Bill Text: CA AB2008 | 2013-2014 | Regular Session | Chaptered

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Bill Title: Transit village plans: goods movement.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2014-07-07 - Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 88, Statutes of 2014. [AB2008 Detail]

Download: California-2013-AB2008-Chaptered.html

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BILL NUMBER: AB 2008	CHAPTERED
	BILL TEXT

	CHAPTER  88
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE  JULY 7, 2014
	APPROVED BY GOVERNOR  JULY 7, 2014
	PASSED THE SENATE  JUNE 26, 2014
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY  MAY 19, 2014
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MAY 7, 2014
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MARCH 28, 2014

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Quirk

                        FEBRUARY 20, 2014

   An act to amend Section 65460.2 of the Government Code, relating
to local planning.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 2008, Quirk. Transit village plans: goods movement.
   Existing law authorizes a city or county to prepare a transit
village plan for a transit village development district that
addresses specified characteristics, including, among other things,
demonstrable public benefits beyond the increase in transit usage
that include any 5 specified benefits.
   This bill would require the transit village plan to address
demonstrable public benefits beyond the increase in transit usage
including any 6 specified benefits. The bill would add as a public
benefit the minimization 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.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  SECTION 1.  Section 65460.2 of the Government Code is amended to
read:
   65460.2.  A city or county may prepare a transit village plan 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 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, including any six of the following:
   (1) Relief of traffic congestion.
   (2) Improved air quality.
   (3) Increased transit revenue yields.
   (4) Increased stock of affordable housing.
   (5) Redevelopment of depressed and marginal inner-city
neighborhoods.
   (6) Live-travel options for transit-needy groups.
   (7) Promotion of infill development and preservation of natural
resources.
   (8) Promotion of a safe, attractive, pedestrian-friendly
environment around transit stations.
   (9) Reduction of the need for additional travel by providing for
the sale of goods and services at transit stations.
   (10) Promotion of job opportunities.
   (11) Improved cost-effectiveness through the use of the existing
infrastructure.
   (12) Increased sales and property tax revenue.
   (13) Reduction in energy consumption.
   (14) Minimization 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.
   (g) Sites where a density bonus of at least 25 percent may be
granted pursuant to specified performance standards.
   (h) Other provisions that may be necessary, based on the report
prepared pursuant to subdivision (b) of former Section 14045, as
enacted by Section 3 of Chapter 1304 of the Statutes of 1990.