BILL ANALYSIS �
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ASSEMBLY THIRD READING
AB 2008 (Quirk)
As Amended May 7, 2014
Majority vote
NATURAL RESOURCES 5-0
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|Ayes:|Chesbro, Garcia, | | |
| |Muratsuchi, Stone, | | |
| |Williams | | |
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SUMMARY : Allows a city or county's transit village plan (TVP)
to designate loading and unloading facilities for commercial
space as a public benefit. Specifically, this bill :
1)For the requirement that a TVP address "demonstrable public
benefits beyond the increase in transit," expands the list of
13 public benefits to include the "[m]inimization of the
impact of goods movement on air quality, traffic, and public
safety through the provision of dedicated loading and
unloading facilities for commercial space."
2)Requires the TVP to include six items from the list of public
benefits (existing law requires five items).
EXISTING LAW :
1)Authorizes, under the Transit Village Development Planning Act
of 1994 (Act), a city or county to prepare a TVP for a transit
village development district that addresses the following
characteristics:
a) A neighborhood centered around a transit station that is
planned and designed so that residents, workers, shoppers,
and others find it convenient and attractive to patronize
transit;
b) A mix of housing types, including apartments, within not
more than one-half mile of the main entrance of the transit
station;
c) Other land uses, including a retail district oriented to
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the transit station and civic uses, including day care
centers and libraries;
d) Pedestrian and bicycle access to the transit station,
with attractively designed and landscaped pathways;
e) A transit system that should encourage and facilitate
intermodal service, and access by modes other than single
occupant vehicles;
f) Demonstrable public benefits beyond the increase in
transit usage;
g) Sites where a density bonus of at least 25% may be
granted pursuant to specified performance standards; and,
h) Other provisions that may be necessary, as specified.
2)To meet the requirement in f) above, requires a TVP to include
any five public benefits from the following list of 13
specified public benefits:
a) Relief of traffic congestion.
b) Improved air quality.
c) Increased transit revenue yields.
d) Increased stock of affordable housing.
e) Redevelopment of depressed and marginal inner-city
neighborhoods.
f) Live-travel options for transit-needy groups.
g) Promotion of infill development and preservation of
natural resources.
h) Promotion of a safe, attractive, pedestrian-friendly
environment around transit stations.
i) Reduction of the need for additional travel by providing
for the sale of goods and services at transit stations.
j) Promotion of job opportunities.
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aa) Improved cost-effectiveness through the use of the
existing infrastructure.
bb) Increased sales and property tax revenue.
cc) Reduction in energy consumption.
FISCAL EFFECT : None. This bill is keyed non-fiscal by the
Legislative Counsel.
COMMENTS : According to the author:
When commercial units do not have a dedicated loading
or unloading facility (such as a loading dock or
"reserved for deliveries" parking spot), delivery
vehicles must park where they can. In practice, this
often means double parking on smaller streets or in
median lanes on wider ones. On small streets, in
particular, they must often wait and idle, or drive
around the block several times while waiting for a
space to open. Double parked vehicles impede the flow
of traffic and pose a safety hazard, since they can
make it difficult to see cross traffic when
pedestrians cross, or when vehicles attempt to go
around.
The author's intent with this bill is to mitigate the
environmental and public safety concerns that may be associated
with delivery trucks that are faced with the issues described
above.
The goal of the transit village statutes is to develop mix-use
communities around transit stations (e.g., rail or light-rail
stations, bus stations, ferry terminals) that could, among other
things, relieve traffic congestion, improve air quality, and
reduce energy consumption. Because of the mix-use qualities of
transit villages, commercial units may not have the
infrastructure for delivery trucks.
Analysis Prepared by : Mario DeBernardo / NAT. RES. / (916)
319-2092
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