HomeMy WebLinkAboutORD 184 1993 1201ORDINANCE NO. 184
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF MOORPARK, CALIFORNIA, AMENDING ORDINANCE NUMBER 137,
THE MOORPARK ZONING ORDINANCE, TO ESTABLISH
A TRANSPORTATION DEMAND MANAGEMENT FACILITIES ORDINANCE
IN ACCORDANCE WITH STATE GOVERNMENT CODE
SECTIONS 65089 AND 65089.3
WHEREAS, State Government Code Sections 65089 and 65089.3, require the
preparation and implementation of a Congestion Management Plan (CMP) and
Transportation Demand Management (TDM) Facilities Ordinance in every urbanized area
within a county; and
WHEREAS, the Ventura County Transportation Commission (VCTC) is responsible
for the preparation of the CMP in Ventura County and must annually determine whether
the County and cities within the County are in compliance with the CMP, including the
requirement to adopt and implement a TDM Facilities Ordinance to improve congestion
and air quality (Government Code Section 65089.3f a) f 2)); and
WHEREAS, VCTC has established basic elements which must be addressed within
the TDM Facilities Ordinance as follows:
Standards for the number, size, and location of preferential carpool and
vanpool parking spaces.
2. Standards for the number and location of bicycle racks and /or lockers.
3. Requirements for the provision, where feasible and appropriate, of transit
stop improvements (ie., bus pullouts, bus pads, and shelters).
4. Requirements for the provisions of a transportation information center for
non - residential developments serving 50 or more employees.
5. Safe and convenient access for pedestrians and bicyclists from the external
circulation system to on -site buildings or internal streets /sidewalks.
6. A formal role for transit operators in the local jurisdictions environmental and
development review process.
7. Requirements for large developments to address the provision of needed
services in close proximity to either jobs or housing.
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WHEREAS, the State Clean Air Act requires ozone non - attainment areas such as
Ventura County to attain a 1.5 average vehicle occupancy during commute periods by
the year 1999, and no net increase in motor vehicle emissions after 1997; and
WHEREAS, in order to more efficiently use the existing and planned
transportation infrastructure, maintain or improve traffic levels of service, and lower motor
vehicle emissions, it is the policy of the City of Moorpark to minimize the number of peak
period vehicle trips generated by additional development, promote the use of alternative
forms of transportation, improve air quality and participate in regional and countywide
efforts to improve transportation demand management; and
WHEREAS, at a duly noticed public hearing on November 9, 1993, the Planning
Commission considered the additions to and amendments to the Moorpark Zoning
Ordinance and reached its decision to recommend approval to the City Council of the
proposed Zoning Ordinance addition and amendments in order to implement the
Transportation Demand Management Facilities Ordinance; and
WHEREAS, at a duly notice public hearing on November 15, 1993, the City
Council considered the recommendation of the Planning Commission regarding the
additions to and amendments to the Moorpark Zoning Ordinance and reached its
decision to approve the additions and amendments to the Zoning Ordinance in order to
implement the Transportation Demand Management Facilities Ordinance.
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF MOORPARK,
CALIFORNIA, DOES HEREBY ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. The proposed additions and amendments to the Zoning
Ordinance (Ordinance Number 137) are exempt from CEQA requirements, based upon
a Class 8 (Section 15308) exemption in order to assure the maintenance, restoration,
enhancement, and protection of the environment.
SECTION 2. The City Council adopts the following findings:
The City Council finds that Element Number 2, required by VCTC, is already
addressed in the City's Zoning Ordinance (Ordinance Number 137, Section 8108 1.5.b.)
by establishing standards for the number and location of bicycle racks.
The City Council finds that Element Number 6, required by VCTC, is already
addressed by the City's development review process and given that the City acts as the
City's transit operator.
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SECTION 3. Article 2, Section 8102 -0 of Ordinance 137 is hereby amended
by adding the following definitions:
" Carpool - means a vehicle occupancy of two or more persons ages 16
years or older commuting to or from work and /or school.
Commuter - means any person who regularly travels by vehicle to or from
work or school.
Telecommuting - means using your home, or a specifically designated
facility, as a place of work.
Transportation Demand Management (TDM) Facilities Ordinance - means
alternative travel behavior, usually on the part of the commuters, through programs of
incentives, services, and policies. The TDM Facilities Ordinance addresses alternatives
to single occupancy motor vehicles such as carpooling and vanpooling, telecommuting,
and changes in work schedules that move trips out of the peak travel period or altogether
eliminates them (as in the case of compressed work weeks).
Transportation Information Board - is a bulletin board, display case, or kiosk
displaying transportation information. The board must be located where it is likely to be
seen by the greatest number of employees.
Vanpooling - means a group of at least seven commuters traveling to work
in a vehicle designed to carry more than six but less than 16 persons, including the
driver, which is maintained and used primarily for work - related transportation of
commuters for the purpose of ridesharing."
SECTION 4. Elements 1, 3, 4, 5, and 7, required by VCTC, are hereby
addressed within the Moorpark Zoning Ordinance by adding Article 12 entitled
Transportation Demand Management as follows:
"ARTICLE 12
TRANSPORTATION DEMAND MANAGEMENT
Section 8112 -1. For all residential, commercial and industrial
entitlement permits, as described in Section 8111 -2.1.1 of the Moorpark
Zoning Ordinance, the applicant shall provide, where feasible and
appropriate:
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8112 -1.1 Transit stop improvements, including but not limited to
bus pullouts, bus pads, or shelters, as required by the decision
making body or other agency.
8112 -1.2 Safe and convenient access for pedestrian and
bicyclists from the external circulation system to on -site buildings or
internal street/sidewalks.
Section 8112 -2. For all commercial and industrial entitlement
permits for developments serving 50 or more employees, the applicant shall
comply with the requirements as outlined within Section 8112 -1 and shall
include in the project design a transportation information board (see
definition, Section 8102 -0 of Ordinance Number 137) located where it is
likely to be seen by the greatest number of employees. Information on the
board shall include, but is not limited to, the following:
Current maps, routes and schedules for public transit routes
serving the site;
• Ridesharing promotion material supplied by commuter -
oriented organizations;
• Telephone numbers for referrals on transportation information
including numbers for the regional ridesharing agency, Dial -A-
Route, and local transit operators;
• Bicycle route and facility information, including regional /local
bicycle maps and bicycle safety information;
• A listing of facilities and services available for carpoolers,
vanpoolers, bicyclists, transit riders and pedestrians at the
site.
Section 8112 -3. All commercial and industrial entitlement permit
requests for developments serving 100 employees or more, shall identify
where employee parking will be located and the permit shall comply with
the requirements as outlined within Sections 8112 -1 and 8112 -2, and, to the
satisfaction of the City, shall provide all of the following measures:
Section 8112 -3. 1. Ten percent of the parking spaces
required by Article 8 of the Moorpark Zoning Ordinance (Ordinance
Number 137), shall be dedicated to carpool / vanpool spaces. All said
carpool /vanpool spaces shall be located in one location as close as
possible to the employee entrance. The carpool /vanpool spaces
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shall be designated by stenciling "carpool' in the stall; said lettering
shall be approved by the Director of Community Development. The
location of the carpool /vanpool parking spaces shall be identified on
the site plan upon the application for a development permit, to the
satisfaction of the City. A statement that preferential carpool /vanpool
spaces for employees are available and description of the method
for obtaining such spaces must be included on the required
transportation information board, Section 8112 -2.
Section 8112 -3. 2. Parking spaces reserved for vanpools
must be accessible to vanpool vehicles. The parking spaces shall
meet the parking requirements as outlined within Article 8 of the
Moorpark Zoning Ordinance.
Section 8112 -3. 1 All bicycle /motorcycle parking spaces
shall be located in one location as close as possible to the employee
entrance. The bicycle /motorcycle parking spaces shall be
designated by stenciling "bicycle" or "motorcycle" in the stall; said
lettering shall be approved by the Director of Community
Development.
Section 8112 -4. For all commercial and industrial entitlement
permits for developments serving 150 employees or more, the applicant
shall comply with the requirements as outlined within Section 8112 -1, 8112-
2, and 8112 -3, and shall provide all of the following measures to the
satisfaction of the City:
Section 8112 -4. 1. Sidewalks or other designed pathways following,
to the greatest extent feasible, direct and safe routes from the
external pedestrian circulation system to each, and between each,
building in the development.
Section 8112 -4. 2. Development design shall incorporate, showers,
changing rooms, and lockers for employees who bicycle, jog or walk
to work.
Section 8112 -4. 3. Development design shall incorporate, at a
minimum, lunchrooms, and ff feasible, cafeterias, eating
establishments or other facilities which will reduce the need for mid-
day driving.
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Section 8112 -5. For all residential developments of five hundred
(500) dwelling units or more, the applicant shall comply with the
requirements as outlined within Section 8112 -1, and shall comply with the
following measure to the satisfaction of the City:
Section 8112 -5. 1. Development design shall, to the greatest extent
possible, and as appropriate based on adjacent land use,
incorporate services such as dry cleaners, eating establishments,
child care facilities, grocery markets, neighborhood work centers and
other facilities which will reduce home -based vehicle trips and vehicle
miles traveled, and, if necessary, apply for a Zone Change to
accommodate such services."
SECTION 5. If any section, subsection, sentence, clause, phrase or word of this
Ordinance is for any reason held to be invalid or unconstitutional by any court of
competent jurisdiction, such decision shall not affect the validity or constitutionality of the
remaining portions of this Ordinance. The City Council hereby declares that it would
have passed and adopted this Ordinance and each and all portions thereof, irrespective
of the fact that any one or more of said portions may be declared invalid or
unconstitutional.
SECTION 6. This Ordinance shall become effective thirty (30) days after its
passage and adoption.
SECTION 7. The City Clerk shall certify to the passage and adoption of this
Ordinance by the City Council; shall enter the same in the book or original ordinances
of said City; shall make a minute of the passage and adoption thereof in the records of
the proceedings of the City Council at which the same is passed and adopted; and shall,
within fifteen (15) days after the passage and adoption thereof, cause the same to be
published in the Moorpark News - Mirror, a weekly newspaper of general circulation, as
defined in Section 6008 of the Government Code, for the City of Moorpark and which is
hereby designed for that purpose.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this 1st day ofDECEMBE 1993.
Mayor of the City of Moorpark, Calif rnia
E. Hare, City Clerk
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF VENTURA ) ss.
CITY OF MOORPARK )
I, Lillian E. Hare, City Clerk of the City of Moorpark,
California, do hereby certify under penalty of perjury that
the foregoing Ordinance No. 184 was adopted by the
City Council of the City of Moorpark at a meeting held on
the 1st day of _ DECEMBER , 1993, and that
the same was adopted by the following vote:
AYES: COUNCILMEMBERS HUNTER, MONTGOMERY, PEREZ AND MAYOR LAWRASON
NOES: NONE
ABSENT: COUNCILMEMBER WOZNIAK
ABSTAIN: NONE
WITNESS my hand and the official seal of said City
this __- -3rd - day of _ DECEMBER_ _ 1993
bill i.an E. Here
City Clerk
PAUL W LAWRASON JR SCOTT MONTGOMERY PATRICK HUNT f R BERNARDO M PEREZ JOHN E WOZNIAK
Mayor Mayor Pro Tern Counaimembo, Counalmomber Counalmernber
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