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In this chapter:
(a) Ridesharing:
(1) Means commuting in a motor vehicle as a group of two (2) or more individuals; and
(2) Includes carpooling, vanpooling, and transit ridership.
(b) Assessed real property value means the property tax assessed value of that portion of an office development designated for office use. (1985 L.M.C., ch. 9, § 1.)
(a) Establishment. Share-a-ride districts shall be established at locations within the county where large concentrations of employment provide opportunities for a large number of new ridesharing arrangements.
(b) Composition.
(1) Each district shall be an employment center that has a minimum of two million (2,000,000) gross square feet of existing office space within a one-half square mile area.
(2) All land in the general vicinity of the area under paragraph (1) of this subsection that is zoned or recommended in the appropriate master plan for commercial or industrial use shall be included in the district.
(c) Initial districts. The initial share-a-ride districts are the areas encompassed by the approved and adopted sector plans for:
(1) The Silver Spring Central Business District and vicinity; and
(2) The Bethesda Central Business District.
(d) Additional districts.
(1) The county executive may establish additional share-a-ride districts.
(2) Any person may petition the county executive to establish additional share-a-ride districts. (1985 L.M.C., ch. 9, § 1.)
(a) Establishment. Share-a-ride outreach areas shall be established at locations other than share-a-ride districts where concentrations of employment provide opportunities for a significant number of new ridesharing arrangements.
(b) Composition. Each share-a-ride outreach area shall:
(1) Be an employment center that has a minimum of two hundred thousand (200,000) gross square feet of existing office space within a one-quarter square mile area; or
(2) A residential area with at least five thousand (5,000) existing dwelling units.
(c) Authority to establish.
(1) The county executive may establish share-a-ride outreach areas.
(2) Any person may petition the county executive to establish a share-a-ride outreach area. (1985 L.M.C., ch. 9, § 1.)
(a) Establishment. The county executive shall establish a share-a-ride program.
(b) Purpose. The share-a-ride program is to provide personalized ridesharing services by:
(1) Promoting and assisting in initiation and maintenance of new ridesharing arrangements;
(2) Providing a continuous effort to identify potential carpoolers, vanpoolers, and transit riders;
(3) Providing a personalized system to match applicants into carpools and vanpools;
(4) Providing continuous follow-up contacts to modify unsatisfactory arrangements and rematch individuals whose circumstances and requirements have changed;
(5) Soliciting the cooperative support of employers and property owners in encouraging ridesharing; and
(6) Promoting incentives to ridesharing, such as preferential carpool spaces, subsidized vans, and discounted transit passes. (1985 L.M.C., ch. 9, § 1.)
(a) In share-a-ride districts or share-a-ride outreach areas. Under Section 6.2.3.G.2 of Chapter 59, an office development in a share-a-ride district or share-a-ride outreach area may obtain a reduction in its minimum parking requirements if the office development participates in:
(1) The share-a-ride program; or
(2) Provides private ridesharing incentives.
(b) In other areas. Under Section 6.2.3.I of Chapter 59, an office development not in a share-a-ride district or a share-a-ride outreach area may obtain a reduction in its minimum parking requirements if the office development undertakes other adjustments to vehicle parking. (1985 L.M.C., ch. 9, § 1; 2016 L.M.C., ch. 8, § 1.)
(a) Establishment. There is a ridesharing account within the mass transit facilities fund to:
(1) Implement personalized ridesharing services under section 42A-4(b) of this chapter for any office or residential development making payments for share-a-ride services; and
(2) Monitor and enforce ridesharing incentives provided by the owner or lessee of an office development.
(b) Payments required; initial schedule.
(1) The owner of an office development shall make an annual payment into the ridesharing account of fifteen cents ($0.15) for each one hundred dollars ($100.00) of assessed real property value if the office development:
(i) Is in a share-a-ride district;
(ii) Participates in the share-a-ride program; and
(iii) Obtains reduced parking requirements under section 59-E-3.31(a)(1) of this Code.
(2) The owner of an office development shall make an annual payment into the ridesharing account of twenty cents ($0.20) for each one hundred dollars ($100.00) of assessed real property value if the office development:
(i) Is in a share-a-ride outreach area;
(ii) Participates in the share-a-ride program; and
(iii) Obtains reduced parking requirements under section 59-E-3.31(b)(1) of this Code.
(3) The owner of an office development shall make an annual payment into the ridesharing account of up to ten cents ($0.10) for each one hundred dollars ($100.00) of assessed real property value if the office development:
(i) Implements private ridesharing incentives; and
(ii) Obtains reduced parking requirements under section 59-E-3.31(a)(2), (b)(2), or (c) of this Code. (1985 L.M.C., ch. 9, § 1.)
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