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SECTION 35: That Ordinance No. 1671-89 as amended by Section 4 of Ordinance 1793-91 and Section 56 of Ordinance No. 2397-99 (EMC 19.34.070 D) which reads in part as follows: D. Transportation Management Plan for Large Employers. The planning director is authorized, using Review Process II.B, to either require or allow a reduction in the number of off-street parking spaces required by this title for businesses or employment areas that employ more than one hundred persons, based upon a transportation management plan which is addressed in the SEPA environmental review process and approved by the city. The transportation management plan shall include specific traffic reduction measures and incentives such as preferential parking for high occupancy vehicles, increased public transit usage, ride-share/ride-match programs, shift schedules and other traffic/parking reduction measures which will assure that the lower number of off-street parking spaces is sufficient to accommodate the actual parking demand. As part of the approval of any parking reduction, the city may establish penalty provisions for businesses that fail to reduce the parking demand to the extent required by the city. BE AND THE SAME IS HEREBY AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS: D. Transportation Management Plan for Large Employers. The planning director is authorized, using the review process described in the City's Local Project Review Procedures Ordinance, to either require or allow a reduction in the number of off-street parking spaces required by this title for businesses or employment areas that employ more than one hundred persons, based upon a transportation management plan which is addressed in the SEPA environmental review process and approved by the city. The transportation management plan shall include specific traffic reduction measures and incentives such as preferential parking for high occupancy vehicles, increased public transit usage, ride-share/ride-match programs, shift schedules and other traffic/parking reduction measures which will assure that the lower number of off-street parking spaces is sufficient to accommodate the actual parking demand. As part of the approval of any parking reduction, the city may establish penalty provisions for businesses that fail to reduce the parking demand to the extent required by the city. SECTION 36: That Ordinance No. 1671-89 as amended by Section 59 of Ordinance No. 2397-99 (EMC 19.34.090 B and C) which reads in part as follows: B. Every hotel, office building, restaurant, assembly structure or similar use shall provide truck loading and unloading berths according to the following standards, except in the B-3 zone or when such use is being reviewed using Review Process III.B or V.B: Aggregate Gross Floor Area Number of Berths 20,000 to 50,000 sq. ft. 1 50,000 to 100,000 sq. ft. 2 Above 100,000 sq. ft. 1 for each additional 50,000 sq. ft. 27