Ordinance No. 737 - Trip Reduction and Travel Demand MeasuresORDINANCE NO. 737
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ROSEMEAD
ADOPTING TRIP REDUCTION AND TRAVEL DEMAND MEASURES IN
ACCORDANCE WITH STATE GOVERNMENT CODE SECTIONS
65089 AND 65089.3
WHEREAS, the Legislature of the State of
that the lack of an integrated transportation
in the number of vehicles are causing traffic
day results in hundreds of thousands of hours
of pollutants released into the air and milli
costs to the motoring public; and
California has found
system and the increase
congestion that each
lost in traffic, tons
ins of dollars of added
WHEREAS, the Legislature has adopted legislation requiring the
preparation and implementation of a Congestion Management Program
(CMP) by county transportation commissions or other public agencies
of every county that includes an urbanized area; and
WHEREAS, the Los Angeles County Transportation Commission
(LACTC) is responsible for the preparation of the CMP for Los Angeles
County (County); and
C WHEREAS, the CMP must contain a trip reduction and travel demand
management element that promotes alternative transportation methods,
such as carpools, vanpools, transit, bicycles, walking, and
park-and-ride lots, improvement in the balance between jobs and
housing, and other strategies, including flexible work hours,
telecommuting and parking management programs; and
WHEREAS, the County and every city within the County is required
by state law to adopt and implement a Transportation Demand
Management (TDM) ordinance as an important element of the Congestion
Management Program to improve both congestion and air quality; and
WHEREAS, LACTC must determine annually whether the County and
cities within the County are conforming to the CMP, including the
requirement to adopt and implement a TDM ordinance; and
WHEREAS, because the CMP is an evolving program which will be
O developed incrementally, as experience is gained through its
implementation, this TDM ordinance may be amended or superseded from
time to time, as necessary to meet congestion and air quality goals;
and
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F. "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 Ordinance as determined
by the property owner.
G. "Development" means the construction or addition of new
building square footage. Additions to buildings which
existed prior to the adoption of this ordinance and which
exceed the thresholds defined in Section 9141.3 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.
H. "Employee Parking Area" means the portion of total required
parking at a development used by onsite employees.
Notwithstanding Section 9122 et. seq., 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%
I. "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.
J. "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 the
ordinance either directly or by delegating such
responsibility as appropriate to a tenant and/or his agent.
K. "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
portions of Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside and San
Bernardino Counties).
L. "Tenant" means the lessee of facility space at an applicable
development project.
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M. "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).
N. "Trip Reduction" means reduction in the number or work
related trips made by single occupant vehicles.
0. "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.
P. "Vehicle" means any motorized form of transportation,
including but not limited to automobiles, vans, buses, and
motorcycles.
9194.2 REVIEW OF TRANSIT IMPACTS
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 this ordinance 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 EIR's and shall, as part of the NOP process, be
given an 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 that mitigation measures adopted shall be monitored
• through the mitigation monitoring requirement 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.
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9194.3 TRANSPORTATION DEMAND AND TRIP REDUCTION MEASURES
A. APPLICABILITY OF REQUIREMENTS
Prior to approval of any development project, the applicant
shall make provisions for, as a minimum, all of the following
applicable transportation demand management and trip reduction
measures.
This ordinance shall not apply to projects for which a
development application has been deemed "complete" 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 this ordinance.
All facilities and improvements constructed or otherwise
required shall be maintained in a state of good repair.
B. DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS
(1) Non-residential development of 25,000 square feet or more
shall provide the following to the satisfaction of the City:
a. 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:
1. Current maps, routes and schedules for public
transit routes serving the site.
2. Telephone numbers for referrals on transportation
information including numbers for the regional
ridesharing agency and local transit operators.
3. Ridesharing promotional material supplied by
commuter-oriented organizations.
4. Bicycle route and facility information, including
regional/local bicycle maps and bicycle safety
• information.
5. A listing of facilities available for carpoolers,
vanpoolers, bicyclists, transit riders and
pedestrians at the site.
(2) Non-residential development of 50,000 square feet or more
shall comply with Section 9194.3 B(1) above and shall
provide all of the following measures to the satisfaction of
the City:
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a. Not less than 10% of employee parking area 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; provided that at
all times at least one space for projects of 50,000
square feet to 100,000 square feet and two spaces for
projects over 100,000 square feet will be
signed/striped for carpool/vanpool vehicles.
b. Preferential parking spaces reserved for vanpools must
be accessible to vanpool vehicles. When located within
a parking structure, a minimum vertical interior
clearance of 71-2" 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 spaces.
• c. Bicycle racks or other secure bicycle parking shall be
provided to accommodate 4 bicycles per the first 50,000
square feet of non-residential development and 1
bicycle per each additional 50,000 square feet of
non-residential 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
protests the bike from inclement weather. Specific
facilities and locations (e.g. provision of racks,
lockers, or locked room) shall be to the satisfaction
of the City.
(3) Non-residential development of 100,000 square feet or more
shall comply with 9194.3 B(1) and B(2) above, and shall
• provide all of the following measures to the satisfaction of
the City:
a. A safe and convenient zone in which vanpool and carpool
vehicles may deliver or board their passengers.
b. Sidewalks or other designated pathways following direct
and safe routes from the external pedestrian
circulation system to each building in the development.
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C. 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.
d. Safe and convenient access from the external
circulation system to bicycle parking facilities
onsite.
SECTION 2. This ordinance shall take effect upon the expiration
of 30 days from the date of its adoption.
PASSED, APPROVED and ADOPTED this 28th
ATTBST:, _
/ TY. CLERK
I hereby certify~.that the foregoing Ordinance No. 737 was introduced at a regular
meeting of the City Council of the City of Rosemead held on the 24th day of August,
1993, and was duly adopted by said City Council at its regular meeting held on the
28th day of September, 1993, by the following vote:
Yes: Clark, Taylor, Bruesch, Vasquez
No: None
Absent: McDonald
Abstain: None/
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