Calimesa City Zoning Code
CHAPTER 18
100 TRANSPORTATION DEMAND MANAGEMENT
§ 18.100.010 Findings.
A.
The city council of the city of Calimesa is committed to protecting the health, safety and welfare of the residents of the city of Calimesa. Poor air quality and poor traffic congestion management are detrimental to public health, safety and welfare, and mobile sources throughout the South Coast Air Basin contribute significantly to poor air quality in the city of Calimesa.
B.
The South Coast Air Quality Management Plan requires all cities and counties to reduce motor vehicle trips and motor vehicle miles traveled. The Riverside County transportation commission, as the congestion management agency for Riverside County, has established standards for new developments which could employ 100 or more persons. Every city in the county is required by state law to adopt and implement a transportation demand management ordinance which complies with the standards and requirements of the county’s congestion management plan.
(Code 1990 § 9.11.01; Ord. 92-17 § 1)
§ 18.100.020 Purpose.
This chapter is intended to protect the public health, safety and welfare by reducing air pollution and traffic congestion caused by motor vehicle trips and motor vehicle miles traveled and to meet the requirements of Riverside County’s congestion management plan and the Air Quality Management Plan.
(Code 1990 § 9.11.02; Ord. 92-17 § 1)
§ 18.100.030 Definitions.
“Alternate work schedules”
means a variation from the traditional five-day, 40-hour work week to either a four-day, 40-hour work week, or a nine-day, 80-hour, two-week work schedule.
“Flextime”
means allowing employees to determine their own starting and quitting times by either extending the work day during the morning or evening, or both.
“Parking management”
means an action taken to alter the supply, operation or demand for parking facilities to force a change from single-occupant motor vehicles to carpool, vanpool or other methods of transportation.
“Rideshare”
means a method of transporting more than one occupant per motor vehicle.
“Telecommuting”
means an employee working at home or a satellite office near home rather than the normal place of work.
(Code 1990 § 9.11.03; Ord. 92-17 § 1)
§ 18.100.040 Applicability.
This chapter is applicable to all new development or existing development that could potentially employ 100 or more people based on the following relationship between land use and the gross number of square feet per employee:
Land Use Category | Gross Square Feet per Employee |
|---|---|
Retail commercial | 500 s.f. per employee |
Office and professional | 300 s.f. per employee |
Industrial and manufacturing | 500 s.f. per employee |
Warehouse | 1,000 s.f. per employee |
Hospital | 300 s.f. per employee |
Hotel and motel | 0.5 employees per guest room |
Residential (excluding low and moderate income housing) | 100 or more residential units |
s.f. = square feet | |
For mixed use developments, the projected number of employees will be based upon the proportion of the development devoted to each land use.
(Code 1990 § 9.11.04; Ord. 92-17 § 1)
§ 18.100.050 Trip reduction requirements.
A.
All proposed developments shall incorporate design features or trip reduction programs, or a combination of design features and trip reduction programs, in their development plans to reduce work-related motor vehicle trips. The plans shall be sufficient to attain a 12 percent trip reduction from the expected number of trips that would be generated by the project as indicated in the latest edition of the Trip Generation Handbook published by the Institute of Traffic Engineers. Trip reductions shall be calculated by the standards established by the Southern California Association of Governments and the South Coast Air Quality Management District.
B.
Design features and trip reduction programs shall be approved prior to the issuance of any permits. Agreements to secure implementation of such design features and trip reduction programs shall become conditions of development and shall be prepared and executed in a form satisfactory for recording in the office of the county recorder of Riverside County as covenants, conditions and restrictions running with the land for the benefit of the city of Calimesa.
(Code 1990 § 9.11.05; Ord. 92-17 § 1)
§ 18.100.060 Design features.
Design features provided pursuant to the provisions of this chapter may include, but are not limited to:
A.
Preferential parking for carpool vehicles;
B.
Bicycle parking and shower facilities;
C.
Information centers for transportation alternatives;
D.
Rideshare vehicle loading areas;
E.
Vanpool vehicle accessibility;
F.
Bus stop improvements and turnouts;
G.
Walking, hiking and bicycle paths between buildings and linkages between development uses to reduce short vehicle trips;
H.
On-site child care facilities;
I.
Local transportation system management methods and road improvements;
J.
Contributions to funds providing regional facilities designed to reduce motor vehicle trips and vehicle miles, such as park-and-ride lots or multimodal transportation centers or to areawide transportation management organizations or educational programs to reduce vehicle trips and miles traveled;
K.
Facilities to encourage telecommuting;
L.
Contributions to support regional facilities designed to reduce vehicle trips and miles traveled;
M.
On-site amenities such as cafeterias and restaurants, automated teller machines, and other services that would eliminate the need for additional trips.
(Code 1990 § 9.11.06; Ord. 92-17 § 1)
§ 18.100.070 Trip reduction programs.
Any combination of the following programs may be used to achieve the required motor vehicle trip reduction:
A.
Alternate Work Schedules and Flextime.
1.
For office, professional, industrial, manufacturing and warehouse uses:
a.
Incorporate alternate work schedules and flextime. (Adoption of a nine-day, 80-hour, two-week work schedule for all employees would account for a 10 percent reduction in motor vehicle trips.)
2.
Hospital:
a.
Incorporate alternate work schedules and flextime programs for employees that normally work between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m.
B.
Telecommuting.
1.
For office and professional uses:
a.
Office facilities 25,000 square feet or larger may preserve five percent of the gross floor area for telecommuting purposes to allow tenants with multiple facilities to establish satellite work centers.
b.
Establish telecommuting or work-at-home programs to allow employees to work at home or a satellite work center either one day per week or one day every two weeks.
c.
Through the telecommuting or work-at-home program, provide incentives or offset employee costs in acquiring the needed equipment and supplies for telecommuting.
2.
All other uses:
a.
Establish telecommuting or work-at-home programs for selected employees (i.e., certain clerical and administrative employees).
C.
Bicycle Facilities.
1.
All uses:
a.
Provide bicycle parking facilities equal to five percent of the total required automobile parking spaces.
b.
Preserve two percent of the gross floor area for employee locker and shower facilities.
D.
Parking Management.
1.
Office and professional uses:
a.
Designate, with signs in lieu of painted pavement, 75 percent of required employee parking.
2.
Commercial retail uses:
a.
Designate, with signs in lieu of painted pavement, 80 percent of required employee parking.
3.
Industrial, manufacturing and warehouse uses:
a.
Designate, with signs in lieu of painted pavement, 80 percent of required employee parking.
4.
Hospital uses:
a.
Designate, with signs in lieu of painted pavement, 70 percent of required employee parking.
5.
All uses:
a.
Designate, with signs in lieu of painted pavement, 25 percent of employee parking for carpools and vanpools.
b.
Offer financial or other incentives to employees who participate in ridesharing or methods of transportation other than single-occupant motor vehicles.
c.
Establish a parking surcharge on single-occupant motor vehicles.
E.
Mass Transit.
1.
All uses:
a.
Provide incentives for employees to use mass transit facilities. Incentives could include providing employees with mass transit passes, additional pay, flextime, or any other incentives which encourage employees to use mass transit facilities rather than single-occupant motor vehicles.
F.
Truck Dispatching, Rescheduling and Rerouting.
1.
Commercial and industrial uses:
a.
Establish delivery schedules and truck routing to avoid congested areas and minimize peak hour travel.
(Code 1990 § 9.11.07; Ord. 92-17 § 1)
§ 18.100.080 Monitoring.
The city shall monitor new developments for compliance with the conditions of development, the motor vehicle trip reduction components of the approved development plan and the provisions of this chapter as it may deem reasonable and necessary. Monitoring may include, but is not limited to:
A.
Annual program review;
B.
Field inspections of the development;
C.
Other building site reports and surveys which the city may deem appropriate.
(Code 1990 § 9.11.08; Ord. 92-17 § 1)
§ 18.100.090 Enforcement.
The city shall have the right to pursue every available remedy at law or in equity for any failure to comply with the conditions of development, the motor vehicle trip reduction components of the approved development plan, the provisions of this chapter, or any breach of the covenants, conditions and restrictions recorded in connection with the development agreement. In addition, violations of this chapter may be punished as misdemeanors as provided in Chapter 1.20 CMC (commencing with CMC § 1.20.010).
(Code 1990 § 9.11.09; Ord. 92-17 § 1)
§ 18.100.100 Fees.
A fee, in an amount set by resolution of the city council, shall be paid at the time of the initial project application for review of the motor vehicle trip reduction component of the development plan. In addition, an annual review fee, set by resolution of the city council, shall be paid with the annual business license renewal fee.
(Code 1990 § 9.11.10; Ord. 92-17 § 1)
§ 18.100.110 Voluntary motor vehicle trip reduction programs.
A.
Employers who employ less than 100 people will be encouraged by the city to submit trip reduction programs on a voluntary basis to achieve an overall trip reduction within the city of 12 percent.
B.
The city manager shall be responsible for developing effective incentives which promote voluntary programs to reduce motor vehicle trips and miles traveled.
C.
The city of Calimesa will implement an alternate work schedule for all city employees consisting of a nine-day, 80-hour, two-week work schedule. To assure optimum service to the public, half of the city staff shall report for work every other Friday and the other half shall report for work on the alternate Fridays.
(Code 1990 § 9.11.11; Ord. 92-17 § 1)
§ 18.100.120 Appeals.
Any person aggrieved by an administrative action, or any action of the planning commission, under this chapter may appeal such action to the city council. A written notice of appeal concisely stating the facts of the case and the grounds of the appeal shall be filed with the city clerk within 30 days of the action appealed from. Within 10 days, the city manager shall estimate the cost of the appeal, including all direct and indirect costs, and notify the appellant of the estimated cost. Appellant shall pay the estimated cost of the appeal to the city clerk within 30 days. Upon receipt of payment of the estimated cost of the appeal, the city clerk shall set the matter for hearing within 30 days at a regular meeting of the city council, and shall give appellant notice of the time and place of the hearing at least five days before the hearing. The decision of the city council, after the appellant has had the opportunity to be heard, shall be final.
(Code 1990 § 9.11.12; Ord. 92-17 § 1)
