12.13.150 Credit for transportation demand management (TDM) efforts.
A. Leadership Certificate. As public recognition for their efforts, employers with VMT per employee and proportion of SOV trips lower than the zone average will receive a Commute Trip Reduction Certificate of Leadership from the City.
B. Credit for Programs Implemented Prior to the Base Year. Employers with successful TDM programs implemented prior to the base year may be eligible to apply for program exemption credit, which exempts them from most program requirements.
1. Affected employers wishing to receive credit for the results of existing TDM efforts may do so by applying to the City within 90 days of the adoption of the ordinance providing for this chapter. Applications shall include data from a survey of employees or equivalent to establish the applicant’s VMT per employee and proportion of SOV trips. The survey or equivalent data shall conform to all applicable standards established in the CTR Task Force Guidelines.
2. The employer shall be considered to have met the first measurement goals if their VMT per employee and proportion of SOV trips are equivalent to a 12 percent or greater reduction from the final base year CTR zone values. This three-percentage-point credit applies only to the first measurement goals.
C. Program Exemption Credit. Affected employers may apply for program exemption credit for the results of past or current TDM efforts by applying to the City within 90 days of adoption of the applicable CTR ordinance, or as part of any annual report. Application shall include results from a survey of employees or equivalent information that establishes the applicant’s VMT per employee and proportion of SOV trips. The survey or equivalent information shall conform to all applicable standards established in the CTR Task Force Guidelines.
Employers that apply for credit whose VMT per employee and proportion of SOV trips are equal to or less than goals for one or more future goal years and who commit in writing to continue their current level of effort shall be exempt from the requirements of the ordinance providing for this chapter, except for the requirements to report performance in the measurement years (LMC 12.13.090(B)). If any of these reports indicate the employer does not satisfy the next applicable goal(s), the employer shall immediately become subject to all requirements of this chapter. [Ord. 501 § 3, 2009.]