Fremont Municipal Code Art. I General Provisions and Definitions

This chapter shall be known as the “city of Fremont trip reduction and transportation demand management ordinance” and may be so cited. (Ord. 2016 § 1, 9-15-92; Ord. 12-2016 § 1, 6-7-16. 1990 Code § 3-14100.)

The purpose and intent of this chapter is to ensure the future health, safety and general welfare of Fremont citizens by the implementation of transportation strategies aimed at reducing the demand for vehicular travel consistent with the general plan goals, policies and environmental mitigation requirements. (Ord. 2016 § 1, 9-15-92; Ord. 12-2016 § 1, 6-7-16. 1990 Code § 3-14101.)

“CMA” means the congestion management agency of Alameda County designated to develop, adopt and update the CMP.

“CMP” means the Congestion Management Program mandated by California voters in 1990, as adopted and amended by the CMA.

“Commute alternatives” means carpooling, vanpooling, transit, bicycling, telecommuting and/or walking and other approved methods (e.g., alternative work schedules, compressed work weeks) of commute alternatives.

“Commute alternatives information program” means a program to provide information about commute alternatives.

“Employee” means any person who regularly works 20 hours or more per week at a worksite, normally travels between 6:00 to 10:00 a.m. or 3:00 to 7:00 p.m. and who normally works at least 26 weeks per year.

“Employer” means any public, private or nonprofit employer who has a permanent worksite in the city of Fremont.

“Employer” does not include contractors with no permanent place of business in the jurisdiction and other businesses with no permanent workplace location.

“Transportation demand management or TDM” means a set of strategies aimed at reducing the demand for roadway travel, particularly in single occupancy vehicles. These strategies address a wide range of externalities associated with driving, including congestion, poor air quality, less livable communities, reduced public health, dependence on oil, reduced environmental health, and climate change and GHG emissions. Some TDM strategies are designed to reduce total travel demand, while others are designed to reduce peak period demand, which may disproportionately contribute to these externalities.

“Transportation demand management (TDM) coordinator, city” means a staff member appointed by the city manager to oversee and implement the provision of this chapter as well as the city’s TDM program.

“Transportation demand management (TDM) coordinator, employer or association” means a coordinator responsible for overseeing an employer’s or an association’s TDM program.

“Worksite” means any property which is being operated or maintained by an employer as part of an identifiable enterprise. Property on contiguous, adjacent or proximate sites separated only by a private or public roadway or other private or public right-of-way, served by a common circulation or access system and not separated by an impassable barrier to bicycle or pedestrian travel such as a freeway or flood control channel, is included as part of the worksite. (Ord. 2016 § 1, 9-15-92; Ord. 12-2016 § 1, 6-7-16. 1990 Code § 3-14102.)