Definition: car sharing vehicle (General Definition)
A “car sharing vehicle” is a vehicle maintained and owned or leased by a car sharing organization which is available for use by its members. Membership shall mean that individuals have been pre-approved to use such vehicles and need not be approved by the car sharing organization at the time of proposed use. Membership must be open to the public and shall only be denied based upon driving record, credit record or other legitimate business need of the car sharing organization. Vehicles must be made available to members for periods of use as short as one hour. The car sharing organization must provide all legally required insurance as part of the membership. Vehicles shall be reserved by members through a self-service reservation system which is available at all times. A car sharing vehicle shall be located in a parking facility that is accessible to members of the car sharing organization at all times. No employees or agents of the car sharing organization shall provide services to members or conduct business transactions with members within such parking facility. Attended parking facilities may be serviced by a parking attendant unaffiliated with any car sharing organization. A parking facility containing car sharing vehicles shall be securely separated from all other portions of a building containing residences . A car sharing vehicle shall be no more than 216 inches in length and shall bear a decal that provides the name of the car sharing organization. The decal must be clearly visible from the outside of the car sharing vehicle and must be either: (a) located on the driver’s side door or passenger’s side door of the car sharing vehicle and at least 30 square inches in area; or (b) located in the lower left corner of the rear windshield of the car sharing vehicle . The decal shall be at least one square inch in area and contain the letters “CSV” in lettering at least 11/32 of an inch in height and the name of the car sharing organization in lettering at least 5/32 of an inch in height. All lettering shall be fully opaque and shall highly contrast with the background color of the decal. All car sharing vehicles shall bear a decal pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (a) or (b) of this Section within 60 days of September 29, 2010.