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(Added by Ord. No. 164,483, Eff. 3/30/89.)
(a) General Provisions.
(1) Purpose. To support the South Coast Air Quality Management District’s (SCAQMD) Commuter Program in its effort to reduce air pollution and traffic congestion by requiring that employers who must prepare SCAQMD mandated Trip Reductions Plans for worksites located within the City of Los Angeles implement specific ridesharing incentive measures detailed in this section as part of their Trip Reduction Plans.
(2) Scope. This section shall apply to all employers within the city limits, including the City of Los Angeles (City) and its proprietary departments, that are also regulated by SCAQMD Regulation XV (Regulation XV). Compliance with this ordinance shall be in addition to any acts required of employers by Regulation XV. Nothing in this section is intended nor shall it be so construed as to limit or otherwise preclude employers from offering or providing additional ridesharing options to their employees.
(b) Subsidies.
(1) Each employer in the City that offers free or subsidized parking to any employee and is covered by Regulation XV shall offer a $15 (fifteen) per month transit subsidy to each of its employees for their use in commuting to and from the employer’s worksite, as that term is defined in Rule 1502(k) of Regulation XV. However, an employer who provides free or subsidized vanpool or carpool parking only, shall be exempt from the provisions of this section.
(2) This $15 subsidy may be provided in the following ways:
(A) An employer may purchase transit passes and tickets, including RTD passes and tickets, City Commuter Express passes and tickets, AMTRAK passes and tickets, and passes and tickets on any other transit lines which serve employees’ homes and places of work and then resell them to their employees at a $15 per month discount;
(B) An employer may offer bus tokens or tickets in the amount of $15 to each of its employees. These tokens or tickets would be first purchased by the employer, then given to the employee free of charge to a maximum of $15 per employee per month.
(c) Monitoring. The documentation of compliance with this section shall be filed with the SCAQMD in conjunction with the Trip Reduction Plan submitted by employers to SCAQMD as required by Rule 1501 of Regulation XV. At the same time, a copy of said documentation shall also be filed with the City of Los Angeles Department of Transportation.
(d) Sanctions. Any employer violating the requirements of this section is subject to an administrative penalty of $100 per day for each separate violation. Every day during any portion of which such a violation occurs is a separate offense.
Any monies collected as administrative penalties shall be placed in the Employee Transit Subsidy Account and used only for the administration of the requirements of this section.
(e) Appeal. Within 10 days after a Notice of Violation has been issued, an employer may appeal a violation to the Board.
(1) The Board shall set a hearing date within a reasonable time.
(2) Hearings need not be conducted according to formal or technical rules of evidence.
(3) Each party shall have the right to:
(A) Call and examine witnesses;
(B) Introduce exhibits;
(C) Rebut evidence against them;
(D) Represent themself or be represented by anyone of their choice.
(4) Any member of the Board who did not hear the evidence or read the record or proceedings shall not vote on the decision.
(5) The decision shall be in writing and shall contain findings of fact, a determination of the issues presented, and the penalty, if any. A copy of the decision shall be delivered to the appellant by certified mail, return receipt requested.
(f) Timetable. This section shall have a timetable of implementation identical to and in accordance with Rule 1503(a) of Regulation XV.
(Amended by Ord. No. 166,310, Eff. 11/16/90.)
(a) No person shall place, establish, or maintain any sign, banner, billboard or other advertisement which is visible to the operator of any motor vehicle operated on any public street, road or highway and which sign displays any word, phrase, character or symbol calculated to direct traffic on to any residential street and which sign advertises the sale of any goods, wares or merchandise including printed matter which sale is to occur on any property not zoned for commercial use. The provisions of this section shall include but not be limited to placement of the advertisement on any motor vehicle.
(b) A residential street shall be defined as any public street with fewer than three lanes intended for vehicular traffic where a majority of the buildings situated on the property contiguous thereto are used for residential purposes, whether single-family or multi-family dwellings.
(c) This section shall not apply to the otherwise lawful placing, erecting or maintaining of any sign, banner or billboard advertising any lawful garage, yard, rummage or similar sale to be conducted on the property of the seller.
(Added by Ord. No. 166,526, Eff. 1/27/91.)
(a) The Department of Transportation is hereby authorized to install any traffic control devices it determines necessary to regulate roller-skating, skateboarding and bicycling on sidewalks and roadways in order to improve vehicular or pedestrian movement, reduce congestion or diminish accident potential. Such determinations shall be made only on the basis of traffic engineering principles and traffic investigations. When such determinations have been made, the Department is authorized to install signs giving notice as to the nature of the regulation as well as signs that provide such safety warnings as it determines will assist those engaged in the regulated activities.
(b) No person shall roller-skate, skateboard, or operate a bicycle in violation of the limitations set forth on regulatory signs posted pursuant to this section.
(Added by Ord. No. 166,526, Eff. 1/27/91.)
(a) The Department is hereby authorized to determine and establish bicycle lanes at designated locations separated from vehicular lanes upon roadways and sidewalks not part of a state highway, as defined by Section 24 of the Streets and Highways Code, or a county highway established pursuant to Article 5 of Chapter IX of Division 2 of the Streets and Highways Code. When such determination has been made, the Department is authorized to install, at each designated location, appropriate signs, striping, pavement markings or other traffic control devices as required by state law and as otherwise necessary to warn, guide and direct bicycle and vehicular traffic for public safety purposes.
(b) No person shall ride a bicycle on any bicycle lane other than as directed by signs, striping, pavement markings or other traffic control devices, or as otherwise required by state or local law.
(Added by Ord. No. 168,275, Eff. 11/19/92.)
The Department shall collect the following fees for providing copies of the indicated records:
(a) Sign Maintenance History:..........$13.00
(b) Signal Maintenance History::..........$9.00
(c) Timing Chart::..........$5.00
(d) Geometric Plan::..........$9.00
(e) Signal Plan::..........$9.00
(f) Accident Summary::..........$11.00
(g) Work Order (Sign, Signal, Striping, etc.)::..........$6.00
(h) Speed Survey::..........$4.00
(i) Traffic Counts::..........$6.00
(j) Stop Sign Map::..........$9.00
(k) Records Center Files/Telephone Records::..........$15.00
(l) Master Files::..........$9.00
(m) Copy of Parking Citation::..........$2.00
(Added by Ord. No. 170,662, Eff. 9/24/95.)
(n) Credit Card Processing Fee::..........$2.00
(Added by Ord. No. 171,506, Eff. 3/21/97.)
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