This chapter is intended to protect the public health, welfare
and safety by reducing air pollution caused by vehicle trips and vehicle
miles traveled. This chapter shall do this by meeting requirements
of AB1791, California
Government Code Section 65089(b)(3) which requires
development of a trip reduction and travel demand element to the congestion
management plan (CMP), and California
Government Code Section 65089.3(b)
which requires adoption and implementation of trip reduction and travel
demand ordinances.
(Prior code § 157.01)
For the purpose of this chapter, the following definitions shall
apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different
meaning.
“Alternative transportation modes”
means any mode of travel that serves as an alternative to
the single occupant vehicle. This can include all forms of ride sharing
such as carpooling or vanpooling, as well as public transit, bicycling
or walking.
“Applicable development”
means any new development project that is determined to meet
or exceed the employment threshold using the criteria contained in
this chapter. Applicable development also includes developments which
are owned and/or managed as one unit, such as a business park or shopping
center, that also meet or exceed the employment threshold.
“Bicycle facilities”
means any capital improvements which would benefit an employee
who rides a bicycle to their worksite, including shower facilities,
locker facilities, bicycle parking, and the like.
“Change of use”
means a development or facility space of a lessee which has
altered its initial use to another use not related to the previous
(for example, office space changes its use to a retail space).
“Developer”
means the builder who is responsible for the planning, design
and construction of an applicable development project. A developer
may be responsible for implementing this chapter as determined by
the property owner.
“Employee”
means any person employed by a firm, person(s), business,
educational institution, nonprofit agency or corporation, government
agency or other entity which employs 100 or more persons at a single
worksite.
“Employer”
means any person(s), firm business, educational institution,
government agency, nonprofit agency or corporation, or other entity
which employs 100 or more persons at a single worksite, and may either
be a property owner or tenant of an applicable development project.
“Employment generation factors”
means factors developed for use by the jurisdiction for protecting
the potential employment of any proposed development project.
“Employment threshold”
means the minimum changes made to establish a transportation
demand management and trip reduction plan at an applicable development
project to a level which satisfies this chapter.
“Minimum standards”
means the minimum changes made to establish a transportation
demand management and trip reduction plan at an applicable development
project to a level which satisfies this chapter.
“New development project”
means any nonresidential project being processed where some
level of discretionary action by a decision-making body is required.
“Peak period”
means those hours of the business day between 7:00 a.m. and
9:00 a.m. inclusive, Monday through Friday, which TDM strategies such
as this chapter identify as the priority period for reducing workrelated
vehicle trips.
“Property owner”
means the legal owner of the applicable development and/or
its designee (that is, developer).
“Rideshare facilities”
means any capital improvements which would benefit an employee
who rideshares to the worksite, including on-site amenities, preferential
parking, and rideshare drop-off areas at the entrance of the worksite.
“Transit facilities”
means any capital improvements which would benefit an employee
who uses any form of transit to travel to the worksite, including
transit stops, shelters, bus turnouts, park and ride lots, and other
transit amenities.
“Transportation demand management (TDM)”
means the implementation of programs, plans or policies designed
to encourage changes in individual travel behavior. TDM can include
an emphasis on alternative travel modes to the single occupant vehicle
such as carpools, vanpools, and transit; reduction or elimination
of the number of vehicle trips, or shifts in the time of vehicle commutes
to other than peak period.
“Transportation management association (TMA)”
means a voluntary entity of employers, property owners and
other interested parties who share a mutual concern for local transportation
problems. TMAs have the ability to pool participants’ resources
to address these issues. A TMA must still satisfy the goals established
for individual employers pursuant to this chapter.
“Worksite”
means a building, or grouping of buildings, located within
the jurisdiction which are in physical contact or separated solely
by a private or public roadway or other private right-of-way, and
which are owned or operated by the same employer (or by employers
under common control).
(Prior code § 157.02)
Not withstanding any other provisions, the following uses and
activities shall be specifically exempt from this chapter:
A. Development
projects expected to employ fewer than 100 persons.
B. Temporary
construction activities on any affected project, including activities
performed by engineers, architects, contract subcontractors and construction
workers.
C. Other
temporary activities, as defined in the City Development Code, or
as authorized by the City when such temporary activities shall discontinue
at the end of the designated time period.
(Prior code § 157.04)
It shall be the responsibility of the Planning Director or designee
to inform the applicant of a transportation demand management review
application, and that the determination of completeness of such an
application be within 30 days of receipt. Once the application is
complete, the Planning Director shall either approve or deny the application
within 60 days or forward the application to the Planning Commission
for its approval, assuring that the application is processed expediently
(no more than 90 days).
(Prior code § 157.06)