Ordinance 2277-98 - Laserfiche WebLink

characteristics of its business, its work force, or its location(s). An exemption may be granted if and only if the affected employer demonstrates that it faces an extraordinary circumstance,such as bankruptcy,and is unable to implement any measures that could reduce the proportion of SOV trips and VMT per employee. Employers contemplating exemption requests should notify the City in advance of program submission,and should negotiate a good-faith effort to comply with some of the required elements of the law. Exemptions may be granted by the City during the annual program review process. Everett will review all employers receiving exemptions as part of the annual review process, and will determine whether the exemption will be in effect during the following program year. Prior to implementation,an affected employer may request a modification of program goals from the City. Grounds for granting modification and the associated modification will be determined on a case-by-case basis and include the following: (1) An affected employer can demonstrate it requires significant numbers of its employees to use the vehicles they drive to work during the work day for work purposes. The employer shall provide documentation indicating how many employees meet these conditions and must demonstrate that no reasonable alternative commute mode exists for these employees and that the vehicles cannot reasonably be used for carpools or vanpools. Under this condition,the applicable goals will not be changed but those employees who need daily access to the vehicles they drive to work will not be included in the calculations of proportion of SOV trips and VMT per employee used to determine the employer's progress toward program goals. (2)An affected employer demonstrates that its worksite is contiguous with a CTR zone boundary and that the worksite conditions affecting alternative commute options are similar to those for employers in the adjoining CTR zone. Under this condition,the employer's worksite may be made subject to the same goals for VMT per employee and proportion of SOV trips as employers in the adjoining CTR zone. The employer may only request a modification based on these conditions prior to the CTR program implementation date. Modification may also be requested due to unanticipated conditions: (1) An affected employer demonstrates that opportunities for alternative commute modes do not exist due to factors related to the worksite, its work force, or characteristics of the business that are beyond the employer's control. (2) Affected employers whose worksite changes and that contribute substantially to traffic congestion in a CTR zone may request a program modification to seek alternative program goals. (3) any other condition that can be demonstrated by the affected employer to warrant a modification. The employer may not request a modification based on these three conditions until the first measurement year(1995). Goals for VMT per Employee and Proportion of SOV Trips The goals for January 1 of 1995, 1997, and 1999 for reducing SOV and VMT per employee are specified in RCW 70.94.527[4a] and [4g]to be 15,25,and 35 percent,respectively,from the 1992 base year values for a CTR zone. That is, the 1995 goal is 85 percent of the base year value, the 1997 goal is 75 percent of the base year value, and the 1999 goal is 65 percent of the base year value. 7