Irvine Municipal Code Ch. 6 Trip Reduction Facilities

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Editor's note— Ord. No. 96-03, adopted Jan. 23, 1996, amended a substantive portion of this chapter to read as herein set out. Prior to said amendment, these provisions derived from Ord. No. 91-22, adopted Dec. 17, 1991; Ord. No. 92-16, adopted Sept. 22, 1992; Ord. No. 93-15, § 1, adopted Dec. 7, 1993; and Ord. No. 95-5, adopted June 13, 1995.

The following words, terms and phrases, when used in this chapter, shall have the meanings ascribed to them in this section, except where the context clearly indicates a different meaning:

Alternative transportation modes means any mode of travel that serves as an alternative to the single occupant vehicle. This can include all forms of ridesharing such as carpooling or vanpooling, as well as public transit, bicycling or walking.

Developer means any person or entity which engages in development.

Development means any manmade change to improved or unimproved real estate, including, but not limited to, buildings or other structures, mining, dredging, filling, grading, paving, excavation or drilling operations.

Facility(s) means the total of all buildings, structures and grounds that encompass a worksite, at either single or multiple locations, that comprises or is associated with a subject development project.

Level of services or LOS means a measure of the operational quality of a road or intersection ranging from LOS A (best) to LOS F (worst). As required by CMP legislation, the LOS standard for the CMP Highway System must be at "E" or at the existing LOS, whichever is further from LOS "A," for any intersection or roadway segment.

Mixed-use development means a subject development project that contains mixed use as that term is defined in the Zoning Code of the City.

Peak-period means those hours of the business day between 6:00 a.m. and 10:00 a.m. inclusive, Monday through Friday.

Site development plan means a precise plan of development that may be subject to public hearing before the Planning Commission and as more fully described in Section 7-9-150.1 of the 1989 Orange County Zoning Code.

Subject development project means any non-residential development project being processed where some level of discretionary or ministerial action by a governmental entity is required and where such action has not occurred before the effective date of this chapter or within 90 days thereafter.

Transportation demand management or TDM means the implementation of programs, plans or policies designed to encourage changes in individual travel behavior. TDM can include an emphasis on alternative travel modes to the single occupant vehicle (SOV) such as carpools, vanpools and transit; reduction or elimination of the number of vehicle trips, or shifts in the time of vehicle commutes to other than the peak-period.

Transportation information center means the provision by developers through an information (bulletin board, kiosk, etc.) in a building of notices and other advertising which will aid persons working in such buildings to gain information respecting commuting alternatives and, thus, more effectively participate in alternative transportation modes or ridesharing or transit programs. Such information locations shall be situated in a conspicuous and easily accessible place.

Trip reduction means a reduction of the number of work-related trips taken between 6:00 a.m. and 10:00 a.m. inclusive Monday through Friday in single-occupancy vehicles.

Vehicle means a motor vehicle powered by conventional means and not by a "clean fuel" approved by the South Coast Air Quality Management District. "Vehicle" shall not include transit vehicles nor buses serving multiple work places.

(Ord. No. 96-3, § 2, 1-23-96)

New commercial, industrial, and mixed-use development 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 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 County-wide basis to reduce transportation demand;

E. Achieve the most efficient use of local resources through coordinated and consistent regional and/or local TDM programs.

(Ord. No. 96-3, § 4, 1-23-96)

Developers of subject development projects shall provide the trip reduction support measures set forth in Section 6-3-605 herein within each such development.

(Ord. No. 96-3, § 5, 1-23-96)

Each subject development project shall include the following, as applicable:

A. A percentage of parking spaces, located as close as is practical to the entrance(s) of the use they are intended to serve, shall be reserved for use of carpool vehicles. The percentage of spaces for office and research and development is referenced in the Zoning Code of the City. In addition, a minimum of 10 percent carpool spaces shall also be required for commercial, industrial, warehouse and institutional development, excluding churches and residential portions.

B. Secure, adequate and convenient storage shall be provided for bicycles pursuant to the Zoning Code of the City. This requirement shall apply only to industrial, research and development, manufacturing, warehouse, institutional (excluding churches and residential portions) and office uses. A subject development project containing at least 25,000 but less than 100,000 gross square feet of one or more of the uses set forth in this subsection shall contain storage for at least three bicycles. A subject development project containing 100,000 or more gross square feet of one or more of such uses shall provide storage for at least five bicycles.

C. Bus bays, bus stops and bus shelters shall be provided adjacent to roads and streets traversing or bounding the development, as requested by the City and pursuant to proposed or existing bus stop locations identified by Orange County Transit District or its successor agency.

D. A transportation information center shall be provided within each building generating 100 or more employees based on the chart below. The transportation information center may be located outside of the buildings within a complex if such information center can be located in a parking structure or common area of the project and is visible and accessible to 75 percent or more of the tenants and their employees when entering and leaving the building or buildings in a complex.

Employee Generation Factors by Type of Use

Institutional — employee projections for institutional uses not related to above land uses will be determined by the Planning Commission or the Director of Community Development.

The employment projection for a development of mixed or multiple uses shall be calculated on a case-by-case basis based upon the proportion of development devoted to each type of use.

Deviations of these employee projections will be reviewed by the Planning Commission or the Director of Community Development.

E. A shower and locker room facility for each sex shall be provided in each building generating 400 or more employees based on the above employee generation factors. The requirement of additional shower and locker facilities for each sex for buildings generating 1,200 or more employees based on the chart above will be determined by the City Planning Commission or the Director of Community Development. For any development generating 400 or more employees, but which does not contain any single building generating 400 or more employees, the City Planning Commission or the Director of Community Development may require such development to provide shower and locker room facilities.

F. Sidewalks or other paved pathways following direct and safe routes from the external pedestrian circulation system to each building in the development shall be provided.

(Ord. No. 96-3, § 6, 1-23-96)

A. For the purposes of determining whether subject development projects are complying with the provisions of this chapter, the City may monitor such compliance in a manner it deems appropriate and responsible. Subject development project shall submit annually, commencing one year after the issuance of a certificate of occupancy, a monitoring report which shall be approved by the Director of Community Development. This report shall be submitted in accordance with a monitoring report which shall be approved by the Director of Community Development. This report shall be submitted to and approved by the Director of Community Development or the Planning Commission prior to the issuance of building permits. Concurrently with submission of each monitoring report, subject development project shall pay an annual processing fee, in an amount determined by the City.

B. Additional monitoring mechanisms may include, but are not limited to, the following:

1. Discretionary and permit application reviews;

2. Field/site inspections;

3. Other building site reports/surveys which the City may deem appropriate.

(Ord. No. 96-3, § 7, 1-23-96)

A. For purposes of ensuring that subject development projects comply with the provisions of this chapter, the City may, following written notice to the subject property owner or designee, initiate enforcement actions which may include, but shall not be limited to, the following:

1. Withholding issuance of a building permit or certificate of use and occupancy;

2. Issuance of stop work order(s).

B. The City may condition discretional approval of a subject development project on a guarantee of perpetual compliance with the provisions of Section 6-3-605 regardless of changes in property ownership through recorded covenants, conditions and restrictions (CC&Rs).

(Ord. No. 96-3, § 8, 1-23-96)

The property owner(s) or authorized designee of any subject development project may appeal to the City Council a decision made by the Director of Community Development, City staff, or the Planning Commission with respect to such development where the decision arises from any provision of sections 6-3-605, 6-3-607 and 6-3-608 of this chapter. Such appeal shall comply with the Zoning Code of the City.

(Ord. No. 96-3, § 9, 1-23-96)

The amounts of all fees imposed in connection with the submittal and review of plans shall be as established by resolution of the City Council, which may be amended from time-to-time. City staff shall provide annually to the City an audit of the trip reduction program which includes data on revenue and expenditures. Such fees shall not exceed the amounts established by the SCAQMD for those affected by regulation X-V; fees for those not affected by regulation X-V shall be commensurate with percentage increases adopted by SCAQMD. Administration of this chapter shall be solely supported by these fees, and every effort shall be made to minimize costs so that fees can be maintained at the lowest rate possible.

(Code 1976, § VI.F-910; Ord. No. 91-22, § 1, 12-17-91; Ord. No. 93-15, §§ 10, 11, 12-7-93)