Item 7: Action: Ordinance on Infill Compatibility Standards Code Amendments

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proposed agreement. The city’s role would be to review and approve the initial agreement, and perform ongoing enforcement on a complaint basis (see explanation of enforcement procedures under question 3 below). A revised version of the car-sharing code language option is attached. Revisions to subsection 2 make it more clear what is required of the applicant. If included in the ordinance, this parking space credit would provide an incentive for a developer to try car-sharing as a transportation strategy. It should be noted however, that the ability to reduce the number of parking spaces by up to 50% already exists in the code for developments that propose a Transportation Demand Management (TDM) plan. Car sharing could be a strategy employed by a TDM plan; however, TDM plans are typically submitted by large organizations as opposed to individual developments, as they require a Traffic Impact Analysis to be prepared by an engineer and approved through a Type II (Planning Director decision) land use approval process. 2.Would students get reduced rent, or paid membership, for joining a car-share? Are there examples of cities similar in size to Eugene, with a large university, using car- sharing? In the Eugene Rentals example, residents of Alder Commons are receiving paid memberships as a benefit of living there. Other examples of car-sharing programs on university campuses include Portland State and Linfield College in McMinnville. In addition, Ashland Car Share was launched this summer, and numerous cities in Canada (Victoria, Vancouver, Toronto), along with every major US city, have growing car-sharing programs. Austin Car Share is a non-profit organization serving multiple markets in Austin, Texas. In the University Neighborhood Overlay district, developers providing shared cars are eligible for a 40% reduction in required parking spaces. The vehicles may also park at city parking meters free of charge. More information about Austin Car Share can be found at http://www.austincarshare.org/. 3.Can car-sharing be tied to membership, as a performance measure? How will the city enforce the requirements if an agreement lapses? Will the neighbors have to find out about it and report it? More broadly, is ICS proposing a different approach to enforcement, which is currently challenging and complaint driven? Because the terms of agreements and contracts vary widely from city to city and from one car sharing organization to another, most municipalities require the developer to demonstrate how the program will be administered . The proposed draft language for Eugene requires the developer to demonstrate how the program will be administered by requiring submittal and recording of the agreement between the developer or property manager and a professional car-sharing organization. Once the agreement is recorded, it is the property owner’s responsibility to adhere to the requirements within it. Currently, agreements such as those for car-sharing are enforced on a complaint-basis. If the car ceases to be parked in its parking place, for example, a complaint would be investigated and appropriate follow up action taken. In such a case, the city would require the owner to come into parking compliance and would assist in outlining options for doing so.