18.10.060 Provisions for commercial developers and developments.
A. All developers of applicable new commercial developments must submit a trip reduction checklist as part of the plan check process prior to the issuance of a development permit. The checklist shall identify proposed design elements and facilities that encourage alternative transportation usage.
B. The city shall consider the nature and size of the project when reviewing the trip reduction checklist and determine the necessary programs as part of the permit approval process. After review of the trip reduction checklist prepared by the developer, the city may impose trip reduction requirements to mitigate the impacts of the proposed development, except that any employee trip reduction program to be implemented by an employer shall be voluntary, not mandatory. Available trip reduction programs include, but are not limited to, the following:
1. Provide ridesharing, public transportation and nearby child care facility information to employees as part of orientation materials;
2. Provide on-site day care for customers and employees;
3. Provide on-site banking ATMs, restaurants, dry cleaners, grocery, and other typically needed services to reduce the need to travel. Link these uses with convenient pedestrian-oriented paths. Provide transit access that allows bus passengers convenient access to uses with a minimum of walking distance;
4. Locate building entrances close to bus stops with access uninterrupted by parking lots, parking aisles or interior roadways. Place parking at the rear of the development and the transit stop at the front of the development near the main entrance;
5. Provide employees with transit information with their paychecks. Provide on-site transit information displays;
6. Install bicycle racks and lanes, paths or routes;
7. Provide bus pull-outs, pedestrian access, transit stops, shelters and amenities as part of the development as described in the MST Development Review Guidebook or subsequent documents if development is on a current or proposed transit route;
8. Provide locked and secure alternative mode information kiosks;
9. Offer a parking cash-out program for employees;
10. Provide park-and-ride facilities within the development which are not limited to the site’s customers or employees;
11. Provide preferential parking for employees who rideshare;
12. Provide local TSM improvements defined as shuttle bus services/buspools or improved transit service as part of the development;
13. Provide facilities and policies to encourage telecommuting;
14. Provide pedestrian, bicycle and transit system improvements;
15. The city may require other measures to be added to or substituted for any or all of the above. (Ord. 96-17 § 2, 1996; Ord. 93-5 § 1, 1993)