Ordinance - 1913ORDINANCE NO. 1913
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF WEST
COVINA, CALIFORNIA, AMENDING THE WEST COVINA MUNICIPAL
CODE, CHAPTER 26 (ZONING), TO ESTABLISH PROVISIONS,
DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS AND GUIDELINES FOR A TRANSPORTATION
DEMAND MANAGEMENT (TDM) ORDINANCE AND A LAND USE ANALYSIS
PROGRAM (LUAP) (AMENDMENT NO. 254).
WHEREAS, the Legislature of the State of California has found
that the lack of an integrated transportation system and the
increase in the number of vehicles are causing traffic congestion
that each day results in hundreds of thousands of hours lost in
traffic, tons of pollutants released into the air and millions of
dollars of added costs to the motoring public; and
WHEREAS, the Legislature has adopted legislation requiring the
preparation and implementation of a Congestion Management Program
("CMP") by county transportation commissions or other public
agencies of every county that includes an urbanized area; and
WHEREAS, the Metropolitan Transportation Authority ("MTA") is
responsible for the preparation of the CMP for Los Angeles County;
and
WHEREAS, the CMP must contain a trip reduction and travel
demand management element that promotes alternative transportation
methods, such as carpools, vanpools, transit, bicycles, walking and
park -and -ride lots, improvement in the balance between jobs and
housing, and other strategies, including flexible work hours, tele-
commuting and parking management programs; and
WHEREAS, the County and every city within the County is
required by state law to adopt and implement a Transportation
Demand Management (TDM) ordinance as an important element of the
Congestion Management Program to improve both traffic congestion
and air quality; and
WHEREAS, in addition to the TDM ordinance, the County and
every city within the County is required by state law to adopt and
implement a Land Use Analysis Program to analyze the impacts of
land use decisions on the regional transportation system, including
an estimate of the cost of mitigating associated impacts; and
WHEREAS, on November 24, 1992, the Planning Commission adopted
Resolution No. 11-92-4119, initiating an amendment to the zoning
code, to establish provisions, development standards and guidelines
for a transportation demand management (TDM) ordinance and a land
use analysis program (LUAP); and
WHEREAS, the Planning Commission did, on January 12, 1993,
conduct a duly advertised public hearing as prescribed by law; and
WHEREAS, the Planning Commission did, on January 12, 1993,
adopt Resolution No. 1-93-4132 recommending that the City Council
adopt Amendment No. 254; and
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of West Covina
considered evidence presented by the Planning Department, Planning
Commission, and other interested parties at a duly advertised
• public hearing on the 2nd day of February, 1993; and
WHEREAS, the oral and documentary evidence considered in
connection with the code amendment reveal the following facts:
1. In passing the CMP, the State Legislature noted
increasing concern that urban congestion was impacting
the economic vitality of the state and diminishing the
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quality of life in many communities.
2. As the auto capital of the world, Los Angeles has one of
the world's largest freeway and roadway systems, and is
iknown as the city with the worst air quality in the
!'T nation.
3. Population growth in the Los Angeles region is projected
to increase 40% in the next 20 years (SCAG).
4. In order to appropriately and successfully plan for these
challenges, new transportation modes and strategies other
than the single occupant automobile must be provided if
Los Angeles is to achieve mobility, air quality goals and
promote its economic vitality.
5. As a major step in addressing the above issues and in
order to comply with the CMP, the City wishes to adopt
the model TDM ordinance and the Land Use Analysis Guide-
lines as contained in the Congestion Management Plan
adopted November 18, 1992 by the Los Angeles County
Transportation Commission.
6. Because the CMP is an evolving program which will be
developed incrementally, as experience is gained through
its implementation, this TDM ordinance and Land Use
Analysis Program may be amended or superseded from time
to time, as necessary to meet congestion and air quality
goals.
7. In order to use the existing and planned transportation
infrastructure more efficiently, maintain or improve
traffic levels of service, and lower motor vehicle
emissions, it is the policy of the City of West Covina,
as implemented through the TDM ordinance, to minimize the
number of peak period vehicle trips generated by addi-
tional development, promote the use of alternative
transportation, improve air quality and participate in
regional and countywide efforts to improve transportation
demand management.
8. The Land Use Analysis Program is designed to build on the
existing California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA)
process in identifying the impact of development on the
CMP system.
9. The purpose of Land Use Analysis Program to ensure that
the City, in addition to examining and mitigating
transportation impacts on the local street network,
considers the regional transportation impact of new
development through the land use approval process.
10. Integrated with CEQA, this program is designed to provide
a consistent, countywide methodology, to determine the
impact of new development on the CMP roadway system. It
is the intent of this program to promote increased
coordination between jurisdictions, transit providers,
local decision -makers and interested parties, and thereby
• enhancing countywide mobility and improving air quality.
11. All development projects required to prepare an
Environmental Impact Report(EIR) based on the City's
determination, will be subject to the land use analysis
program. In addition to the procedural guidelines
already established by CEQA, traffic and transit impacts
shall be assessed using the "Transportation Impact
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Analysis" methods contained in the Los Angeles County
Congestion Management Program and/or Planning Commission
Resolution No. 1-93-4135.
12. The provisions, development standards and guidelines of
the TDM ordinance and Land Use Analysis Program shall be
incorporated within appropriate Articles of the zoning
code, West Covina CEQA Resolution No. 8648, the Planning
Commission Resolution No. 2513 "Design Standards for Off -
Street Parking Facilities", and a Planning Commission
Resolution for a Land Use Analysis Program.
13. Said provisions, development standards and guidelines of
the TDM Ordinance and the Land Use Analysis Program are
consistent with the goals and objectives of the City's
General Plan.
NOW, THEREFORE, the City Council of the City of West Covina
does ordain as follows:
Section No. 1: Based on the evidence presented and the
findings set forth, Amendment No. 254 is hereby approved as
consistent with and serves to further implement the General Plan.
Section No. 2: Based on the evidence presented and the
findings set forth, Chapter 26 (Zoning) is hereby amended to read
as follows:
ARTICLE X. NONRESIDENTIAL ZONES
DIVISION 3. DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS
Sec. 26-566 through 26-580 shall remain the same.
Sec. 26-581. Off-street parking - General requirements.
(a) Generally: All parking areas in nonresidential zones shall
conform to the requirements set forth in planning commission
Resolution No. 2513 and article XIV, division 2.
(b) Location: Off-street parking facilities shall be located as
hereinafter specified hereinafter, and shall also comply with
article IVX, division 2. Where a distance is specified, such
distance shall be the walking distance measured from the nearest
point of the parking facility to the nearest point of the building
that such facilities are required to serve:
(1) For hospitals, sanitariums, homes for the aged, asylums,
orphanages, rooming houses, lodging houses, club rooms,
fraternity and sorority houses, not more than one hundred
fifty (150) feet from the building they are required to serve;
and
(2) For uses other than those specified above, not over three
hundred (300) feet from the building they are required to
serve.
Subsections 26-581 (c) through (j) shall remain the same.
Sec. 26-582. Same -Nonresidential zones except PAR.
The following off-street parking spaces shall be provided in non-
residential zones except PARS-. Any employee parking area shall
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Sec. 26-582 (a) through (p) shall remain the same.
Sec. 26-583. Same - PAR Zone only.
01 Sec. 26-583 (a) and (b) shall remain the same.
Sec. 26-583 (c) The following guide shall be used to determine
parking requirements:-. Any employee parking area shall comply with
the definitions and standards outlined in article XIV, division 2
of this chapter.
ARTICLE XIV. SUPPLEMENTAL PLANNING REQUIREMENTS
DIVISION 2. Transportation and Air Quality Control Measures
Section. 26-751.1000. Purpose.
The purpose of this division is to link land use, transportation,
and air quality decisions; minimize the number of peak period
_vehicle trips generated by additional development; to promote the
use of alternative transportation; to improve air quality; maintain
the economic vitality of the region; and by the participation in
Section. 26-751.1100. Transportation Demand Management Ordinance
A. Purpose.
The Purpose of this section is to adopt and implement a Trip
Reduction and Travel Demand Management Ordinance that promotes
alternative transportation methods, such as carpools, vanpools,
transit, bicycles, walking and park -and -ride lots, improvement in
the balance between jobs and housing, and other strategies,
including flexible work hours, telecommuting and parking management
programs, as necessary to meet congestion and air quality goals.
B. Definitions.
The following words or phrases shall have the following meanings
when used in this division:
L11 "Alternative Transportation" means the use of modes of
transportation other than the single passenger motor Vehicle,
including but not limited to Carpools, Vanpools, Buspools,
public transit, walking and bicycling.
LZ1 "Applicable Development" means any development project that is
determined to meet or exceed the project size threshold
criteria contained in Section 3 of this division.
(3) "Buspool" means a Vehicle carrying sixteen or more passengers
commuting on a regular basis to and from work with a fixed
route, according to a fixed schedule.
JAI "Carpool" means a Vehicle carrying two to six persons
commuting together to and from work on a regular basis.
• L51 "The California Environmental Quality Act (CEOA)," a statute
that requires all jurisdictions in the State of California to
evaluate the extent of environmental degradation posed by
proposed development.
u "Developer" shall mean the builder who is responsible for the
planning, design and construction of an applicable development
project. A developer may be responsible for implementing the
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provisions of this division as determined by the property
owner.
in "Development" means the construction or addition of new
building square footage. Additions to buildings which existed
prior to the adoption of this division and which exceed the
thresholds defined in Section 26-751.1400. shall comply with
the applicable requirements but shall not be added cumula-
tively with existing square footage; existing square footage
shall be exempt from these requirements. All calculations
shall be based on gross square footage.
Li "Employee Parking Area" means the portion of total required
parking at a development used by on -site employees. Unless
specified in sections 26-582 and 26-583 of this Chapter,
employee parking shall be calculated as follows:
Type of Use
Commercial
Office/Professional
Industrial/Manufacturing
Percent of Total Required
Parking Devoted to Employees
30%
85%
90%
(9) "Preferential Parking" means 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.
10 "Property Owner" means the legal owner of a Development who
serves as the lessor to a tenant. The Property Owner shall be
responsible for complying with the provisions of the division
either directly or by delegating such responsibility as
appropriate to a tenant and/or his or her agent.
quality in the South Coast Air Basin (the non -desert portions
of Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside, and San Bernardino
Counties).
12 "Tenant" means the lessee of facility space at an applicable
development project.
13 I "Transportation Demand Management (TDM)" means 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 them altogether
(as is the case in telecommuting or compressed work weeks).
14 "Trip Reduction" means reduction in the number of work -related
trips made by single occupant vehicles.
15 "Vanpool" means a Vehicle carrying seven or more persons
carry seven to fifteen adult passengers, and on a prepaid
subscription basis.
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16 "Vehicle" means any motorized form of transportation,
including but not limited to automobiles, vans, buses and
motorcycles.
C. Review of Transit Impacts.
based on a local determinations regional and municipal fixed -route
transit operators providing service to the project shall be
identified and consulted with. Projects for which a Notice of
Preparation (NOP) for a Draft EIR has been circulated pursuant to
the provisions of CEOA prior to the effective date of this division
shall be exempted from its provisions. The "Transit Impact Review
Worksheet", contained in the Los Angeles County Congestion Manage-
ment Program Manual, or Planning Commission Resolution No. 1-93-
4135, shall be used in assessing impacts. Pursuant to the
Provisions of CEOA, transit operators shall be sent a NOP for all
contemplated EIR's and shall, as part of the NOP process, be given
opportunity to comment on the impacts of the project, to identify
recommended transit service or capital improvements which may be
required as a result of the project, and to recommend mitigation
measures which minimize automobile trips on the CMP network.
Impacts and recommended mitigation measures identified by the
transit operator shall be evaluated in the Draft Environmental
Impact Report prepared for the project. Related mitigation
measures adopted shall be monitored through the mitigation
monitoring requirements of CEOA.
Phased development Droiects, development Droiects subiect to a
development agreement, or development projects requiring subsequent
approvals, need not repeat this process as long as no significant
changes are made to the project. It shall remain the discretion of
the lead agency to determine when a project is substantially the
same and therefore covered by a previously certified EIR.
D. Transportation Demand and Trip Reduction Measures
(1L Applicability of Requirements. Prior to approval of any
development project, the applicant shall make provisions for, as a
minimum, all of the following applicable transportation demand
management and trip reduction measures.
This division shall not apply to Droiects for which a development
application has been deemed "complete" by the City pursuant to
Government Code Section 65943, or for which a Notice of Preparation
for DEIR has been circulated or for which an application for a
building Dermit has been received. Drior to the effective date of
this division.
All facilities and improvements constructed or otherwise required
shall be maintained in a state of good repair.
LL Development Standards.
(a) Non -Residential development of 25,000 square feet or more
shall provide the following to the satisfaction of the City:
(1) A bulletin board, display case, or kiosk displaying
trans ortation information located where the greatest
number of employees are likely to see it. Information in
the area shall include, but is not limited to, the
following•
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a. Current maps, routes and schedules for public
transit routes serving the site:
b. Telephone numbers for referrals on transportation
information including numbers for the regional
ridesharing agency and local transit operators;
C. Ridesharing promotional material supplied by
commuter -oriented organizations;
d. Bicycle route and facility information, including
regional/local bicycle maps and bicycle safety
information:
e. A listing of facilities available for carpoolers,
vanpoolers, bicyclists, transit riders and
pedestrians at the site.
M Non -Residential development of 50,000 square feet or more
shall comply with Section 26-751.1300.B. (1) above and shall provide
all of the following measures to the satisfaction of the City:
_Lli_ Not less than 10% of employee parking area, shall be
located as close as is practical to the employee
entrance(s), and shall be reserved for use by potential
carpool/vanpool vehicles, without displacing handicapped
and customer parking needs. This preferential carpool/
vanpool parking area shall be identified on the site plan
upon application for building permit, to the satisfaction
of City. A statement that preferential carpoollvanpool
spaces for employees are available and a description of
the method for obtaining such spaces must be included on
the required transportation information board. Spaces
will be signed/striped as demand warrants; provided that
at all times at least one space for projects of 50,000
square feet to 100,000 square feet will be signedistriped
for carpool/vanpool vehicles.
121 Preferential parking spaces reserved for vanpools must be
accessible to vanpool vehicles. When located within a
parking structure, a minimum vertical interior clearance
of 7' 2" shall be provided for those spaces and accessways
to be used by such vehicles. Adequate turning radii and
parking space dimensions shall also be included in van -
pool parking areas. Compliance with this minimum
vertical clearance standard is not intended to relieve
Disabilities Act or Title 24, State of California Enercfy/
Insulation Regulations and Handicapped Persons Standards.
Bicycle racks or other secure bicycle parking shall be
provided to accommodate 4 bicycles per the first 50,000
square feet of non-residential development and 1 bicycle
per each additional 50,000 square feet of non-residential
development. Calculations which result in a fraction of
0.5 or higher shall be rounded uD to the nearest whole
• number. A bicycle parking facility may also be a fully
enclosed space or locker accessible only to the owner or
operator of the bicycle, which protects the bike from
inclement weather. Specific facilities and location
(e.g., provision of racks, lockers, or locked room) shall
be to the satisfaction of the City.
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the city:
• (1) A safe and convenient zone in which vanpool an
d nd carpool
vehicles may deliver or board their passengers
(2) Sidewalks or other designated pathways following direct
and safe routes from the external pedestrian circulation
system to each building in the development
III If determined necessary by the City to mitigate the
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Providers in determining appropriate improvements. When
Safe and convenient access from the external system to
bicycle parking facilities onsite
E. Transportation Demand and Trip Reduction Measures Monitoring.
All development proiects for which an Environmental Impact Report
(EIR) will be prepared pursuant to the requirements of the
California Environmental Quality Act (CEOA) and for which all
applicable demand management and trip reduction measures are
required per this division shall comply with the Mitigation
Monitoring Program and Enforcement of Mitigation Measures as
established within Section 9 of the City"s CEOA Resolution as
adopted and amended
F. Transportation Demand and Trip Reduction Measures Enforcement.
No person shall violate or fail to comply with any or all of the
applicable demand management and trip reduction measures as
required per this division and as enforceable as conditions of
approval of the unclassified use permit precise plan or other
discretionary approvals) for the project Should the developer,
all of this division may result in the revocation of the
Certificate of Occupancy and/or Business License
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Section 26-751.1200
all CMP TDM ORDINANCE REQUIREMENTS
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TDM REQUIREMENTS NEW NON-RESIDENTIAL
DEVELOPMENT
25,000+ 50,000+ 100,000+
Square Feet Square Feet Square Feet
(30-100 empl) 60-200 empl) (125-400 empl)
Transportation Information Area
11 Preferential Carpool/Vanpool Parking
Parking Designed to Admit Vanpools
Bicycle Parking
Carpool/Vanpool Loading Zones
Efficient Pedestrian Access
11 Bus Stop Improvements
Safe Bike Access from Street to Bike
Parking
Transit Review FOR ALL RESIDENTIAL AND NON-
RESIDENTIAL PROJECTS SUBJECT
TO EIR
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Section 26-751.1300. Land Use Analysis Program
J A. Purpose.
J
The purpose of this section is to adopt and implement a Land Use
Analysis Program to ensure that the city, in addition to examining
and mitigating transportation impacts on the local street network
considers the regional transportation impact of new development
through the land use approval process Integrated with CEOA this
program is designed to provide a consistent countywide method-
ology, to determine the impact of new development on the CMP
roadway system. It is the intent of this program to promote
increased coordination between jurisdictions transit providers
B. Applicability of Requirements.
All development projects required to prepare an Environmental
Impact Report(EIR) based on the city's determination will be
subiect to the land use analysis program In addition to the
Procedural guidelines already established by CEOA traffic and
transit impacts shall be assessed using the "Transportation Impact
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4135.
Section No. 3: Based upon the findings of an initial study
conducted for Amendment No. 254, it was determined that the adverse
significant environmental impacts, and a Negative Declaration of
Environmental Impact was prepared.
Section No. 4: The City Clerk shall certify to the passage of
this ordinance and shall cause the same to be published as required
by law.
PASSED AND APPROVED this 16th day of February, 1993.
Mayor
ATTEST:
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City Clerk
PASSED AND APPROVED this 16th day of February, 1993.
Mayor
ATTEST:
City Clerk
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I, hereby certify that the foregoing Ordinance was duly
adopted by the City Council of the City of West Covina, California,
at a regular meeting thereof held on 16th day of February 1993, by
the following vote:
AYES: Manners, Jennings, Herfert, McFadden, Wong
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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City Attorney
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CERTIFICATION
I, JANET BERRY, Deputy City Clerk of the City of West Covina, State
of California, do hereby certify that a true and accurate copy of
Ordinance No. / /9 was published, pursuant to law, in the San
Gabriel Valley Tribune, a newspaper of general circulation
published and circulated in the City of West Covina.
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