The intent and purpose of this chapter is to encourage reduction
in vehicle trips by promoting alternative transportation methods such
as carpools, vanpools, transit, bicycles, and walking. This section
is designed to meet requirements of the Congestion Management Program
of Los Angeles County, authorized by State Legislation and Proposition
111, as well as requirements of federal and state air quality regulations.
(Ord. 835 § 2, 1993)
In addition to the definitions set forth in Chapter
18.04, certain additional definitions are required to implement the intent and provisions of the chapter as follows:
"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.
"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 vehicle carrying two to six persons commuting together
to and from work on a regular basis.
"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 the provisions of this chapter
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 this chapter and which exceed the thresholds defined in Section
18.47.050 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.
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 chapter either directly or by delegating
such responsibility as appropriate to a tenant and/or his or her 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 nondesert portions 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 occupancy 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 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. 835 § 2, 1993)
Monitoring and enforcement of the provisions of this chapter shall comply with the provisions of Chapter
18.06 of Title
18 of the Pico Rivera Municipal Code. No permit or license for any use, building or purpose whatsoever shall be issued by any official or employee of the city of same that would be in conflict with or in violation of this title.
(Ord. 835 § 2, 1993)