For the purpose of this chapter, the following definitions apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
ALTERNATIVE TRANSPORTATION. The use or modes of transportation other than the single-passenger motor vehicle, including but not limited to carpools, vanpools, buspools, public transit, walking and bicycling.
APPLICABLE DEVELOPMENT. Any development project that is determined to meet or exceed the project size threshold criteria contained in § 16.108.030.
BUSPOOL. A vehicle with at least 16 seating positions used and maintained primarily for carrying commuters to and from work.
CARPOOL. A vehicle occupied by two or more persons aged 16 years or older commuting to or from work and/or school.
DEVELOPER. The builder who is responsible for the planning, design and construction of an applicable development project. A developer may be responsible for implementing the provisions of this chapter as determined by the property owner if defined by a legal agreement.
DEVELOPMENT. The construction or addition of new building square footage. Additions to buildings which existed prior to the adoption of the ordinance codified in this chapter and which exceed the thresholds defined in § 16.54.030 will comply with the applicable requirements but will not be added cumulatively with existing square footage; existing square footage will be exempt from these requirements. All calculations will be based on gross square footage.
EMPLOYEE PARKING AREA. The portion of the total required parking at a development used by on-site employees. For information purposes, based upon information developed by the Institute of Transportation Engineers (ITE), broad employee parking needs could be calculated as follows:
Type of Use | % of Required Parking Devoted to Employees |
Commercial | 30% |
Office/Professional | 85% |
Industrial/Manufacturing | 95% |
NEIGHBORHOOD WORK CENTER. A location in a community where facilities are provided either by public or private means for shared employee work activities.
PREFERENTIAL PARKING. Parking spaces designated or assigned, through use of a sign or painted space markings, for carpool and vanpool
vehicles carrying commute passengers on a regular basis that are provided in a location more convenient to a place of employment than parking spaces provided for single-occupant vehicles.
TRANSPORTATION DEMAND MANAGEMENT (TDM). The alteration of travel behavior, usually on the part of commuters, through
programs of incentives, services and policies. TDM addresses alternatives to single-occupant vehicles such as carpooling and vanpooling, and changes in work schedules that move trips out of the peak period or eliminate then altogether (as is the case in telecommuting or compressed work weeks).
TRIP. At a minimum, the starting of an engine and the travel from an origin to a destination. If the trip is nonstop, it also means the round trip to and from an origin.
TRIP REDUCTION. Reduction in the number of work-related trips made by single-occupant vehicles.
VANPOOL. A group of at least seven commuters traveling to work in a vehicle designed for carrying more than six but less than 16 persons, including the driver, which is maintained and used primarily for work related transportation of adults for the purpose of ride sharing.
(Ord. 1104, passed 7-19-04)