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The following words or phrases shall have the following meanings when used in this Chapter 19.29:
"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 Section 19.29.060 of this chapter.
"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.
"Carpool" means a vehicle carrying two to six persons commuting together to and from work on a regular basis.
"The 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.
"Developer" means 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 19.29 as determined by the property owner.
"Development" means the construction or addition of new building square footage.
"Employee parking area" means the portion of total parking at a development used by on-site employees. Unless otherwise specified in this Title 19, for the purposes of this Chapter 19.29, 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%
"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. All preferential parking shall be 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 19.29 either directly or by delegating such responsibility as appropriate to a tenant and/or agent.
"South Coast Air Quality Management District (SCAQMD)" means 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).
"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. Alternatives may include 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).
"Trip reduction" means reduction in the number of work-related trips made by single-occupant vehicles.
"Vanpool" means a vehicle carrying on average seven 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 adult passengers, and on a prepaid subscription basis.
"Vehicle" means any motorized form of transportation, including but not limited to automobiles, vans, buses, and motorcycles.
(Ord. 544 § 1(part), 2000).