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HomeMy WebLinkAbout93-01 CC OrdinanceORDINANCE NO. 93 -01 AN ORDINANCE OF TIIE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF TEMECULA RELATING TO MOBILE SOURCE AIR POLLUTION REDUCTION THROUGH REDUCING EMPLOYMENT- RELATED MOTOR VEHICLE TRIPS AND EMPLOYMENT- RELATED MOTOR VEHICLE MILES TRAVELED The City Council of the City of Temecula does hereby ordain as follows: Section 1. Findings. The City Council of the City of Temecula hereby makes the following findings: A. The City is committed to protecting the health, welfare and safety of our residents. B. Poor air quality and congestion is detrimental to the public health, welfare and safety. C. Motorized vehicles contribute significantly to the poor air quality in the City /County. ' D. The South Coast Air Quality Management Plan calls for Cities /Counties to reduce vehicle miles traveled and vehicle trips. E. The County and every City in the County is required by state law to adopt and implement a Transportation Demand Management Ordinance which complies with standards and requirements established within the County's Congestion Management Program (CMP). F. Riverside County Transportation Commission, as Congestion Management Agency for Riverside County, has established requirements for new developments which could employ 100 or more persons. Section 2. Intent. A. This Ordinance is intended to protect the public health, welfare and safety by reducing air pollution and congestion caused by vehicle trips and vehicle miles traveled. Section 3. Definitions. ' A. "Alternate Work Schedules" means a variation from the traditional Ords93 -01 -1- 5 day /40 -hour work week to a 4 day /40 -hour, 9 day /80 -hour work schedule or other alternative ' schedules. B. "Applicable Development" means any new or existing development that meets or exceed the employment threshold identified in Section 4. C. "Flex- time" means allowing employees to determine their own starting and quitting times by either extending the work day in the morning, or evening, or both. D. "Parking Management" means an action taken to alter the supply, operation and /or demand of parking facilities to force a shift from the single- occupant vehicle to carpool, vanpool, or other transportation mode. E. "Rideshare" means a transportation mode with multiple occupants per vehicle. F. "Telecommuting" means the employee forgoes a trip to the normal work site and instead, works from home or from a satellite office near home. Section 4. New Development. A. Applicability: This Ordinance is applicable to new employment ' generating developments that could employ 100 or more persons based upon the following methodology: LAND USE CATEGORY GROSS SQUARE FEET /EMPLOYEE Retail Commercial 500 Square Feet/Employee Office /Professional 300 Square Feet/Employee Industrial /Manufacturing 500 Square Feet /Employee Warehouse 1,000 Square Feet /Employee Hotel /Motel .5 Employees /Guest Room Hospital 300 Square Feet /Employee For mixed -use developments, the project employment factor shall be based upon the proportion of the development devoted to each land use. B. Standards: All applicable developments shall incorporate facilities and /or programs in their development plans sufficient to attain a twelve percent (12 %) work - related trip reduction from the expected number of trips related to the project as indicated in the Trip Generation Handbook published by the Institute of Traffic Engineers (ITE). Trip ' reductions shall be calculated in accordance with standards established by Southern California oms93-01 -2- Association of Governments (SCAG) and /or the South Coast Air Quality Management District ' (AQMD). C. Facilities. Facilities provided in accordance with the provisions of this Section may include, but are not limited to: 1. Preferential parking for carpool vehicles; 2. Bicycle parking and shower facilities; 3. Information center for transportation alternatives; 4. Rideshare vehicle loading areas; 5. Vanpool vehicle accessibility; 6. Bus Stop improvements; 7. On -site child care facilities; 8. Local TSM and road improvements; 9. Facilities to encourage telecommuting; 10. Contributions to support regional facilities designed to reduce vehicle trips and miles traveled; and 11. On -Site amenities such as cafeterias and restaurants, automated teller machines, and other services that would eliminate the need for additional trips. D. Trip Reduction Plan Option: Proponents for new development proposals shall submit Trip Reduction Plans and /or design features specified in Section 5 of this Ordinance to achieve trip reduction requirements of this Section. Said plan shall be approved prior to the issuance of occupancy permits. Agreements to secure implementation of such plans shall become a condition of development and shall be recorded with the Deed of Trust for the property. Section 5. Existing Development. A. Applicability: This Ordinance is applicable to all employers that employ 100 or more persons at one site. B. Trip Reduction Plans: All applicable developments or businesses ' shall submit a Trip Reduction Plan to reduce work - related vehicle trips by twelve percent (12 %). Ords93 -01 -3- Said plan shall be submitted within 120 days from the issuance and /or renewal of the business ' license. C. Trip Reduction Methods: Any combination of the following methods may be utilized to achieve the required vehicle trip reduction: Alternate Work Schedules /Flex -Time a. Office /Professional, Industrial, Manufacturing, Warehouse (1) Incorporate alternate work schedules and flex- time programs. (Adoption of 9/80 work schedule for all employees would account for a ten percent (10 %) reduction in vehicle trips.) b. Hospital (1) Incorporate alternate work schedules and flex- time programs for employees that normally work between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. 2. Telecommuting 1 a. Office /Professional (1) Office facilities 25,000 square feet or larger may preserve five percent (5 %) of the gross floor area for telecommuting purposes to allow tenants with multiple facilities to establish satellite work centers. (2) Establish telecommuting or work -at -home programs to allow employees to work at a home or a satellite work center either one day per week or one day every two weeks. (3) Through the telecommuting or work -at -home program, provide incentives or offset employee costs in acquiring the needed equipment and supplies for telecommuting. b. All Other Uses (1) Establish telecommuting or work -at -home programs for selected employees (i.e., certain clerical or administrative employees). (2) Through thetelecommutingorwork -at -home program, provide incentives or offset employee costs in acquiring the needed equipment and ' supplies for telecommuting. Ords93 -01 -4- r-- 3. Bicycle Facilities a. All Uses (1) Provide bicycle parking facilities equivalent to five percent (5 %) of the total required automobile parking spaces. (2) Preserve two percent (2 %) of the gross floor area for employee locker and shower facilities. 4. Parking Management a. All Uses (1) Designate, with signs in lieu of painted pavement, employee parking area based upon the following percentage of the required parking as set forth in the Zoning Ordinance: parking parking 80% of required parking (a) Office /Professional: 75 %of required (b) Commercial Retail: 30% of required (c) Indus trial /Manufacturing /Warehouse: (d) Hospital: 70% of required parking (2) Designate with signs, in lieu of painted pavement, twenty -five percent (25 %) of employee parking for carpools and vanpools. (3) Offer financial or other incentives to employees who participate in ridesharing or an alternative mode of transportation other than the single occupant vehicle. occupant vehicle. Ords93 -0I (4) Establish a parking surcharge on the single 5. Mass Transit Facility Usage a. All Uses (1) Provide incentives to employees to use Mass -5- Transit Facilities. Incentives could include provision of a bus pass, additional pay, flex -time or ' any other incentive which encourages employees to use mass transit in lieu of the single occupant vehicle. 6. Truck Dispatching, Rescheduling and Re- Routing a. Commercial and Industrial Uses (1) Establish delivery schedules and truckrouting to avoid congested areas and minimize peak hour travel. D. Other Measures: Any other method or measure which can exhibit a reduction in vehicle trips shall be credited toward attaining the requirements of this Ordinance. E. Enforcement: Upon approval of the applicable Trip Reduction Plan, if there is future noncompliance with this Ordinance, or exhibited failure to implement the Trip Reduction Plan, one or more of the following provisions shall apply: 1. Exercise a lien, based upon the terms of the agreement, on the subject property. 2. A monetary penalty compounded on a monthly basis upon the length of time of noncompliance equal to the business license renewal fee. Section 6. Fee. A. A trip reduction plan review fee payable at the time of initial submittal or annual review shall be required. This fee shall be used to defray the costs of processing and reviewing each individual trip reduction plan. The fee will not apply to voluntary programs. Section 7. Compliance with AOMD Reg XV. A. Trip Reduction Plans approved by the AQMD in accordance with provisions of Regulation XV may be submitted to the City in lieu of plans required under the provisions of this Ordinance. AQMD approved Regulation XV Trip Reduction Plans approved by the City shall be deemed to comply with trip reduction plan requirements of this Ordinance. Section 8. Voluntary Plans and Program. A. Employers which employ fewer than 100 people will be encouraged by the City to submit Trip Reduction Plans on a voluntary basis to achieve an overall trip reduction within the City of twelve percent (12 %). IOrds93 -01 -6- B. The City Manager or his representative shall be responsible for ' developing effective incentive programs which promote voluntary programs to reduce vehicle trips and miles traveled. Section 9. Effective Date. A. This Ordinance shall be in full force and effect thirty (30) days after its passage. The City Clerk shall certify to the adoption of this Ordinance and cause copies of this Ordinance to be posted and published as required by law. PASSED, APPROVED, AND ADOPTED, this 26th d y of January, 1993. J. tVmufioz, May r ATTEST: 7 reek, City Clerk [SEAL] ' STATE OF CALIFORNIA) COUNTY OF RIVERSIDE) ss CITY OF TEMECULA) I, June S. Greek, City Clerk of the City of Temecula, California, do hereby certify that the foregoing Ordinance No. 93 -01 was duly introduced and placed upon its first reading at a regular meeting of the City Council on the 12th day of January, 1993, and that thereafter, said Ordinance was duly adopted and passed at a regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Temecula on the 28th day of January, 1993, by the following roll call vote: AYES: 5 COUNCILMEMBERS: Birdsall, Parks, Roberts, Stone, Munoz NOES: 0 COUNCILMEMBERS: None ABSENT: 0 COUNCILMEMBERS: None Greek, City - ' Ords93 -01 -7-