Bill Text: CA AB2509 | 2009-2010 | Regular Session | Amended

California Assembly Bill 2509 (Prior Session Legislation)

Bill Title: Transit village plan.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2010-08-30 - Withdrawn from committee. Ordered to third reading. To inactive file on motion of Senator Price. [AB2509 Detail]

Download: California-2009-AB2509-Amended.html

BILL NUMBER: AB 2509	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  APRIL 8, 2010

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Hayashi

                        FEBRUARY 19, 2010

    An act relating to transportation.   An act
to amend Section 65460.2 of the Government Code, relating to transit
facilities. 



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 2509, as amended, Hayashi.  Bicycles: parking.
  Transit village plan. 
   Existing law authorizes a city or county to create a transit
village plan for a transit village development district. Existing law
authorizes a city or county to prepare a transit village plan for a
transit village development district that addresses specified
characteristics.  
   This bill would revise the list of specified characteristics that
a transit village plan may address to add, among other things, other
land uses, including educational facilities, that provide direct
linkages for people traveling to and from primary and secondary
education schools, community colleges, and universities. 

   Existing law establishes various bicycle and other programs
related to nonmotorized transportation within the Department of
Transportation.  
   This bill would state the intent of the Legislature to enact
legislation that would decrease traffic congestion and carbon
emissions by promoting the use of alternative modes of transportation
through, among other things, requiring owners of buildings to
provide bicycle parking. 
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no.
State-mandated local program: no.


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 a quarter mile of the exterior boundary of the parcel on which
the transit station is located.
   (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 five 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) Promote economic development and job creation. 
   (g) Sites where a density bonus of at least 25 percent may be
granted pursuant to specified performance standards. 
   (h) Other land uses, including educational facilities, that
provide direct linkages for people traveling to and from primary and
secondary education schools, community colleges, and universities.
 
   (h) 
    (i)  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. 
  SECTION 1.    It is the intent of the Legislature
to enact legislation that would decrease traffic congestion and
carbon emissions by promoting the use of alternative modes of
transportation through, among other things, requiring owners of
buildings to provide bicycle parking.