The following words or phrases shall have the following meanings
when used in this Article:
"Alternative transportation"
means the use of modes of transportation other than the single
passenger motor vehicle, including, but not limited to, carpools,
vanpools, buspools, public transit, walking and bicycling.
"Applicable development"
means any development project that is determined to meet or exceed the project size threshold criteria contained in Section
10-151 of this Article.
"Buspool"
means a vehicle carrying sixteen or more passengers commuting
on a regular basis to and from work with a fixed route, according
to a fixed schedule.
"Carpool"
means a vehicle carrying two to six persons commuting together
to and from work on a regular basis.
"Developer"
shall mean the builder who is responsible for the planning,
design and construction of an applicable development project. A developer
may be responsible for implementing the provisions of this Article
as determined by the property owner.
"Development"
means the construction or addition of new building square footage. Additions to buildings which existed prior to the adoption of the ordinance codified in this Article and which exceed the thresholds defined in Section
10-151(2)(c) shall comply with the applicable requirements but shall not be added cumulatively with existing square footage; existing square footage shall be exempt from these requirements. All calculations shall be based on gross square footage.
"Employee parking area"
means the portion of total required parking at a development
used by on-site employees. Unless specified in the City/County Zoning/Building
Code, employee parking shall be calculated as follows:
Type of Use
|
Percent of Total Required Parking Devoted to Employees
|
---|
Commercial
|
30%
|
Office/Professional
|
85%
|
Industrial/Manufacturing
|
90%
|
"Preferential parking"
means parking spaces designated or assigned, through use
of a sign or painted space markings for carpool and vanpool vehicles
carrying commute passengers on a regular basis that are provided in
a location more convenient to a place of employment than parking spaces
provided for single occupant vehicles.
"Property owner"
means the legal owner of a development who serves as the
lessor to a tenant. The property owner shall be responsible for complying
with the provisions of this Article either directly or by delegating
such responsibility as appropriate to a tenant and/or agent.
"South Coast Air Quality Management District (SCAQMD)"
is the regional authority appointed by the California State
Legislature to meet Federal standards and otherwise improve air quality
in the South Coast Air Basin (the non-desert portion of Los Angeles,
Orange, Riverside, and San Bernardino Counties.)
"Tenant"
means the lessee of facility space at an applicable development
project.
"Transportation Demand Management (TDM)"
means the alteration of travel behavior — usually on
the part of commuters — through programs of incentives, services,
and policies. TDM addresses alternatives to single occupant vehicles
such as carpooling and vanpooling, and changes in work schedules that
move trips out of the peak period or eliminate them altogether (as
is the case in telecommuting or compressed work weeks).
"Trip reduction"
means a reduction in the number of work-related trips made
by single occupant vehicles.
"Vanpool"
means a vehicle carrying seven or more persons commuting
together to and from work on a regular basis, usually in a vehicle
with a seating arrangement designed to carry seven to fifteen adult
passengers, and on a prepaid subscription basis.
"Vehicle"
means any motorized form of transportation, including, but
not limited to, automobiles, vans, buses and motorcycles.
(Ord. 92-21 12-15-92)
Prior to approval of any development project for which an Environmental
Impact Report (EIR) will be prepared pursuant to the requirements
of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) or based on a local
determination, regional and municipal fixed-route transit operators
providing service to the project shall be identified and consulted
with. Projects for which a Notice of Preparation (NOP) for a Draft
EIR has been circulated pursuant to the provisions of CEQA prior to
the effective date of the Ordinance codified in this Article shall
be exempted from its provisions. The "Transit Impact Review Worksheet,"
contained in the Los Angeles County Congestion Management Program
manual, or similar worksheets, shall be used in assessing impacts.
Pursuant to the provisions of CEQA, transit operators shall be sent
a NOP for all contemplated EIRs and shall, as part of the NOP process,
be given opportunity to comment on the impacts of the project, to
identify recommended transit service or capital improvements which
may be required as a result of the project, and to recommend mitigation
measures which minimize automobile trips on the CMP network. Impacts
and recommended mitigation measures identified by the transit operator
shall be evaluated in the Draft Environmental Impact Report ("DEIR")
prepared for the project. Related mitigation measures adopted shall
be monitored through the mitigation monitoring requirements of CEQA.
Phased development projects, development projects subject to
a development agreement, or development projects requiring subsequent
approvals, need not repeat this process as long as no significant
changes are made to the project. It shall remain the discretion of
the lead agency to determine when a project is substantially the same
and therefore covered by a previously certified EIR.
(Ord. 92-21 12-15-92)
(1) Applicability
of Requirements. Prior to approval of any development project, the
applicant shall make provision for, as a minimum, all of the applicable
transportation demand management and trip reduction measures listed
in the sections that follow.
This Article shall not apply to projects for which a development
application has been deemed "incomplete" by the City pursuant to Government
Code Section 65943, or for which a Notice of Preparation for a DEIR
has been circulated or for which an application for a building permit
has been received, prior to the effective date of the Ordinance codified
in this Article. In addition, this Article shall not apply to development
that is permitted under the provisions of the SE Overlay Zone, in
light of the comprehensive Transportation Demand Management program
imposed as mitigation measures in the Environmental Impact Report
for the IBEC Project, as memorialized in its Mitigation Monitoring
and Reporting Program (MMRP).
(2) Development
Standards.
(a) Nonresidential development of twenty-five thousand square feet or
more shall provide the following to the satisfaction of the City:
A bulletin board, display case, or kiosk displaying transportation
information located where the greatest number of employees are likely
to see it. Information in the area shall include, but is not limited
to, the following:
(i) Current maps, routes and schedules for public transit routes serving
the site;
(ii) Telephone numbers for referrals on transportation information including
numbers for the regional ridesharing agency and local transit operators;
(iii)
Ridesharing promotional material supplied by commuter-oriented
organizations;
(iv) Bicycle route and facility information, including regional/local
bicycle maps and bicycle safety information;
(v) A listing of facilities available for carpoolers, vanpoolers, bicyclists,
transit riders and pedestrians at the site.
(b) Nonresidential development of fifty thousand square feet or more shall comply with Section
10-151(2)(a) above and shall provide all the following measures to the satisfaction of the City:
(i) Not less than ten percent of employee parking areas shall be located
as close as is practical to the employee entrance(s), and shall be
reserved for use by potential carpool/vanpool vehicles, without displacing
handicapped and customer parking needs. This preferential carpool/vanpool
parking area shall be identified on the site plan upon application
for building permit, to the satisfaction of the City. A statement
that preferential carpool/vanpool spaces for employees are available
and a description of the method for obtaining such spaces must be
included on the required transportation information board. Spaces
will be signed/striped as demand warrants, and at all times at least
one space for projects over one hundred thousand square feet will
be signed/striped for carpool/vanpool vehicles.
(ii) Preferential parking spaces reserved for vanpools must be accessible
to vanpool vehicles. When located within a parking structure, a minimum
vertical interior clearance of seven feet and two inches shall be
provided for those spaces and accessways to be used by such vehicles.
Adequate turning radii and parking space dimensions shall also be
included in vanpool parking areas.
(iii)
Bicycle racks or other secure bicycle parking shall be provided
to accommodate four bicycles per the first fifty thousand square feet
of nonresidential development and one bicycle per each additional
fifty thousand square feet of nonresidential development. Calculations
which result in a fraction of 0.5 or higher shall be rounded up to
the nearest whole number. A bicycle parking facility may also be a
fully enclosed space or locker accessible only to the owner or operator
of the bicycle, which protects the bike from inclement weather. Specific
facilities and location (e.g., provision of racks, lockers, or locked
room) shall be to the satisfaction of the City.
(c) Nonresidential development of one hundred thousand square feet or more shall comply with Sections
10-151(2)(a) and
10-151(2)(b) above, and shall provide all of the following measures to the satisfaction of the City:
(i) A safe and convenient zone in which vanpool and carpool and vehicles
may deliver or board their passengers.
(ii) Sidewalks or other designated pathways following direct and safe
routes from the external pedestrian circulation system to each building
in the development.
(iii)
If determined necessary by the City to mitigate the project
impact, bus stop improvements must be provided. The City will consult
with the local bus service providers in determining appropriate improvements.
When locating bus stops and/or planning building entrances, entrances
must be designed to provide safe and efficient access to nearby transit
stations/stops.
(iv) Safe and convenient access from the external circulation system to
bicycle parking facilities onsite.
(Ord. 92-21 12-15-92; Ord. 20-14 7-28-20)
(1) Each
development affected by these provisions shall employ or appoint a
TDM coordinator to establish and monitor the TDM program.
(2) The
TDM coordinator will provide a report to the City of Inglewood Traffic
Engineer annually describing the success of the development's TDM
program.
(3) The
TDM coordinator and the TDM program shall be made known as a condition
of Site Plan Review procedures governed by Chapter 12 of the Inglewood
Municipal Code. No business license, certificate of occupancy nor
a certificate of completion may be issued without approval of the
TDM program by the Planning and Building Department Director and the
Traffic Engineer.
(Ord. 92-21 12-15-92; Ord. 08-05 4-22-08)
Failure to maintain an accepted TDM program and reporting system
shall be an infraction.
(Ord. 92-21 12-15-92)
The Recreation, Parks and Community Services Department shall
have the duty of investigation and enforcement of this Article and
shall have the authority to issue citations for Transportation Demand
Management violations.
(Ord. 92-21 12-15-92; Ord. 99-1 1-26-99)