivision ordinances, and development standards and permit conditions upon project completions and final inspection and insuring compliance with permit conditions thereafter. The jurisdiction issuing the permit enforces the conditions.
A. 
Violation of This Chapter.
1. 
A violation of any of the provisions of this chapter shall be an infraction.
2. 
Failure to respond to the needs of a transit operator and to incorporate trip reduction techniques into new or expanded development is a violation of this chapter.
3. 
Failure to submit the trip reduction checklist is a violation of this chapter.
4. 
Each day that a provision of this chapter, or the terms and conditions of any approved trip reduction checklist are violated shall constitute a separate violation.
5. 
Falsifying information is a violation of this chapter.
6. 
Failure to withhold building permits until trip reduction techniques are shown on plans is a violation of this chapter.
7. 
Failure to withhold certificates of occupancy until trip reduction amenities are in place is a violation of this chapter.
8. 
Failure to insure that required amenities are available for alternative modes for the life of the development or until the development permit conditions are otherwise amended is a violation of this chapter.
B. 
Enforcement. For purposes of ensuring that the provisions of this chapter are fully adhered to, Sand City shall, following written notice, initiate enforcement action(s) against such party(ies) or designee(s), which may include, but not be limited to, the following:
1. 
Withhold issuance or renewal of business license;
2. 
Withhold approval of development permits;
3. 
Issue stop work order;
4. 
Initiate proceedings to revoke the site development permit or other discretionary action;
5. 
Withhold issuance of a certificate of occupancy;
6. 
Withhold final building permit sign-off;
7. 
Withhold consideration of other applications pending from the same developer.
C. 
Fines.
1. 
Violations of this chapter shall be punishable under the same methods as violations of the Subdivision Ordinance, Zoning Ordinance, or development standards within the jurisdictions.
2. 
Revenues received from fines shall be used to support alternative transportation.
(Ord. 94-01; Ord. 96-03 §2)
If any subsection, division, sentence, clause, phrase, or portion of this chapter, is for any reason held to be invalid or unconstitutional by the decision of any court of competent jurisdiction, such decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions of this chapter.
(Ord. 94-01; Ord. 96-03 §2)
Resources for implementation of this chapter include but are not limited to:
AB 2766 funds;
Parking revenues;
Fines collected;
Transit operator services;
Ridesharing services;
Congestion management agency services;
Monterey County TRO program manager services;
Planned training programs for employee transportation coordinators;
State grants for transportation management agency formation;
Demonstration grants.
(Ord. 94-01; Ord. 96-03 §2)
TDM techniques may include the following:
A. 
Ridesharing.
1. 
Carpool/vanpool matching;
2. 
Preferential parking for carpools and vanpools;
3. 
Carpool/vanpool financial subsidies or rewards;
4. 
Employer-provided vehicles for carpools/vanpools;
5. 
Employer-sponsored vanpools;
6. 
Rideshare marketing campaigns;
7. 
Financial subsidy of vanpool liability insurance.
B. 
Transit.
1. 
Work site transit ticket sales;
2. 
Transit ticket financial subsidies;
3. 
Transit route maps and schedules distributed and displayed on-site at the workplace;
4. 
Shuttle to transit lines.
C. 
Trip Elimination.
1. 
Compressed work weeks;
2. 
Work-at-home programs;
3. 
Telecommuting.
D. 
Parking Pricing (Market-Oriented TRO Elements).
1. 
Establishing fees for employee parking at least as expensive as a monthly bus pass;
2. 
Elimination of any employer parking financial subsidy;
3. 
Transition from employer parking financial subsidy to general transportation monetary allowance for all employees;
4. 
Reduced parking rates for carpools and vanpools.
E. 
Bicycle and Pedestrian.
1. 
Bicycling financial subsidies or rewards;
2. 
Financial subsidy to employees for the purchase of bicycles for commute trip use;
3. 
Bicycle lockers or other secure, weather-protected bicycle parking facilities;
4. 
Bicycle access to building interior;
5. 
Bicycle and/or walking route information;
6. 
On-site bicycle registration.
F. 
On-Site Facilities/Services.
1. 
Employee shower facilities and clothes lockers;
2. 
Site modifications that would encourage walking, transit, carpool, vanpool, and bicycle use;
3. 
On-site services to reduce mid-day vehicle trips; e.g., direct deposit of payroll, cafeteria, automatic teller machines, apparel cleaning, etc.;
4. 
On-site transportation fair to promote commute alternatives.
G. 
Other.
1. 
Membership in a transportation management association that provides services and incentives;
2. 
Establishment of employee committee to help design, develop, and monitor the trip reduction program;
3. 
Guaranteed ride home program;
4. 
Financial subsidies or rewards for using walking and other non-motorized transportation modes, transit or carpools;
5. 
Shuttles between multiple work site;
6. 
Providing child day care at/near work site;
7. 
Enhanced trip reduction efforts;
8. 
Any additional techniques not listed here which bring about the desired reductions in vehicle trips.
(Ord. 94-01; Ord. 96-03 §2)
The averaging period cannot contain a holiday and shall be for a normal, representative week. AVR for the work site is calculated by dividing the total "employee days" by the total "vehicle trip days" for the survey week. The survey will be done at least annually for the same sample week.
"Employee-days" are the total number of employees reporting or assigned to a work site during the peak period each work day of the survey week. The following procedures are used in totaling employee-days:
1. 
Employees who telecommute or are off due to a compressed work week schedule are counted as reporting to the work site in calculating the total employee-days.
2. 
The following employees are not included in the employee-days total:
a. 
Employees not working because of vacation, sickness or other time off;
b. 
Employees who report to a different work site or an off-site work-related activity;
c. 
Disabled employees.
"Vehicle Trip-Days": The total number of vehicles used by employees in reporting to the work site each work day of the survey week. A vehicle trip-day is based on the means of transportation used for the greatest distance of an employee's home-to-work commute trip. The following numerical values are used in calculating vehicle trip-days:
1.
Single occupant vehicle (drive alone) = 1.
2.
Employee dropped-off vehicle by another person = 1.
3.
Carpool = 1 divided by the number of employees in the carpool, regardless of whether the other employees in the carpool work for the employer or at the work site.
4.
Vanpool = 1 divided by the number of employees in the vanpool, regardless of whether the other employees in the vanpool work for the employer or at the work site.
5.
Motorcycle, moped, scooter, or motor bike = 1.
6.
The following = 0 vehicle trip-days:
a.
Public transit;
b.
Private buspool;
c.
Bicycle;
d.
Walking and other non-motorized transportation modes;
e.
Employees who telecommute (only on the days those employees work at home for the entire day);
f.
Employees who work a compressed work week schedule (only on their compressed day(s) off);
g.
Disabled employee vehicles at all times.
(Ord. 94-01; Ord. 96-03 §2)
Based on 100 employees all commuting to and from work.
Employees reporting to work:
Monday
100
Tuesday
100
Wednesday
100
Thursday
100
Friday
100
TOTAL
500
Number of vehicles driven to work site by these employees:
Monday
77
Tuesday
79
Wednesday
72
Thursday
68
Friday
74
TOTAL
370
AVR is calculated by dividing the number of employees reporting to work by the number of vehicles driven to work:
500 employees
370 vehicles = 1.35 Average Vehicle Ridership
(Ord. 94-01; Ord. 96-03 §2)