Chapter 12.25
COMPLETE STREETS
Sections:
12.25.020 Complete streets required – Exceptions.
12.25.030 Street design standards to be consistent with chapter.
12.25.010 Definitions.
As used in this chapter, the following words shall have the following meanings:
A. “Complete street” means an arterial, collector or commercial local access roadway designed to enable safe, attractive, and comfortable access and travel for all users, including pedestrians, bicyclists, motorists and public transportation users of all ages and abilities, which are operated in a manner to enable all users to safely and comfortably move along and across such streets.
B. “Substantially redeveloped street” shall mean any street project involving reconstruction of the subgrade, widening of the pavement section, or installation of new curbs and gutters. (Ord. 1092 § 1, 2012).
12.25.020 Complete streets required – Exceptions.
A. All new or substantially redeveloped arterial and collector street projects in the city shall to the extent feasible be designed and constructed as complete streets; provided, complete streets shall not be required in the following circumstances when approved by the planning, parks and public works department directors:
1. When there is not sufficient right-of-way to provide complete streets consistent with applicable safety standards;
2. When the nature of a particular roadway, including location, environmental constraints, traffic volumes, speed limits or other factors would make complete streets contrary to public health or safety;
3. When there is no identified present or future need as identified in the city’s current adopted comprehensive plan; or
4. When the cost would be disproportionate to the need or probable use.
B. All new and substantially redeveloped local access streets shall be evaluated on a case-by-case basis to accommodate, at a minimum, pedestrians, subject to consideration of the factors enumerated in subsection A of this section.
C. When a new or substantially redeveloped arterial or collector street project is not proposed to be a complete street, it shall incorporate as many of the complete street purposes as are feasible in the circumstances.
D. All engineering plans for any new or substantially redeveloped arterial or collector street project that is not proposed to be a complete street shall be accompanied by an analysis of the factors enumerated in subsection A of this section. (Ord. 1092 § 1, 2012).
12.25.030 Street design standards to be consistent with chapter.
A. The street design standards of the city as they now exist or may hereafter be amended shall be consistent with and provide design standards for implementing the requirements of this chapter.
B. To the extent that any existing street design standard is inconsistent with the requirements of this chapter, the requirements of this chapter shall control. (Ord. 1092 § 1, 2012).