Sec. 20A-201. Definitions

An Annual Compliance Report is the monitoring report prepared by the TMA or other designated entity, which includes employee surveys and vehicle trip generation. The purpose of the report is to attest to the success or failure of strategies which have been implemented to reduce vehicle trips.

Area Master Plan is the current approved local plan for the physical development of a particular planning area, combination of planning areas, or parts of planning areas, as set forth in the Regional District Act.

Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990 (CAAA) is an amendment to the Clean Air Act of 1977, which requires reductions in certain emissions generated by mobile (vehicle) and stationary (buildings, smoke stacks, etc.) means to levels which are below the National Ambient Air Quality Standard by specified dates.

An employee is any person who is employed on a full-time basis, and who arrives or leaves the work site during either of the A.M. or P.M. peak periods.

Guidelines are the "Guidelines for the Analysis of the Traffic Impact of Development Proposals," as adopted by the Planning Board.

Nonattainment Area is a geographic location designated by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in which emissions of certain chemical compounds exceed acceptable limits established by the EPA under the Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990.

Peak periods are the time periods of 6:30 A.M. to 9:30 A.M. and 3:30 P.M. to 6:30 P.M.

State Implementation Plan is a plan required by the CAAA to demonstrate what legally enforceable measures will be used to reduce emissions to a point within an acceptable range established by the U.S. EPA for the region.

Transportation Demand Management (TDM) is a process or procedure intended to reduce vehicle trips during specified periods of the day. This includes, but is not limited to, such strategies as car and van pools, transit use incentives, parking fees and disincentives, improved pedestrian and bicycle access and facilities.

A Transportation Demand Management Agreement (TDMA) is a written agreement between the Transportation Demand Management Technical Advisory Committee, as agent for the Prince George's County Planning Board, and a Transportation Management Association or other designated entity, which specifies the amount of vehicle trips to be reduced and the procedures by which these trips will be reduced.

A Transportation Demand Management District (TDMD) is a legally defined geographic area in which vehicle trip reduction procedures, strategies, and programs are required.

A Transportation Demand Management Plan (TDMP) is a document developed by a Transportation Management Association, or other entity required to reduce vehicle trips, which identifies programs and strategies which will be implemented by the property owner to satisfy the trip reduction requirements of the TDM District.

Transportation Demand Management Technical Advisory Committee (TDMTAC) is a technical staff committee, established by the Planning Board, composed of transportation professionals who advise the County Council, the Planning Board, and interested parties concerning issues related to vehicle trip reduction.

Transportation Management Association (TMA) is an entity established by property owners which is tasked with reducing vehicle trips within a TDMD through the use of programs, strategies, and other means.