Desk Item Seminar on Traffic Reports Presented by Town Traffic Engineer, Mark WesselCOUNCIL AGENDA REPORT
DATE: September 28, 1998
TO: MAYOR AND TOWN COUNCIL
FROM: TOWN MANAGER
SUBJECT:
DISCUSSION:
MEETING DATE: 9/28/98
DESK ITEM
SEMINAR ON TRAFFIC REPORTS PRESENTED BY TOWN TRAFFIC ENGINEER.
MARK WESSEL
One of the requirements of the Congestion Management Agency is that the Town have an ordinance enforcing the Bay
Area Air Quality Management District rule on trip reduction requirements for large employers. The Town's ordinance
is found in Chapter 15, Article VIII of the Town Code (Attachment 7).
Traffic Impact Mitigation Fees were readopted by the Council as part of adopting Town -wide fees on June 3, 1996,
Resolution 1996-67. That resolution refers to Resolution 1994-55 (Attachment 8) for a complete description of the fees.
ATTACHMENTS:
7. Transportation Demand Ordinance.
8. Resolution 1994-55
LEB:TD
PREPARED BY: LEE E. BOWMAN
PLANNING DIRECTOR
Reviewed by:
Attorney Finance
Revised: 9/28/98 9:28 am
Reformatted: 10/23/95
ARTICLE VIII. TRANSPORTATION DEMAND MANAGEMENT
Sec. 15.80.010. Requirements.
(a) Within the Town of Los Gatos, the implementation of trip reduction and travel demand requirements
pursuant to Government Code Section 65089.3 shall be satisfied through the administration, implementation, and
enforcement by the Bay Area Air Quality Management District of District Regulation 13, Rule 1 ("Trip Reduction
Requirements for Large Employers").
(b) The Town of Los Gatos shall certify annually to the Congestion Management Agency that this ordinance
remains in effect.
(Ord. No. 1893, § I, 3-16-92; Ord. No. 1979, § I, 5-16-94)
ATTACHMENT 7
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RESOLUTION 1994-55
RESOLUTION OF THE TOWN COUNCIL
OF THE TOWN OF LOS GATOS
AMENDING TRAFFIC IMPACT MITIGATION FEES AND
RESCINDING RESOLUTIONS 1990-144 AND 1993-134
RESOLVED, the Town Council hereby establishes a traffic impact fee payable
pursuant to Chapter 37 of the Town Code as follows:
A. The fee for residential uses shall be calculated at 5600 per Average Daily Trip
(ADT), except that a secondary dwelling unit with a floor area of six hundred
(600) square feet or less shall be exempt from this fee.
B. The fee for medical office use shall be calculated at 5600 per ADT for the
first ten (10) trips and S120 per ADT thereafter.
C. The fee for all other uses shall be calculated at S600 per ADT for the first
ten (10) trips and S60 per ADT thereafter.
D. The Town Council may exempt housing developments for very low, low and
moderate income residents (as defined by Town Ordinance, General Plan, or
statute) from all or a portion of the traffic impact mitigation fee upon making
a finding that the development provides a significant community benefit by
meeting current needs for affordable housing. The exempted fees will be
made up from other sources of revenue. Traffic mitigation fees paid by other
developers will not be used to subsidize the exempted projects. Each year the
Town will identify how much money is to be allocated in the Capital
Improvement Program for traffic improvement projects. Additional revenue
sources will be identified to cover exempted fees.
E. Walk-in, impulse businesses, such as juice bars, yogurt shops and donut shops,
which do not serve meals, shall be considered Specialty Retail for purposes
of traffic impacts only.
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ATTACHMENT 8
F Traffic credit may be granted for an existing or former use. When applicable,
existing or former use traffic (ADT) shall be subtracted from the project
traffic prior to calculating the fee. The first ten trips of the difference will
be charged at the higher S600 per trip rate.
G. ADT is defined as the number of average daily trips associated with an
identified land use as determined or derived from the most recent edition of
Trip Generation by the Institute of Transportation Engineers or a Town
sponsored traffic study - whichever is less. The Town approved traffic study
will be paid for by the applicant.
FURTHER RESOLVED, this Resolution rescinds Resolution No. 1990-144 and
Resolution No. 1993-134.
PASSED AND ADOPTED at a regular meeting of the Town Council of the Town
of Los Gatos, California, held on the 4th day of April, 1994, by the following vote.
TOWN COUNCIL MEMBERS:
AYES: Joanne Benjamin, Steven Blanton, Linda Lubeck, Patrick O'Laughlin, and
Mayor Randy Attaway.
NAYS: None
ABSENT: None
ABSTAIN: None
SIGNED: /s/ Randy Attawav
MAYOR OF THE TOWN OF LOS GATOS
Al"IEST:
/s/ Marian V. Cosgrove
CLERK OF THE TOWN OF LOS GATOS
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