10.50.080 Program Modifications and Exemptions.
A. At any time, any affected employer may request that the County grant a modification from a CTR program requirement other than designation of the employee transportation coordinator, information distribution, surveying, and annual reports.
B. Modification of individual program measures shall not exempt an affected employer from complying with other required program measures.
1. Employee Adjustment. Groups of employees (1) who are required to drive alone to work as a condition of employment, or (2) employees who work variable shifts throughout the year and who do not rotate as a group to identical shifts may be exempted from a worksite's survey measurement. Affected employees who are exempted from a worksite's CTR Program shall be counted when determining the total number of affected employees at the worksite.
2. Hardship. A one-year program waiver may be granted if and only if an affected employer demonstrates that it faces extraordinary circumstance, such as bankruptcy, and is unable to implement any measures that would reduce the proportion of drive alone trips or average VMT per employee.
C. Affected Employer May Request a CTR Program Modification or Waiver at Any Time. The department shall review such requests and notify the employer of its decision in writing within 30 days of the date the department receives the written request. The department shall review annually all modifications and exemptions and shall determine whether they will remain in effect during the following program year.