Banning Municipal Code Ch. 8.60 Vehicle Trip Reduction Program

A. The city is committed to protecting the health, welfare and safety of our residents.

B. Traffic congestion is detrimental to the public health, welfare and safety.

C. Mobile sources contribute significantly to a reduction in the air quality in the city.

D. The South Coast Air Quality Management Plan calls for cities and counties to reduce vehicle miles traveled and vehicle trips.

E. Riverside County Transportation Commission, as the congestion management agency for Riverside County, has established requirements for new developments which could employ one hundred or more persons.

(Code 1965, § 13B-1.)

This chapter is intended to protect the public health, welfare and safety by reducing congestion and air pollution caused by vehicle trips and vehicle miles traveled.

(Code 1965, § 13B-2.)

As used in this chapter:

"Alternate work schedules" means a variation from the traditional five-day/forty hour work week to either a four-day/forty hour or nine day/eighty hour work schedule.

"Applicable development" means any new or existing development that meets or exceeds the employment threshold defined in Section 8.60.040.

"Flextime" means allowing employees to determine their own starting and quitting times by either extending the workday in the morning or evening or both.

"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.

"Rideshare" means a transportation mode with multiple occupants per vehicle.

"Telecommuting" means the employee forgoes a trip to the normal worksite and instead works from home or from a satellite office near home.

(Code 1965, § 13B-3.)

A. Applicability. This chapter is applicable to new employment generating developments that could employ one hundred or more persons, based upon the following methodology:

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 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).

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 area;

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;

11. On-site amenities, such as cafeterias and restaurants, automated teller machines and other services that would eliminate the need for additional trips.

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 chapter.

E. Fee. A trip reduction plan review fee in an amount to be set by resolution of the city council payable at the time of annual review shall be required. This fee shall be used to defray the costs of processing and reviewing each individual trip reduction plan.

(Code 1965, § 13B-4.)