HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance #3107 ORDINANCE NO. 3107
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF HUNTINGTON BEACH
AMENDING ARTICLE 973 BY ADDING SECTION 9730. 86
PERTAINING TO TRANSPORTATION DEMAND MANAGEMENT
The City Council of the City of Huntington Beach does ordain as
follows :
SECTION 1. Section 9730 . 86 Transportation Demand
Management is hereby added to the Ordinance Code as follows :
9730 . 86 Transportation Demand Management .
All references to this section shall include sections
9730 .86 . 1 through 9730 . 86.4 . These regulations shall apply to
all districts .
9730 .86 . 1 Purpose and Intent.
It is the purpose and intent to meet the requirements of AB
1791 Section 65089 .3(a) (2) , to mitigate the impacts that
development projects may have on transportation mobility,
congestion and air quality, and to promote transportation
demand management strategies .
9730 . 86 . 2 Definitions .
For purposes of this section, the definitions for the
following terms shall apply:
a. Alternative Transportation Mode: Any mode of travel that
serves as an alternative to the single occupant vehicle.
This can include all forms of ri.desharing, public transit,
bicycling or walking.
b. Carpool : Two to six persons traveling together in a single
vehicle.
C. Employee: Means any person employed by a firm, person(s) ,
business, educational institution, non-profit agency or
corporation, government agency, or other entity which
employs 100 or more persons at a single worksite.
"Employee" shall include persons employed on a full--time,
part-time, or temporary basis .
d. Emplgyer: Means any person(s) , firm, business, educational
institution, government agency, non-profit agency or
corporation, or other entity which employs or houses
tenants that collectively employ 100 or more employees at a
worksite on a full and/or part-time/temporary basis .
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e. Building Size: Means the total gross floor area measured
in square feet of a building or group of buildings at a
worksite. Includes the total floor area of both new
development and existing facilities .
f . Mixed-Use Developments Means new development projects that
integrate any one of these land uses with another :
residential, office, commercial, industrial and business
park.
g. Tenant : Means the lessee of facility space at a
development project who may also serve as an employer.
h. Transportation Demand Management (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; and reduction of VMT (Vehicle Miles Traveled)
and the number of vehicle trips .
i . Vanpoel : Means a vehicle occupied by seven (7) or more
persons traveling together.
j . Worksite: Means a building or group of buildings which are
under common ownership and the place of employment, base of
operation, or predominate location of an employee or group
of employees .
9730 . 86 .3 Applicability,
a . These regulations apply to any discretionary permit per
chapter 9800 for commercial, industrial, institutional, or
other uses which are determined to employ 100 or more
persons, as determined by the employee generation factors
specified under subsection "d" of this section. This
includes any permit for existing facilities that already
have 100 or more employees or will have 100 or more
employees .
b. These regulations apply to all districts, planned
communities and specific plan areas including those covered
by development agreements . These regulations shall
supersede other ordinances in which there is a conflict .
c. Notwithstanding subsection "a" of this section, the
following uses and activities shall be specifically exempt
from the provisions of this section:
1 . Temporary construction activities on any affected
project, including activities performed by engineers,
architects, contract subcontractors and construction
workers .
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2 . Other temporary activities per Article 973 or as
authorized by the Planning Commission when such
temporary activities are for a period not to exceed 30
days and held no more than once a year.
d. Employee generation factors shall be based on one of the
following:
1. Employment projections developed by the property owner,
subject to approval by the Director of Community
Development or his designee;
2 . Building sizes shall be considered equivalent to the
100 employee threshold as follows:
Building Size (in square feet)
Type of Use Equivalent to 100 Employees
Office/Professional 35, 000
Hospital and Medical/Dental 40, 000
Industrial (excluding Warehouses) 50, 000
Commercial/Retail 50,000
Hotel 0 . 8 employees/hotel
room
Motel 1.2
Resort Hotel 100,000
Mixed or multiple use (1)
Warehouse 100,000
(1) 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 .
9730 . 86 .4 Site Development Standards
Development projects subject to this section shall comply with
the following site development standards:
a. Parking for Carpool Vehicles
1 . The following percentages of the total required parking
spaces per Article 960 shall be reserved and designated
for employee carpool vehicles by making such spaces
"Carpool Only" :
Percent of Total Parking
Type of Use Devoted to Employee Carpool Parking
Office Professional 13%
Hospital and Medical/Dental Office 9%
Industrial/Warehouse 14%
Commerical/Retail 5%
Hotel 1 space for every 2 employees
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2 . Carpool spaces shall be located near the building' s
identified employee entrance(s) or at other
preferential locations within the employee parking
areas as approved by the Director of Community
Development .
b. Shower and Locker Facilities .
Shower and locker facilities shall be provided for use by
employees or tenants who commute to the site by bicycle or
walking. The use of such facilities shall be provided at
no cost to the user. The design of such facilities shall
be shown on the plot plans in the permit application and
conform to the following.
1. Lockers shall be provided at a minimum ratio of 1 for
every 20 employees based.
2 . Separate shower facilities shall be provided at a
minimum rate of 2 per 100 employees .
C. Bicycle Parking
1. Bicycle parking facilities shall be provided at the
minimum rate of 1 bicycle parking space for every 20
employees or fraction thereof, in a secure location,
and in close proximity to employee entrances, for use
by employees or tenants who commute to the site by
bicycle.
2. A bicycle parking facility shall be a stationary
object to which the user can lock the bicycle frame
and both wheels with a user-provided six foot cable
and lock.
d. Commuter Information Areas
A commuter information area shall be provided to offer
employees appropriate information on alternative
transportation modes . This area shall be centrally
located and accessible to all employees or tenants and
shall be sufficient size to accommodate such information
on alternative transportation modes .
e. Passenger Loading Areas
Unless determined unnecessary by the decision-maker, per
Chapter 98, passenger loading areas to embark and
disembark passengers from rideshare vehicles and public
transportation shall be provided as follows :
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1. Passenger loading area shall be large enough to
accommodate the number of waiting vehicles equivalent
to 1% of the required parking for the project.
2. The passenger loading areas shall be located as close
as possible to the identified employee entrance(s) ,
and shall be designed in a manner that does not
impede vehicular circulation in the parking area or
in adjoining streets .
f . Parking for Vanpool Vehicles
Unless determined unnecessary by the decision-maker, per
Chapter 98, parking for vanpool vehicles shall be provided
as follows :
1. The number of vanpool parking spaces shall be at
least 1% of the employee carpool parking spaces and
reserved for such by marking the spaces "Vanpool
Only" .
2 . For parking structures, vanpool vehicle accessibility
shall include minimum 712" vertical clearance.
3 . Vanpool parking spaces shall be located near
identified employee entrance(s) or other preferential
locations .
g. Bus Stops
Unless determined unnecessary by the decision-maker, per
Chapter 98, bus shelter, pullouts, and pads shall be
provided as necessary in consultation with affected
transit service providers .
SECTION 2 . All other provisions of Article 9730 shall remain
in effect and are incorporated by reference herein.
SECTION 3 . This ordinance shall take effect 30 days after its
passage. ppuubr
PASSED AND ADOPTE�by3 the a8ity Council of the City of
Huntington Beach at a/regular meeti7 of held on the 29tn day
of April , 1991.
ATT ST. . APPROVED AS TO FORM:
City Clerk ' City Attorney -', �1
REVIEWED AND APPROVD, I IAT D N APPROVED:
City Administrator
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Ord. No. 3107
STATE OF CALIFORNIA �
COUNTY ORANGE t,Zl�rl�1 k �� vhnkvu� ` ss:
CITY OF 11 11 1 1 1 I 1 BEACH
I, CONNI F °ROCKWAY, the duly elected, qualified City
Clerk of the City of Hu;t,ngton Read and
ex-officio Clerk of the
City Council of the said City, do hereby certify that the whole number
of members of the C I s,y Council of the City of Huntington Beach is seven;
that the foregoing ordinance was read to said City Council at a regular
meeting therof held on the 15thJay of Apri-I--- ----
19 91 , and was again read to said City Council at a regular_ adjourned
meeting theruf held on Lhe 29th day o i Agri l , 19 91 , and
was passed and adopted by the affirmative vote of at least a majority of
all the members of said City Council
AYES: Counciimembers:
MacAllister, Winchell , Silva, Green, Kelly, Moulton-Patterson
NOES- f o Inri1members
Robitaille
ASSENT: Councilmembers:
None
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skoblow Beach and sac0 iaerfc of fha Cfty
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O*wo has been pL~in the CaDy Plot on of the City Council of the City
1 _,19_� of Huntington Reach, CaMornia
in accordance with the CIO Charter of said City.
Connie Brochma
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