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THE ZONING REPOR~ Page Eight "A. Shared Ride/Subscription Bus Service Pro- gram: An e×ceptionito reduce required parking by up to 10%, based on sub:;tantiated projec- tions reducing parking demanJ, may be granted for any office, bu~ness or industrial building or complex contain.~ng not l,~ss that 50,000 sq ft of GFA, where t~e Petitioner has instituted or proposed to inqtitute a Shared Ride/Sub- scription Bus Servic~ Program_ which meets the following requirements: "1) The Petitioner i! participating or shall par- ticipate in an appro~r!ate crc pooling/subscrip- tion bus service prqgram established under the 'provisions of the Copnty . . . "2) Petitioner will obtain for lease to qualified employees, vans, buses, or o :her high passenger capacity vehicle~s~ f~r'the p~rpose of providing 'transportation o', ad~litional ~assengers. "3) Petitioner will ~.perate or hire vans, buses or other high passenger c~:pacity vehicles to provide exclusive 5r nonexclusive commuter transportation of e~,~_ployees from residential areas~ train stations for other transit terminals. ~'4) Petitioner shall !promote "third-party" em- ployee owned]lease~ and operated vans, buses or other high passenger capacity vehicle for the purpose of providing transportation of ad- ditional passengers. "B. Car Pooling Pro~ram: [Same language and qualifications allowi~{g-10% reduction of requir- ed parking space as !in 'A' above, for carpool- ing] . . . "which m~et the following require- ments: "1) Car pooling prog~ram shall be the specific of a d~signa--{-~-~ed individual or de- responsibility part m e nt. "2) Program shall provide an active matching service using manualtor automated matching of addresses and providi~ng employees with poten-- tial car pools (passible matching alone such as bulletin boards is notia.eceptable). "3) Program shall en~.eavor to register all ex- isting and ail new employees. "4) Program shall act}vely promote car pooling to employees throug~ newsletter posters and other media." [Du Page Co, Wheato~ ILl "Bicycle storage spaces shall be provided in industrial districts in accordance with the fol- lowing: "(a) Minimum spaces equal to 10% of the number of spaces required for automobiles, to be calculated by rounding up to the nearest whole number. "(b) Locking and cover to be provided for all required spaces. "(c) The spaces to be located a maximum of two times the distance between building en- trances used by automobile occupants and the nearest parking spaces to those entrances. "(d) Each space shall be a minimum length of 6 ft, a minimum width of 2 ft, and shall be provided with a minimum overhead clearance of 6 ft .... "[Eugene OR] IN THE NEXT FEW ISSUES . . . · . . Next month, as a major two-part topic, we provide a complete checklist for revising and updating your zoning and subdivision regula- tions for.. mobile home parks and uses. You re- ceive Part One in three weeks, on September 9th, then you get Part Two two weeks later on September 23rd. On October 21st, we discuss establishing a hierarchy of commercial and business zones. For November 18th: defining floor area, GFA, GLA and FAR as used in zoning codes. For December 16th: new ideas for density bonuses in PUDs. For January 20th: standards for vari- ances and special exceptions. We make every effort to present accurate in- formation and sound opinion in this report. However, we do not guarantee results, accu- racy, or assume liability for errors, omissions, or for information you may act upon. This pub- lication does not purport to be engaged in the practice of law or give legal advice, but is the opinion of the editor and publisher solely as a professional urban planner. August 19, 1994 issu~e