Anaheim Municipal Code Ch. 14.60 Transportation Demand

This chapter is intended to meet the requirements of Assembly Bill 1791, which requires development of a trip reduction and travel demand element to the Congestion Management Program adopted by the County of Orange and adoption and implementation of a Trip Reduction and Travel Demand Ordinance.

New office, commercial, industrial, and multi-use development, including employment centers which employ the minimum number of persons requiring submittal of a On Road Motor Vehicle Mitigation Option to the South Coast Air Quality Management District, may adversely impact existing transportation and parking facilities, resulting in increased motor vehicle emissions, deteriorating levels of service, and possibly significant additional capital expenditures to augment and improve the existing transportation system.

In order to more efficiently utilize the existing and planned transportation system and to reduce vehicle emissions, it is the policy of the City of Anaheim to:

A. Reduce the number of peak-period vehicle trips generated in association with additional development;

B. Promote and encourage the use of alternative transportation modes such as ridesharing, carpools, vanpools, public bus and rail transit, bicycles and walking, as well as those facilities that support such modes;

C. Achieve related reductions in vehicle trips, traffic congestion, and public expenditure and achieve air quality improvements through utilization of existing local mechanisms and procedures for project review and permit processing;

D. Promote coordinated implementation of strategies on a countywide basis to reduce transportation demand; and

E. Achieve the most efficient use of local resources through coordinated and consistent regional and/or local transportation demand management programs. (Ord. 5209 § 1 (part); April 2, 1991; Ord. 5705 § 1; November 16, 1999.)

As used in this chapter:

.010 “Applicable Development” means any New Development Project, as defined herein, that is

determined to meet or exceed the employment threshold set forth in Section 14.60.030, using the criteria contained therein.

.020 “AQMD” means the South Coast Air Quality Management District.

.030 “City” means the City of Anaheim, California.

.040 “City Council” means the legislative body of the City.

.050 “City Engineer” means the City Engineer of the City or his duly authorized designee.

.060 “Employee” means any person employed by an Employer, as defined herein.

.070 “Employer” means any person(s), firm, business, educational institution, government agency, non-profit agency or corporation, or other entity which employs the minimum number of Employees for which the AQMD requires submittal of Regulation 15 Plans, and may either be the owner or a tenant of an Applicable Development.

.080 “Multi-Use Development” means New Development Projects, as defined herein, that combine any of the following land uses: office, commercial, and industrial.

.090 “New Development Project” means any non-residential project for new construction being processed by the City, either where some level of discretionary action by a decision-making body is required, or as a ministerial approval.

.100 “Peak-Period” means those hours of the business day between 6 a.m. and 10 a.m. inclusive, Monday through Friday.

.110 “Planning Commission” means the Planning Commission of the City.

.120 “Reg. 15 Plan” means a trip reduction plan required by the AQMD under its Regulation 15.

.130 “Site Development Plan” means a plan of development that is subject to public hearing before the Planning Commission or City Engineer.

.140 “Tenant” means the lessee of space at an Applicable Development who also serves as an Employer.

.150 “Transportation Demand Management”, hereinafter referred to as TDM, means the implementation of programs, plans or policies designed to encourage changes in individual travel behavior, including but not limited to, modes of travel that serve as alternatives to the single occupant vehicle, such as carpools, vanpools, transit, bicycling or walking; reduction or elimination of the number of vehicle trips; or shifts in the time of vehicle commutes to other than the Peak-Period.

.160 “Worksite” means a building, or a grouping of buildings which are in actual physical contact or are separated solely by a private or public roadway or other private or public right-of-way, and which are owned or operated by the same Employer (or by Employers under common control), used for performing work for the same Employer. (Ord. 5209 § 1 (part); April 2, 1991: Ord. 6156 §§ 2, 3; September 22, 2009.)

.010 This chapter shall apply to all New Development Projects that are estimated to generate, either in the project itself or as a result of adding the project to an existing development, the employment of the minimum number of persons for which AQMD requires submittal of a On Road Motor Vehicle Mitigation Option, as determined by using the methodology set forth in subsection .020, of this section.

.020 For purposes of determining whether a New Development Project is subject to this chapter, the total number of Employees which the project is estimated to generate will be determined by the City as follows:

a. Employment projections developed by the project applicant, subject to approval by the City Engineer; or

b. Employment projections developed by the City Engineer using the following employee generation factors by type of use:

The employment projection for a Multi-Use Development shall be calculated on a case by case basis based upon the proportion of development devoted to each type of use.

The employment projections for land uses not identified above shall be determined pursuant to subsection a. of this section.

.030 The legal owner of the property on which the New Development Project is planned shall be responsible for complying with the provisions of this chapter. (Ord. 5209 § 1 (part); April 2, 1991; Ord. 5705 § 2; November 16, 1999.)

The City Council shall, by resolution, establish Facility Standards designed to achieve the policy stated in Section 14.60.010. The legal owner(s) of property on which an Applicable Development is planned shall include, or shall cause to be included, in Site Development Plans for Applicable Developments any Facility Standards determined necessary by the City Engineer. (Ord. 5209 § 1 (part); April 2, 1991.)

This chapter shall be implemented and enforced in accordance with customary methods and procedures of the City regarding developments. (Ord. 5209 § 1 (part); April 2, 1991.)

An appeal may be made by the owner of any property on which an Applicable Development is planned of any decision made by the City pursuant to this chapter. Such appeal shall be made pursuant to the procedures set forth in Sections 17.08.100, 18.60.130 et seq., 18.66.060 or 18.74.060 of this Code, as applicable. (Ord. 5209 § 1 (part); April 2, 1991.)