§ 21.64.020. Definitions.

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

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 to meet or exceed the project size threshold criteria contained in Section 21.64.030.

C.

"Buspool" means a vehicle carrying sixteen 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.

"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.

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 Chapter as determined by the property owner.

G.

"Employee parking area" means the portion of total required parking at a development used by on-site employees. Employee parking shall be calculated as follows:

Type of Use	Percent of Total Required Parking Devoted to Employees
Commercial	30%
Office/professional	85%
Industrial/manufacturing	90%

 

H.

"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.

I.

"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.

J.

"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).

K.

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

L.

"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 (as is the case in telecommuting or compressed work weeks).

M.

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

N.

"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 to fifteen (15) adult passengers and on a prepaid subscription basis.

O.

"Vehicle" means any motorized form of transportation, including but not limited to automobiles, vans, buses and motorcycles. (Also see the definition for "recreational vehicle" in Section 21.15.2270.)

(Ord. C-7092 § 2 (part), 1993)