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Ordinance No. 2241 Page 59 of 60 EXHIBIT C 18.88.035 Requirements for alternative vehicle parking. A. Alternative Vehicle Parking Requirements—Carpool/Vanpool, Car-Share, and Alternative- Fuel Vehicles. 1. Office and Industrial Development. All new construction, major alteration or enlargement of office and industrial facilities meeting the building size thresholds defined by subsection(A)(1)(a), shall designate at least 10 percent of the off-street parking spaces required by Section 18.88.030 of this chapter as stalls for carpool, vanpool, car-share, and alternative-fuel vehicles, as further specified below: a. Building Size Thresholds. The thresholds listed below shall be used to determine if a project is subject to the provisions of this subsection. Alternative thresholds may be proposed and will be subject to approval by the community development director. i. Office. All new construction, major alteration or enlargement of office facilities resulting in 30,000 square feet or more of gross floor area at one site shall be subject to the provisions of this subsection; ii. Industrial. All new construction, or major alteration or enlargement of industrial facility with 40,000 square feet of gross floor area or more at one site shall be subject to the provisions of this subsection. The applicability of projects having a mixture of office and industrial uses shall be determined by assuming one employee for each 300 square feet of gross floor area of office use, and one employee for each 400 square feet of gross floor area of industrial use. Projects totaling 100 or more employees shall be subject to the provisions of this chapter. b. For each 10 spaces of alternative vehicle parking required by this subsection, a minimum of one space shall be designated as a carpool stall and a minimum of one space as a vanpool stall. Six spaces shall be designated for additional carpool/vanpool vehicles, car-share vehicles, or alternative-fuel vehicles (including, but not limited to ethanol, biodiesel, fuel cell (hydrogen), natural gas vehicles)but not including hybrid or bi-fuel vehicles where one of the fuels is gasoline or diesel. The six spaces shall also be provided with electrical conduit and service capacity so that when demand warrants, as determined by the community development director, these spaces may be used for electric vehicle charging. C. All of the alternative vehicle parking spaces required under this subsection shall be preferentially located as close to the employee entrance as practical without displacing accessible parking and any designated customer or client parking.