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RESOLUTION NO. 87-12
A RESOLUTION OF THE SOUTH COAST AIR QUALITY MANAGEMENT
DISTRICT BOARD RECOMMENDING THAT CITIES AND COUNTIES INCLUDE
AN AIR QUALITY ELEMENT IN THEIR GENERAL PLANS.
WHEREAS, to assist the Board of Directors of the South
Coast Air Quality Management District in fulfilling its
responsibilities with regard to attainment of the federal
and state air quality standards, said Board desires that
cities and counties within said District include an air
quality element in their general plans; and
WHEREAS, cities and counties within California are
required by state law to prepare and to periodically review
and revise, as necessary, a general plan; and
WHEREAS, cities and counties are also required to
implement their general plans by actions, including the use
of zoning and subdivision ordinances, and are also required
to promote the coordination of their general plans with the
plans and programs of other public agencies; and
WHEREAS, the Air Quality Management Plan, jointly
prepared by the SCAQMD and the Southern California
Association of Governments (SCAG), is one of the plans with
which cities and counties must coordinate their efforts in
the preparation and implementation of their general plans;
and
WHEREAS, state law authorizes cities and counties to
include an air quality element as part of their general
plans; and
WHEREAS, the State Office of Planning and Research
(OPR) has pUbliShed General Plan Guidelines for use by
cities and counties in which OPR advises that, where direct
technological controls on stationary and mobile sources are
insufficient to attain and maintain air quality health
standards, local governments must adopt land use and
transportation controls that will reduce air pollution; and
WHEREAS, the SCAQMD and SCAG provide technical
assistance to juriSdictions in developing and adopting
ordinances, regulations and procedures for implementing land
use and transportation controls that will reduce air
pollution; 'lnd
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WHEREAS, a number of cities and counties in other
Districts in California have already adopted an air quality
element as a part of their general plans;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the South Coast
Air Quality Management District Board of Directors
recommends that cities and counties in the South Coast Air
Basin amend their general plans to include an air quality
element which will assure that air quality considerations
are fully examined and that air quality is enhanced as a
result of actions taken in compliance with the general plan;
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this Resolution
be transmitted to each city and county within the South
Coast Air Basin.
AYES:
Berg, Caretto, Dastrup, Heinsheimer, Mountford,
Quadri, Schiller, VOlmert, Wedaa, Zafman and
Youglove
NOES:
NONE
ABSENT:
Herron and Vasquez
DATED: June 5. 1987
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SUGGESTED AIR QUALITY ACTIONS FOR LOCAL JURISDICTIONS
1. Land Use and Code Requirements
o Allowing mixed land uses
o Infilling (increased densities)
o Allowing maximum parking requirements instead of minimum
number of parking spaces
o Providing jobs/hOUSIng balance
o Limitations on housing units
o Recognizin~ sensitive receptors (e.g., schools and hospitals)
o Facility desIgn (e.g., improved access and egress from offices,
shoppIng centers, etc.; restricting location of drive-up facilities)
o Require or encourage good maintenance practices at development
and construction sites
o Reducing or restricting areas used by off-road vehicles
o Traffic flow improvements
o Traffic signalization
2. Parking Management
Eliminating or restricting on-street parking in non-residential
neighborhoods
Mandatory parking fees for parking lots
Increased use of parking meters
Requiring preferential parking for carpools and vanpools in all
parking lots
3. Employer Inducements
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o Working with employers to establish neighborhood or employer
center van pool programs
o Establish shuttle bus routes between local transit centers and
concentrated business populations
o Encouraging participation in local Transportation Management
Organizations
o Work with local transit agencies to improve transit into and within the
jurisdiction
o Work with District and local employers to implement Regulation XV
requirements
o Encouraging alternative work hours programs
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4. Model Programs
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Alternative work hours
Clean fuels program for local operations
Energy conservation
Use of low-reactivity coatings and paints in city/county projects
Street-cleaning programs to reduce surface particulates ,
Use of buffer zones, screens, and windbreaks to reduce wind-blown
particulates
Maintenance of open spaces to reduce particulates
Discouraging use of gasoline-powered lawn and garden equipment
and chain saws
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5. Coordination with Local Agencies and Jurisdictions
o Notifying District of business changes through business licensing and
permit system
o Working with surrounding jurisdictions to coordinate land use and
development, and transit corridors
o Working with District, SCAG, and local counties to update General
Plans, make them internally consistent, and include an Air Quality
Element or air quality overlay criteria
WHAT CmES CAN DO TO HELP REDUCE AIR POLLUTION:
TIlE CLEAN CmES PlAN
What can District Cities do to help reduce air pollution? By using their authority to encourage and/or
require organizations and people within their jurisdictions to. adopt measures in suppo" of clean air,
Clean Cities can playa major role in the battle against smog.
Your city can become a Oean City by...
o Adopting municipal resolutions and ordinances in suppo" of
o Municipal transponation planning. including
o Commuter transponation planning (Reg XV)
o Trip reduction programs
o Ridesharing programs
o Public transponation
o Walking and bicycling
o Off-peak hour truck delivery schedules
o Staggering work schedules to reduce traffic congestion during peak
commuter hours
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o Synchronization of traffic signals to improve traffic flow
Limiting the use of throwaway plastic packaging and containers
Encouragins individual citizens to avoid using consumer products that contnbute
to air pollUllOn, including
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Paints and coatings with high VOC (Volatile Organic Compound) content
Gasoline-powereo lawn mowers, leaf blowers and other similar equipment
Personal care products with chJoroflurocarbons and other "blowing agents"
that erode the stratospheric ozone layer
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Purchasing low-polluting clean fuel (e.g., methanol) municipal fleet vehicles
Replacing gasoline-powered public maintenance equipment (e.g., leaf blowers, grass
cutters, tree trimming equipment, etc.) with clean fuel alternatives
Using paints and coatings low in VOC (Volatile Organic Compound) content
Requiring local businesses to comply with District rules and regulations as a condition of
doing business
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Maintaining contact with the District's Intergovernmental Affairs Office to keep abreast
of pending State and Federal air pollution legislation
Contacting State and Federal legislators to express suppo" for legislation in SUPPO" of
clean air
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For more information about the Oean Cities Plan, please contact Eugene L Fisher, the South Coast
Air Quality Management District's Intergovernmental Affairs Officer. at (818) 572-6409.