The purpose of transportation demand management (TDM) requirements
is to encourage large employers to implement programs and make site
improvements that will help reduce the number of single-occupancy
vehicle commuters on the roads. Large numbers of commuters have many
negative impacts on the community such as increased traffic congestion,
reduced worker productivity, and air quality and other environmental
impacts. TDM strategies include, but are not limited to, employer-provided
transit passes/parking credits, low-speed communications infrastructure
for telecommuting, and carpooling incentives. TDM requirements apply
to all new office, commercial, mixed use, or industrial developments.
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TABLE 17.78.010-1 TRANSPORTATION DEMAND MANAGEMENT (TDM) REQUIREMENTS
BASED ON DEVELOPMENT SIZE
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Type of Use
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Minimum Development Size
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Office (excluding medical)
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80,000 sf
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Industrial Office Park (MP)
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200,000 sf
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Hospital and Medical Offices
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100,000 sf
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Commercial
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150,000 sf
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Light Industrial (M-1)
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250,000 sf
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Heavy Industrial (M-2)
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350,000 sf
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Hotels/Motels
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150 rooms
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Mixed or Multiple Uses
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(1)
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Table Notes:
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(1)
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The minimum development size for mixed or multiple-use developments
shall be calculated based on the proportional square foot-age of areas
devoted to each type of use.
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(Ord. No. 1000 § 4, 2022)
When applicable, development project are subject to the following:
A.
Passenger
loading areas. Parking areas for major development projects shall
designate a passenger loading area or areas for embarking and disembarking
passengers from ridesharing vehicles. Such passenger loading areas
shall be located at the point(s) of primary pedestrian access from
the parking area to the adjacent building, or buildings, and shall
be designed in such a manner that vehicles waiting in the loading
area do not impede vehicular circulation in the parking area. The
passenger loading areas shall be designed as a turnout as indicated
by the below diagram and shall be large enough to accommodate the
number of waiting vehicles equivalent to one-half percent of the required
parking for the project. See Figure 17.78.020-1 (Passenger Loading
Areas).
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FIGURE 17.78.020-1 PASSENGER LOADING AREAS
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B.
Preferential
parking spaces for carpool and vanpool vehicles. All development projects
subject to transportation demand management (TDM) provisions shall
reserve and designate at least ten percent of the employee parking
spaces for the project for ridesharing vehicles by marking such spaces
"Car-pool/Vanpool Only." Such spaces shall be located near the building
entrance(s), covered, shaded, or in some other obvious way be determined
as preferential. For purposes of this section, the factors listed
in Table 17.78.020-1 (Employee Parking Ratios) shall be used to determine
the number of employee parking spaces.
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TABLE 17.78.020-1 EMPLOYEE PARKING RATIOS
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Type of Use
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Percentage of Total Parking Devoted to Employee Parking
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Office (excluding medical)
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70%
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Hospital and Medical Office
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50%
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Commercial/Mixed Use
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30%
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Industrial
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70%
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C.
Shower
and locker facilities. All development projects where TDM provisions
apply shall provide shower and locker facilities for use by employees
or tenants who commute to the site by bicycle or walking. Such facilities
shall be clearly indicated on all development/improvement plans. One
shower and eight lockers with minimum dimensions of 12 inches by 18
inches by 36 inches shall be provided for each 200 employees or fraction
thereof, based on the equivalent development size data. The shower
and locker facilities must be located convenient to one another and
should be located near the employee bicycle parking facilities whenever
possible.
D.
Video
conferencing. Office parks where TDM requirements apply shall provide
on-site video conference facilities.
E.
Employer
requirements. In addition to the above requirements, employers subject
to TDM shall be implement at least two of the following:
1.
Ridesharing
program, including:
a.
Distribution of ridesharing matching forms to all new employees and
at least once a year to continuing employees.
b.
Yearly surveys of employees to determine interest in ridesharing.
c.
Designation of staff member to assist other employees in finding
carpool matches.
d.
Advertising and promotions to generate interest and viability for
the program.
e.
Tailoring of work hours to facilitate ridesharing.
2.
Leasing
of vans, at cost, for employees who vanpool.
3.
Provision
of company fleet cars at nominal cost for commuting by carpoolers.
4.
Subsidized
transit passes or transit service.
5.
Modified
work hours.
(Ord. No. 1000 § 4, 2022)
