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Parking credits are allowed for office developments that actively participate in the county share-a-ride program and/or provide private incentives for ride-sharing. A schedule of parking credits for offices, based on specific criteria for reductions and penalties for noncompliance, is presented in the following schedule:
(a) Sites within share-a-ride districts. Share-a-ride districts are defined in chapter 42A of the Montgomery County Code.
(1) A 15 percent reduction for participation in share-a-ride's continuous, personalized ridesharing assistance program may be approved if the owner of the development submits a written agreement, with the parking facility plan, that stipulates the following conditions:
a. The owner or lessees with more than 25 employees designate a person who shall promote the program to employees in accordance with established county procedures for the share-a-ride program.
b. The owner or lessees shall reserve a sufficient number of conveniently located parking spaces to accommodate all employee carpools and vanpools.
c. The owner shall make an annual payment to the ridesharing account of the mass transit facilities fund for basic share-a-ride services in accordance with the payment schedule of chapter 42A of the Montgomery County Code.
d. The owner shall certify semi-annually to the director that the above requirements are being satisfied.
e. In the event of noncompliance, the director shall require the owner to pay an annual penalty payment to the ridesharing account for supplementary share-a-ride services, in accordance with the payment schedule of chapter 42A of the Montgomery County Code.
(2) A percentage reduction between one and 15 percent may be approved for private incentives (e.g., in-house carpool promotion/matching system, private shuttle bus, van lease or purchase, reserved carpool spaces, and transit pass discount programs) if the owner of the development submits a written agreement, with the parking facility plan, that stipulates the following conditions:
a. The owner shall, as a contingency, set aside land for a parking facility or allow for future construction or expansion of a structured parking facility, sufficient to provide additional parking spaces equal in number to the reduction granted.
b. The owner shall make an annual payment to the ridesharing fund for monitoring and enforcement, in accordance with the payment schedule of chapter 42A of the Montgomery County Code.
c. The owner shall certify to the director semi-annually that the above requirements are satisfied.
d. In the event of noncompliance, the director shall require the owner to satisfy at least one of the following penalties:
1. Construction of additional parking spaces, equal in number to the spaces originally reduced.
2. Pay an annual penalty payment to the ridesharing account for basic or supplementary share-a-ride services, in accordance with the payment schedule of chapter 42A of the Montgomery County Code.
3. Suspension of occupancy permit.
The requirements and penalties of Section (a)(2)a., (a)(2)d.1., and (a)(2)d.3., above are not applicable to mixed use projects in the TS-M zone located within 1000 feet of a Metrorail station where such requirements and penalties may preclude fulfillment of master or sector plan objectives for the provision of affordable housing as determined by the Montgomery County Planning Board.
(b) Sites within a share-a-ride outreach area. Share-a-ride outreach areas are defined in chapter 42A of the Montgomery County Code.
(1) A 15 percent reduction for participation in share-a-ride's continuous, personalized ridesharing assistance program may be approved if the owner of the development submits a written agreement, with the parking facility plan, that stipulates the following conditions:
a. The owner or lessees with more than 25 employees designate a person who shall promote the program with employees in accordance with established county procedures for the share-a-ride program.
b. The owner or lessees shall reserve a sufficient number of conveniently located parking spaces to accommodate all employee carpools and vanpools.
c. The owner shall make an annual payment to the ridesharing account for basic share-a-ride services in accordance with the payment schedule of chapter 42A of the Montgomery County Code.
d. The owner shall certify semi-annually to the director that the above requirements are being satisfied.
e. In the event of noncompliance, the director shall require the owner to pay an annual penalty payment to the ridesharing account for supplementary share-a-ride services, in accordance with the payment schedule of chapter 42A of the Montgomery County Code.
(2) A percentage reduction between one and 15 percent may be approved for private incentives (e.g., in-house carpool promotion/matching system, private shuttle bus, van lease or purchase, reserved carpool spaces, and transit pass discount programs) if the owner of the development submits a written agreement, with the parking facility plan, that stipulates the following conditions:
a. The owner shall, as a contingency, set aside land for a parking facility or allow for future construction or expansion of a structured parking facility, large enough to provide additional parking spaces equal in number to the reduction granted.
b. The owner shall make an annual payment to the ridesharing account for monitoring and enforcement, in accordance with the payment schedule of chapter 42A of the Montgomery County Code.
c. The owner shall certify to the director semi-annually that the above requirements are satisfied.
d. In the event of noncompliance, the director shall require the owner to satisfy at least one of the following penalties:
1. Construction of additional parking spaces, equal in number to the spaces originally reduced.
2. Pay an annual penalty payment to the ridesharing account for basic or supplementary share-a-ride services, in accordance with the payment schedule of chapter 42A of the Montgomery County Code.
3. Suspension of occupancy permit.
(c) Sites in remaining areas (locations where share-a-ride services are unavailable):
(1) A percentage reduction between one and 15 percent may be approved for private incentives (e.g., in-house carpool promotion/matching system, private shuttle bus, van lease or purchase, reserved carpool spaces, and transit pass discount programs) if the owner of the development submits a written agreement with the parking facility plan that stipulates the following conditions:
a. The owner, shall, as a contingency, set aside land for a parking facility or allow for future construction or expansion of a structured parking facility, large enough to provide additional parking spaces equal in number to the reduction granted.
b. The owner shall make an annual payment to the ridesharing account for monitoring and enforcement, in accordance with the payment schedule of chapter 42A of the Montgomery County Code.
c. The owner shall certify to the director semi-annually that the above conditions are satisfied.
d. In the event of noncompliance the owner or lessees shall be subject to one of the following penalties:
1. Construction of additional parking spaces, equal in number to the spaces originally reduced.
2. If located within a parking lot district, satisfy condition (1) above or pay the annual ad valorem tax as specified in chapter 60 of the Montgomery County Code.
3. Suspension of occupancy permit.
(d) For any office development eligible for parking reductions under this section, the percent reductions are applied to the development's base parking requirement, as described in section 59-E-3.2 which is concerned with computing the parking requirements for office development.