§ 5.42.020. Definitions.

The following terms when used herein with initial capital letters, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise, shall have the following respective meanings:

A.

"Board" means the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors.

B.

"CAO" means the Chief Administrative Officer of the County appointed by the Board pursuant to the Los Angeles County Code.

C.

"Civic Center" means the area bounded by Fremont Avenue, 1st Street, Spring Street, and the 101 Freeway.

D.

"County" means the County of Los Angeles and (1) any governmental entity of which the Board is the governing body, and (2) the Los Angeles County Municipal Courts and the Los Angeles County Superior Court to the extent the operation of this Plan in said courts is otherwise authorized by state law or rules of court.

E.

"Double Shift" means two successive eight-hour work periods implemented by a department, the first of which starts at or before 6:00 a.m. and the second of which starts at or after 2:00 p.m.

F.

"Effective Date" means October 1, 1990, or such later date as determined by the CAO.

G.

"Eligible Employee" means any full-time permanent employee in active service (1) who is assigned to a headquarters work location in the Civic Center, (2) who is appointed to an "A," "L," or "N" item, and (3) who, if a telecommuter, works in the Civic Center at least three days per week. Excluded from the definition of Eligible Employee is any employee who is included in one or more of the following categories: Judges and commissioners of the Municipal or Superior court; employees assigned to Double-Shift operations; all Mileage Permittees; employees assigned as drivers for County officers who do not drive their own cars to work at the Civic Center on a regular basis; employees who begin work on a regular shift that begins at or before 6:00 a.m. or at or after 2:00 p.m.; and employees assigned to rotational shifts in the sheriff's department assigned to jails in the Civic Center. An employee in active service who is appointed to a permanent, recurrent or temporary position which is not an "A," "L," or "N" item, who meets the requirements of clauses (1) and (3) and is not among the listed exclusions above and who received parking prior to October 1, 1990, may be designated by his department head as an Eligible Employee when there is a space in which to park within the department's parking space allocation.

H.

"Mileage Permittee" means an employee who is required by his department head to provide a private vehicle on an ongoing basis to perform County services and who has been certified to the auditor-controller by the department head as a permittee pursuant to Section 5.40.240.

I.

"Parking Fee" means the monthly fee charged to a Parking Participant for parking in a County parking lot, which fee is collected through payroll deduction.

J.

"Parking Participant" means an Eligible Employee who has been assigned by his department to park in a County parking lot; is required to use his Traffic Mitigation Allowance as payment toward his Parking Fee; and has executed the appropriate document(s) that authorizes the auditor to make a payroll deduction to pay for parking in said lot.

K.

"Plan" means the Civic Center Parking Plan and related procedures and requirements approved by the CAO, as the same may be amended or restated from time to time.

L.

"Traffic Mitigation Allowance" means the monthly monetary contribution required by the Plan that the County shall make to each Eligible Employee. Those employees who are assigned to park must use their Traffic Mitigation Allowance toward payment of their required Parking Fee.

(Ord. 90-0148 § 1, 1990; Ord. 90-0143 § 1 (part), 1990.)