Stanton Municipal Code Ch. 16.75 Facility Standards

All applicable developments shall be subject to the facility standards as specified in this chapter and shall include in their project site development plan provisions to provide each of the improvements identified as option A or option B in Sections 16.75.020 and 16.75.030, respectively.

(Ord. § 15 (Exh. A), 1999)

A. Preferential Parking for Carpool Vehicles.

1. At least fifteen percent of the employees parking spaces shall be reserved and designated for carpool vehicles by marking such spaces "Carpool Only."

2. Carpool spaces shall be used only by carpool vehicles in which at least two of the persons will be employees or tenants of the proposed project, or where a reciprocal preferential carpool parking agreement with other developments has been established.

3. Such carpool spaces shall be located near the building's employee entrance(s) or at other preferential locations within the employee parking areas as approved by the city manager or his designee.

4. The total number of employee parking spaces shall be determined by using the following factors by type of use as specified in this code:

B. Bicycle Parking and Shower Facilities.

1. Bicycle parking and locker facilities shall be provided in a secure location for use by employees or tenants who commute to the site by bicycle. The number of facilities/racks to be provided shall be at the rate of at least five racks for every one hundred employees or fraction thereof.

2. A minimum of two shower facilities shall be provided, one each for men and women.

C. Information on Transportation Alternatives.

1. A commuter information area shall be provided that offers employees appropriate information on available transportation alternatives to the single-occupancy vehicle. This area shall be centrally located and accessible to all employees or tenants.

2. Information in the area shall include, but not be limited to, the following:

a. Current maps, routes and schedules for public transit;

b. Ridesharing match lists;

c. Available employee incentives:

d. Ridesharing promotional material supplied by commuter-oriented organizations.

D. Rideshare Vehicle Loading Areas.

1. The need for, design and location of passenger loading areas to embark and disembark passengers from rideshare vehicles shall be reviewed by the city manager or his designee.

2. Passenger loading areas shall be of a size large enough to accommodate the number of waiting vehicles equivalent to the rate of at least five spaces per every one hundred of the required parking spaces for the project.

3. The passenger loading areas shall be located as close as possible to the building's employee entrance(s), and should be designed in a manner that does not impede vehicular circulation in the parking area.

E. Vanpool Vehicle Accessibility.

1. The design of all parking facilities shall incorporate provisions for access and parking of vanpool vehicles.

2. Where applicable, vanpool vehicle accessibility shall incorporate provisions for access and parking of vanpool vehicles.

3. Vanpool parking spaces shall be located near the building's employee entrance(s) or other preferential locations as approved by the city manager or his designee.

4. The number of accessible vanpool parking spaces shall be at least two spaces per every one hundred of the total required employee parking spaces as determined in subsection A of this section.

F. Bus Stop Improvements.

1. Bus stop improvements including bus pullouts, bus pads and right-of-way for bus shelters shall be required for all applicable developments located along high traffic volume streets and established bus routes.

2. Bus stop improvements shall be determined in conformance with standard traffic engineering principles including, but not limited to, the following:

a. The frequency and relative impact of blocked traffic due to stopped buses;

b. The level of transit ridership at the location.

(Ord. § 15 (Exh. A), 1999)

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 and vanpool vehicles, as determined by the approval body for the proposed use.

B. Secure, adequate and convenient storage shall be provided for 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.

D. A transportation information center shall be provided within each building of over twenty-five thousand gross square feet.

E. A shower and locker room facility for employees of each sex shall be provided in each building of one hundred thousand or more gross square feet. For any development containing one hundred thousand or more total combined gross square feet, but which does not contain any single building of one hundred thousand or more gross square feet, the city planning commission may elect, at its discretion, to approve a requirement imposed by city staff on 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. § 15 (Exh. A), 1999)