§ 301.02 Definitions

   As used in this chapter:

   (a)   "Director" means the Director of the City Planning Commission.

   (b)   "Headway(s)" means the distance or duration between vehicles in a transit system measured in space or time.

   (c)   "High Frequency Transit Station" means any bus and rail stop or station with service headways of fifteen (15) minutes or less at any given time of day.

   (d)   "Single Occupancy Vehicle Trips" or "SOV Trips" is a measure of the number of trips from an origin to a destination conducted by a sole occupant of a motor vehicle.

   (e)   "Transportation Demand Management" or "TDM" means design features, incentives, and tools implemented by a Transit Oriented Development Project to meet the City's goals stated in Section 301.01 and the TDM Standards adopted pursuant to Section 301.05.

   (f)   "Transportation Demand Management Menu" or "TDM Menu" means the specific TDM options available to TOD Projects to comply with the requirements of TDM Program, as established and maintained in the TDM Program Standards.

   (g)   "Transportation Demand Management Plan" or "TDM Plan" means a Transit Oriented Development Project's plan describing compliance with the Transportation Demand Management Program Standards.

   (h)   "Transportation Demand Management Program" or "TDM Program" means the requirement that Transit Oriented Development Projects incorporate Transportation Demand Management in the proposed projects.

   (i)   "Transportation Demand Management Program Standards" or "TDM Program Standards" means all the rules and requirements as adopted by the City Planning Commission pursuant to Section 301.05.

   (j)   "Transportation Demand Management Tier" or "TDM Tier" means the category assigned based on the characteristics of a TOD Project as defined by the TDM Program Standards adopted by the City Planning Commission pursuant to Section 301.05.

   (k)   "Transit Oriented Development Project" or "TOD Project" means any land use development, including new construction, that changes or expands the use(s) on a parcel of land entirely or partially within the Transit Oriented Development Zone.

   (l)   "Transit Oriented Development Zone" or "TOD Zone" is the area within 1/4 mile radius of a High Frequency Transit Station and that is depicted in the TDM Program Standards.

   (m)   "Vehicle Miles Traveled" or "VMT" is a measure of the distance in miles traveled in a personal automobile via expected trips generated by a TOD Project and more fully described in the TDM Program Standards adopted by the City Planning Commission.

(Ord. No. 801-2023. Passed 8-16-23, eff. 3-15-24)