32.40.090 Program exemptions, employee exemptions and modifications of CTR goals.
(1) Affected employers may request CTR program exemptions or modifications. DPW shall review such requests and notify the employer of its decision in writing within 30 days of receipt of a written request for a program exemption or modification. DPW will review a request for CTR exemptions or modifications in accordance with procedures and criteria identified in the CTR Task Force Guidelines. DPW shall review annually all affected employers receiving program exemptions or modifications and shall determine whether they will remain in effect during the following program year.
(a) A total program exemption may be granted if and only if an affected employer demonstrates that it faces an extraordinary circumstance, such as bankruptcy, and is unable to implement any measures that would reduce the proportion of SOV trips and VMT per employee.
(b) Specific employees or groups of employees who are required to drive alone to work as a condition of employment may be exempted from a worksite’s CTR program. Exemptions may also be granted for employees who work variable shifts throughout the year and who do not rotate as a group through identical shifts. Under this condition the applicable CTR goals will not be changed; instead exempted employees will not be included in the calculations of proportion of SOV trips and VMT per employee used to determine the affected employer’s progress.
(2) Any affected employer may request from the county a modification of CTR goals. Such request shall be made in writing at least 60 days prior to the date the worksite is required to submit its program description and annual report. The CTR goal modification request must clearly explain why the worksite is unable to achieve the applicable goal. The worksite must also demonstrate that it has implemented all of the elements contained in its approved CTR program. Modifications of CTR goals may not be requested until one year after the county approval of the affected employer’s initial program description and annual report. (Added by Ord. 92-163, Feb. 24, 1993; Amended by Ord. 93-140, Dec. 20, 1993, Eff date Dec. 30, 1993; Amended by Ord. 99-018 § 10, Mar. 24, 1999, Eff date Apr. 5, 1999).