Article 1 — DEFINITIONS

910.1.1 DEFINITIONS.

For the purposes of this Chapter, the definitions for the following terms shall apply:

a) "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.

b) "Applicable Development" means any development project that is determined by the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) to meet or exceed the project size threshold criteria contained in Article 3 of this Chapter.

c) "Buspool" means a vehicle carrying sixteen (16) or more passengers commuting on a regular basis to and from work with a fixed route, according to a fixed schedule.

d) "Carpool" means a vehicle carrying two (2) to six (6) persons commuting together to and from work on a regular basis.

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

f) "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 Section as determined by the property owner.

g) "Development" means the construction or addition of new building square footage. Additions to buildings which existed prior to the adoption of this Section and which exceed the thresholds defined in Article 3 of this Chapter shall comply with the applicable requirements but shall not be added cumulatively with existing square footage; existing square footage shall be exempt from these requirements. All calculations shall be based on gross square footage. The gross square footage calculations will not include the square footage designated for parking structures.

h) "Employee Parking" means the portion of total off-street required parking at a development used by onsite employees. Unless otherwise specified in this Chapter, employee parking shall be calculated as follows:

i) "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.

j) "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 the ordinance either directly or by delegating such responsibility as appropriate to a tenant and/or his agent.

k) "South Coast Air Quality Management District" (SCAQMD) is the regional authority appointed by the California State Legislature to meet federal standards and otherwise improve air quality in the South Coast Air Basin (the nondesert portions of Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside and San Bernardino Counties).

l) "Tenant" means the lessee of facility space at an applicable development project who also serves as an employer. A tenant may be responsible for implementing the provisions of this Chapter as determined by the property owner.

m) "Transportation Demand Management" (TDM) means the strategies to alter 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 (as is the case in telecommuting or compressed work weeks).

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

o) "Vanpool" means a vehicle carrying seven (7) or more persons commuting together to and from work on a regular basis, usually in a vehicle with a seating arrangement designed to carry seven (7) to fifteen (15) adult passengers.

p) "Vehicle" means any motorized form of transportation, including but not limited to automobiles, vans, buses and motorcycles.