The following words and phrases shall have the following meanings when used in this Chapter. Words and phrases not specifically defined below shall be aligned with the meanings identified in SCAQMD's Rule 2202.
Audit.A selective inspection by the City of an employer or developer's activities related to the fulfillment of ongoing implementation and monitoring of an approved emission reduction plan or developer TDM plan.
Average Vehicle Ridership (AVR).The total number of employees who report to or leave work during the peak windows divided by the number of vehicles driven by these employees over that five-day survey period. The AVR calculation requires that the five-day period must represent the five days during which the majority of employees are scheduled to arrive at the worksite. The hours and days chosen must be consecutive. The five-day survey period cannot contain a holiday and shall represent typical operations so that a projection of the average vehicle ridership during the year is obtained.
AVR Target.The AVR established by this Chapter that an employer emission reduction plan (ERP) or developer transportation demand management (TDM) plan is expected to achieve for a particular worksite or project.
AVR Verification Method.A method approved by the City for determining an employer's current AVR, or approved by the City or SCAQMD for employers of 250 employees or more.
AVR Window.The period of time comprised of both hours and days used to calculate AVR (i.e., 6:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.).
Carpool.A motor vehicle occupied by two to six persons traveling together to and from the worksite for the majority (at least 51%) of the total commute. For-hire vehicles must include two or more passengers (in addition to any driver) to be classified as a carpool.
Commute Trip.The means of transportation used for the greatest distance of an employee's commute to or from work during the peak window. Each commute trip to the worksite shall be calculated as follows:
Compressed Work Week.This applies to employee(s) who, as an alternative to completing the basic work requirements in five eight-hour workdays in one week, are scheduled in a manner which reduces vehicle trips to the worksite. The recognized compressed work week schedules for purposes of this Chapter are 36 hours in three days (3/36), 40 hours in four days (4/40), or 80 hours in nine days (9/80).
Developer.Any person or entity that is responsible for development of a project that will result in the new construction of 7,500 square feet of nonresidential floor area or more, 16 residential units or more, or mixed-use projects of 16 residential units or more with any associated nonresidential components. The person or entity responsible for development of a project shall be the developer and property owner. Upon transfer of title from a property owner to a developer, the term "developer" shall mean the property owner.
Developer TDM Plan.A trip reduction plan intended to result in a developer achieving the applicable AVR targets specified in this Chapter.
Disabled Employee.An individual with a physical impairment which prevents the individual from traveling to and from the worksite by means other than a single-occupant vehicle.
Emission Reduction Plan (ERP).A plan intended to reduce emissions related to employee commutes and to meet a worksite specific emission reduction target for the subsequent year.
Emission Reduction Target (ERT).The annual VOC, NOx and CO emissions required to be reduced based on the number of employees per worksite and the employee emission reduction factors as specified in SCAQMD Rule 2202 On-Road Motor Vehicle Mitigation Options Implementation Guidelines.
Employee.Any person employed full or part-time by a person(s), firm, business, educational institution, nonprofit agency or corporation, government agency or other entity. This term excludes the following: temporary employees, field construction workers, independent contractors, volunteers, seasonal employees and field personnel.
Employee Transportation Coordinator (ETC).The designated person, with appropriate training as required by the City, who is responsible for the development, administration, implementation, and monitoring of the emission reduction plan. The ETC must be active during normal business hours when the majority of employees are at the worksite, either in person or teleworking. Employers of 250 employees or more must attend an SCAQMD ETC certification course. Employee transportation coordinators shall participate in City-sponsored workshops and roundtables.
Employer.Any person(s), firm, business, educational institution, nonprofit agency, or corporation, government agency, or other entity that employes 30 or more employees and has a permanent place of business in the City of Santa Monica.
Field Construction Worker.An employee who reports directly to work at a construction site outside the City of Santa Monica for the entire day, an average of at least six months out of the year.
Field Personnel.An employee who spends 20% or less of their work time, per week, at the worksite and who does not report to the worksite during peak windows for pick up and dispatch of an employer provided vehicle.
Holiday.Those days designated as national or State holidays, in which the worksite is closed in observance of the holiday. An AVR survey shall not be undertaken in any week where the following holidays occur:
Independent Contractor.A person who enters into a direct written contract or agreement with an employer to perform certain services and is not on the employer's payroll. An independent contractor providing services to an employer for a consecutive period of more than six months shall count as an employee of the employer and shall be counted in the AVR. The independent contractor shall also be considered an employee when figuring the employer annual transportation fee.
Low Income Employee.An individual whose salary is equal to or less than the current individual income level set in California Code of Regulations, Title 25, Section
6932, as lower income for Los Angeles County. Higher income employees may be considered to be "low income" if the employee demonstrates that the plan disincentive would create a substantial economic burden.
The techniques used to assess progress towards complying with the transportation management plan.
Motor Vehicle.A self-propelled vehicle, consistent with California Vehicle Code Section
415.
Any employer which has more than one worksite within the City of Santa Monica, or more than one worksite in the South Coast Air Basin with one or more of those sites located in the City of Santa Monica.
Noncommuting AVR Credit.This credit applies to employees who are at the worksite during the window for calculating AVR and remain at the worksite or out of the SCAQMD jurisdiction for a full 24-hour period or more to complete work assignments.
On-Site Coordinator.An employee who serves as on-site coordinator at a worksite served by a consultant ETC or for an employer with more than one worksite located in the City of Santa Monica and has knowledge of the employer's ERP and marketing. On-site coordinators for employers with more than 250 employees must attend a one-time SCAQMD certified training course. The on-site coordinator is limited to program implementation rather than program development.
Parking Cash Out.Health and Safety Section 43845 that requires employers with 50 or more employees who lease their parking and subsidize all or part of that parking to implement a parking cash out program. Employers who fall under the purview of parking cash out must offer their employees the option to give up their parking spaces and receive a cash subsidy in an amount equal to the cost of the parking space. Employers who are subject to parking cash out requirements must implement a parking cash out plan. Employers who do not implement a parking cash out plan will have their emission reduction plans disapproved.
Part-Time Employee.Any employee who reports to a worksite on a part-time basis fewer than 32 hours per week but more than four hours per week. These employees shall be included in the AVR calculations of the employer provided the employees report to or leave the worksite during the AVR window.
Peak Window.In the morning, the peak window includes the hours from 6:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m. In the evening, the peak window includes the hours from 3:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.
Peak Window Trip.An employee's commute trip that begins or ends at the worksite or a work-related trip within the peak window.
Project Commute Survey.A survey of all tenant employees of a project site to determine property-wide AVR as part of the annual monitoring report on a developer TDM plan.
Project Transportation Coordinator (PTC).The designated person, with appropriate training as required by the City, who is responsible for the development, administration, implementation, and monitoring of the developer TDM plan. The PTC must be at the project site during normal business hours when the majority of employees are at the project unless alternative arrangements have been made pursuant to Section
9.53.150. PTCs shall participate in City-sponsored workshops and roundtables.
Any person, co-partnership, association, corporation or fiduciary having legal or equitable title or any interest in any real property.
Remote Employee.Any employee who is employed by an employer at a regulated worksite, however, primarily lives and works at locations outside of the South Coast AQMD, and physically commutes to the worksite fewer than five days per either the ERP or developer TDM plan year.
Residential TDM.Any strategies that are designed to reduce single occupancy vehicle trips to and from residential properties.
Rideshare.Mode of transportation other than a single occupancy vehicle that reduces emissions associated with travel.
Single Occupancy Vehicle.A privately operated motor vehicle whose only occupant is the driver, including for hire vehicles with one passenger.
Student Worker.A student who is enrolled and gainfully employed (on the payroll) by an educational institution. Student workers who work more than four hours per week are counted for ordinance applicability and if they report to or leave work during the AVR window(s) are counted for AVR calculation. Student workers are employees within the meaning of this Chapter.
Telecommuting.Occurs when an employee works from home, off site, a satellite office, or a telecommuting center which eliminates a commute trip to the worksite or reduces the commute travel distance by more than 50%.
Temporary Employee.Any person employed by an employment service or a "leased" employee that reports to a worksite other than the employment service's worksite, under a contractual arrangement with a temporary employer. Temporary employees are counted as employees of the employment service for purposes of calculating AVR. Temporary employees reporting to the worksite of a temporary employer for a consecutive period of more than six months shall count as an employee of the temporary employer and shall be counted in the AVR. The temporary employee shall also be considered an employee when figuring the employer annual transportation fee.
Transit.A shared passenger transportation service which is available for use by the general public, as distinct from modes such as taxicabs, carpools, or vanpools which are not shared by strangers without a private arrangement. Transit includes buses, ferries, trams, trains, rail, or other conveyance which provides to the general public a service on a regular and continuing basis. Also known as public transportation, public transit, or mass transit.
Transportation Allowance.A financial incentive offered to employees or residents instead of a parking subsidy to provide employees flexibility in mode choice. Employees and residents are typically required to execute an agreement that they do not commute in a single occupant vehicle, or for residents, own a vehicle, in order to be eligible to receive the benefit.
Transportation Demand Management (TDM).The implementation of strategies that will encourage individuals to either change their mode of travel to other than a single occupancy vehicle, reduce trip length, eliminate the trip altogether, or commute at other than peak windows.
Transportation Management Organization (TMO).Transportation Management Organizations (TMOs) are City-certified organizations that provide transportation services in a particular area or Citywide. They are generally public-private partnerships, consisting primarily of area businesses with local government support. TMOs provide an institutional framework for TDM programs and services.
Trip Reduction.The reduction in single occupant vehicle trips by private or public sector programs used during peak windows of commuting.
Volatile Organic Compound (VOC).Any volatile compound of carbon, excluding methane, carbon monoxide, carbon dioxide, carbonic acid, metallic carbides or carbonates, ammonium carbonate, and exempt compounds as defined by SCAQMD Rule 102.
Volunteer.Any person at a worksite who, of their own free will, provides goods or services, without any financial gain.
Workplace or Worksite.A building, part of a building, or grouping of buildings located within the City which are in actual physical contact or separated solely by a private or public roadway and are owned or operated by the same employer.
Zero Emission Vehicle (ZEV).A motor vehicle, as certified by the California Air Resources Board (CARB), which emits no tailpipe pollutants. Employees arriving to work in a plug-in hybrid electric vehicle (PHEV) meet the definition of a zero-emission vehicle provided that the entire trip to work is made exclusively under electric power. This applies to plug-in vehicles with all electric range that can travel exclusively under electric power without use of the gasoline engine or cogeneration system.
(Added by Ord. No. 2486CCS §§ 1, 2, adopted June 23, 2015; amended by Ord. No. 2520CCS § 47, adopted June 14, 2016; Ord. No. 2646CCS § 4, adopted September 8, 2020; Ord. No. 2782CCS, adopted June 25, 2024)