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17.24,010 PURPOSE AND OBJECTIVE A. Purposes. In recognition of these findings, the City of Pleasanton does establish a TSM ordinance for the following purposes: 1. To reduce traffic impacts within the City and region by reducing both the number of vehicular trips and total vehicle miles travelled that might otherwise be generated by commuting. 2. To improve air quality by reducing air pollutant emissions that result from vehicle commute trips. 3. To reduce energy usage and ambient noise levels by reducing the number of vehicular trips, total vehicle miles travelled and traffic congestion. B. Goals This TSM ordinance shall have the following goals: 1. To maintain peak hour Levels of Service ("LOS") on City streets and intersections at no worse than LOS C for as long a period of time as feasible and to exceed mid-LOS D only after TSM measures have achieved a forty-five percent (45%) reduction in peak period employee commute trips at work sites required to have a TSM program. 2. To preclude peak hour LOS on City streets and intersections from reaching LOS E. 3. To reduce peak hour traffic volumes generated by employees permanently working within the City by a minimum of forty-five percent (45%) through use of employer developed TSM programs. a. To maximize the use of commute modes other than the single-occupancy, vehicle through cooperative development of city-wide programs and means. b. To minimize the percentage of employees travelling to and from work at the same time and during peak hour periods. 17.24.020 DEFINITIONS A. Alternative Work Hours Program: any system for shifting the work-day of an employee so that the work day starts and/or ends outside of the peak periods. Such programs include, but are not limited to: (1) compressed work weeks; (2) staggered work hours involving a shift in the set work hours of all employees at the workplace; and (3) flexible work hours involving individually determined 3