Chapter 13 — TRANSPORTATION DEMAND MANAGEMENT

The Ventura County Transportation Commission (VCTC) is responsible for the preparation of the Congestion Management Plan (CMP) for Ventura County. Among the State-mandated elements of the CMP is 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. The goals and policies of the CMP also support the increased use of low and no emission vehicles. The VCTC must also determine annually whether the County and cities within the County are conforming to the CMP, including the requirement to adopt and implement a Travel Demand Management Ordinance (TDM Ordinance) to improve both congestion and air quality.

This chapter is intended to promote trip reduction and travel demand measures in the City and meet the Travel Demand Management Facilities Ordinance adoption requirement as set out in the Ventura County Congestion Management Program. The requirements of Ventura County Air Pollution Control District (District) Rule 210 are separate from this chapter, and administrated by the District. This chapter sets forth the minimum requirements for meeting the CMP. Employers are encouraged to offer or provide additional inducements to use alternatives to single-occupant vehicles to their employees necessary to meet Rule 210 requirements. (§ 1, Ord. 702, eff. December 24, 1993)

The following words or phrases shall have the following meanings when used in this chapter:

"Alternative transportation" means the use of modes of transportation other than the single passenger motor vehicle, including, but not limited to, carpools, vanpools, buspools, public transit, walking and bicycling.

"Applicable development" means any development project that is determined to meet or exceed the project size threshold criteria contained in Article 2 of this chapter.

"Buspool" means a vehicle with more than 16 seating positions used and maintained primarily for carrying commuters to and from work.

"California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA)" is a statute that requires all jurisdictions in the State of California to evaluate the extent of environmental degradation posed by proposed development.

"Carpool" means a vehicle occupied by two or more persons aged 16 years or older commuting to or from work and/or school.

"Developer" shall mean 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 chapter as determined by the property owner.

"Development" means the construction or addition of new building square footage. Additions to buildings which existed prior to the adoption of the ordinance codified in this chapter and which exceed the thresholds defined in Article 2 shall comply with the applicable requirements but shall not be added cumulatively with existing square footage; existing square footage shall

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be exempt from these requirements. All calculations shall be based on gross square footage.

"Employee parking area" means the portion of total required parking at a development used by onsite employees. For information purposes, based upon information developed by the Institute of Transportation Engineers (ITE), broad employee parking needs could be calculated as follows:

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Percent of Total Required Parking Devoted to
Type of Use Employees
Commercial 30%
Office/professional 85%
Industrial/manufacturing 95%
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"Neighborhood work center" means a location in a community where facilities are provided either by public or private means for shared employee work activities.

"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.

"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 this chapter either directly or by delegating such responsibility as appropriate to a tenant and/or his agent.

"Public transit" means transit services provided by public agencies for the general public on a regular basis by vehicles, such as buses or trains, usually on a fare-paying basis.

"Tenant" means the lessee of facility space at an applicable development project.

"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 (for example telecommuting or compressed work weeks).

"Trip reduction" means reduction in the number of work-related trips made by single occupant vehicles.

"Vanpool" means a group of at least seven commuters traveling to work in a vehicle designed for carrying more than six but less than 16 persons, including the driver, which is maintained and used primarily for work-related transportation of adults for the purpose of ridesharing.

"Vehicle" means a device by which any person or property may be propelled, moved, or drawn upon a highway, excepting a device moved exclusively by human power, used exclusively upon stationary rails or tracks, or buses used for public or private transit. Examples include, but are not limited to passenger cars, motorcycles, vans, recreational vehicles and pickup trucks.

"Ventura County Air Pollution Control District" (APCD) is the authority created by the California State Legislature to meet federal standards and otherwise improve air quality in the Ventura County portion of the South Central Coast Air Basin. (§ 1, Ord. 702, eff. December 24, 1993)

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Article 2

Transportation demand and trip reduction measures

Prior to approval of any development project, the applicant shall make provision for, as a minimum, all the applicable transportation demand management and trip reduction measures set forth in Sections 9-13.203 and 9-13.204.

(§ 1, Ord. 702, eff. December 24, 1993)

This chapter 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 Draft Environmental Impact Report (DEIR) has been circulated or for which an application for a building permit has been received, prior to the effective date of the ordinance codified in this chapter.

(§ 1, Ord. 702, eff. December 24, 1993)

• (a) Non-residential development serving 50 employees or more shall provide, to the satisfaction of the City, 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) Ridesharing promotional material supplied by commuter-oriented organizations;

  • (3) Telephone numbers for referrals on transportation information including numbers for the regional ridesharing agency, Dial-A-Route, and local transit operators;

  • (4) Bicycle route and facility information, including regional/local bicycle maps and bicycle safety information:

  • (5) A listing of facilities and services available for carpoolers, vanpoolers, bicyclists, transit riders and pedestrians at the site.

• (b) Non-residential development serving 100 employees or more shall comply with subsection (a) of this section and shall provide all of the following measures to the satisfaction of the City:

  • (1) 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 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

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and two spaces for projects over 100,000 square feet will be signed/striped for carpool/vanpool vehicles.

• (2) Preferential parking spaces reserved for vanpools must be accessible to vanpool vehicles. When located within a parking structure, a minimum vertical interior clearance of seven feet two inches shall be provided for those spaces and access ways to be used by such vehicles. Adequate turning radii and parking space dimensions (minimum nine feet by 19 feet) shall also be included in vanpool parking areas.

• (3) Bicycle racks or other secure bicycle parking shall be provided near building entrances to accommodate four bicycles per the first 50,000 square feet of nonresidential development and one 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 protects the bike from inclement weather. Specific facilities and location (e.g., provision of racks, lockers, or locked room) shall be to the satisfaction of the City.

• (4) Safe and convenient access from the external circulation system to bicycle parking facilities onsite.

• (c) Non-residential development serving 150 employees or more shall comply with subsections (a) and (b)of this section, and shall provide all of the following measures to the satisfaction of the City:

  • (1) A safe and convenient zone in which vanpool and carpool vehicles may deliver or board their passengers. Passenger loading areas should be located as close as possible to the building entrance and should be designated in a manner that does not impede vehicular circulation in the parking area.

  • (2) Sidewalks or other designated pathways following, to the greatest extent feasible, direct and safe routes from the external pedestrian circulation system to each, and between each, building in the development.

  • (3) 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 (i.e., bus pullouts, bus pads, shelters, etc.). When locating bus stops and/or planning building entrances, entrances should be designed to provide safe and efficient access to nearby transit stations/stops.

  • (4) Development design shall incorporate, to the extent feasible, showers, changing rooms, lockers, etc. for employees who bicycle, job or walk to work.

• (5) Development design shall incorporate lunchrooms, cafeterias, eating establishments and other facilities which will reduce the need for mid-day driving.

• (§ 1, Ord. 702, eff. December 24, 1993)

• (a) Residential development of 100 dwelling units or more shall provide the following to the satisfaction of the City:

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• (1) Safe, convenient and direct pedestrian and bicycle access from the internal circulation system to adjacent collector and/or arterial roadways;

• (2) If determined necessary by the City, bus stop improvements must be provided. The City will consult with the local bus service providers in determining appropriate improvements.

• (b) Residential development of 500 dwellings units or more shall comply with subsection (a) of this section, and shall provide, to the satisfaction of the City, a development design which, to the greatest extent possible and as appropriate based on adjacent land use and markets, incorporates services such as dry cleaners, eating establishments, child care facilities, grocery markets, neighborhood work centers and other facilities, which development design will reduce home-based vehicle trips and vehicle miles traveled.

• (§ 1, Ord. 702, eff. December 24, 1993)

All facilities and improvements constructed or otherwise required by this chapter shall be maintained in a state of good repair.

(§ 1, Ord. 702, eff. December 24, 1993)

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