(a) Within 90 days of the effective date of this chapter, the City Planning Commission shall adopt the TDM Program Standards. The TDM Program Standards shall be made publicly available in print and published in the City Record and on the City Planning Commission's website and shall become effective 30 days after publication in the City Record.
(b) The TDM Program Standards shall be updated from time to time, as deemed appropriate by the City Planning Commission, to reflect best practices in the field of Transportation Demand Management.
(c) When preparing, adopting, or updating the TDM Program Standards, the City Planning Commission shall be guided by the Statement of Purpose of Section 301.01, specifically the goals to reduce SOV Trips and VMT, increase transit ridership, and increase mode shift to modes of transportation alternative to the motor vehicle, and shall abide by the following:
(1) The requirements of the TDM Program, as set forth in the TDM Program Standards, shall be proportionate to the total amount of VMT and/or SOV Trips produced by TOD Projects.
(2) The TDM Program Standards shall provide flexibility for TOD Projects to achieve the purposes of the TDM Program in a way that best suits the circumstances of each TOD Project, including a menu of options from which to choose, known as the TDM Menu.
(3) Each of the TDM Menu options shall be assigned a number of points reflecting its relative effectiveness at reducing VMT/SOV Trips, as approved by the City Planning Commission.
(4) The TDM Program Standards shall establish TDM Tiers to determine the minimum threshold of points required for compliance by TOD Projects with the TDM Program. TDM Tiers shall be determined by such metrics deemed appropriate by the City Planning Commission and shall include square footage by use and gross square footage as one criterion and any other combination of criteria related to TOD Projects such as:
A. total number of housing units
B. total number of anticipated employees
or other criteria as determined by the City Planning Commission.
(d) The TDM Program Standards shall specify the requirements for a TDM Plan, including the administrative process for submission, review, and approval by the Director.
(Ord. No. 801-2023. Passed 8-16-23, eff. 3-15-24)