The following standards apply to the layout and design of Development Plans for development on approved subdivision lots after the Effective Date.
A. Multi-family Development and Mixed-Use and Business Park Districts: The following standards apply to all multi-family development and to all development in Mixed-Use zone districts and the BP zone district, and to PDZs containing multi-family, mixed-use, or business park development approved after the Effective Date.
1. Vehicle Connectivity: Internal streets or driveways shall be located between multiple buildings and parking areas on a single lot or on adjacent lots included in a Development Plan, or to break up large parcels into smaller, internal "blocks," and to avoid the need to use adjacent arterial or collector streets to move between different buildings or areas of the development site. Such connections shall:
a. Create internal "blocks" for which the perimeter of each "block" created by internal streets and external streets is no greater than two thousand, six hundred forty (2,640) feet.
b. Include a driving surface at least sixteen (16) feet wide if designed for two-way traffic, and eight (8) feet wide if designed and signed for one-way traffic. Where intended to be used as a fire apparatus access road, they shall also meet the requirements of the Fire Code Official for such roads.
2. Vehicle Access: Vehicular access lots located on arterial streets shall provide site access meeting the requirements below and the Engineering Criteria.
a. Curb cuts shall be located pursuant to the guidelines of the Engineering Criteria, and no more than the required number of curb cuts shall be used. For redevelopment sites, existing curb cuts are encouraged to be combined and may be used if approved by the City Traffic Engineer.
b. Vehicle entrances and exits shall be located a minimum distance from any intersecting right-of-way pursuant to guidelines of the Engineering Criteria.
c. Vehicle entrances and exits shall be located at least five (5) feet from any side property line adjacent to a Residential zone district containing a single-family and duplex residential development, and shall be located at least twenty (20) feet from any side property line adjacent to any other type of development, except where it is possible to provide one shared access point to serve the adjacent property on the other side of that property line.
d. Primary access points shall not require traffic entering or leaving the site to use local streets that serve the R-E, R-1 9, R-1 6, R-2, or R-Flex Low zone districts or that serve approved PDZs containing predominantly single-family detached dwellings or two-family dwellings to the maximum extent feasible.
3. Pedestrian and Bicycle Access and Connectivity:
a. Required Pedestrian Connections: The following pedestrian connections are required, shall be constructed in accordance with the standards in Subsection b below, and shall support the bicycle connections required in Subsection c below to the maximum extent feasible, as determined by the Manager.
(1) Between Main Entry and Public Sidewalk: Each development shall provide a safe, convenient, and accessible pedestrian connection from the main entrance of a building to a public sidewalk or internal walkway that connects to a public sidewalk.
(2) To Adjoining Streets: Each development shall provide pedestrian connections between internal and perimeter sidewalks at a maximum of one thousand (1,000) feet along the perimeter street (i.e. pedestrians along the perimeter sidewalks shall be able to find a sidewalk connection into the internal sidewalk system without walking more than one thousand (1,000) feet along the perimeter of such a site.), or as approved by the Manager.
(3) Between Multiple Primary Buildings on a Site: Development containing more than one primary building shall provide walkways that connect the principal entrances of all primary buildings.
(4) To Adjacent Development: Perimeter sidewalks and internal walkways shall align and connect with any perimeter sidewalks and internal walkways on adjacent properties that extend to the boundary of such properties, to the maximum extent feasible.
(5) To Transit Stops: Development within two hundred (200) feet of a transit stop shall provide walkways that connect the on-site pedestrian circulation system to the transit stop, or to a public sidewalk that connects to the transit stop, along a reasonably direct route, or as approved by the Manager.
(6) Through Large Parking Lots: Each parking lot containing one hundred (100) or more parking spaces, any of which are located more than three hundred and thirty (330) feet from the front façade of a building, shall contain walkways designed to allow pedestrians to access the front door of the primary building without the need to walk through parking areas and minimizing the need to cross driving lanes, or as approved by the Manager. See figure below.
b. Standards for Pedestria n Connecti ons:
(1) Walkway s shall be a minimum of five (5) feet wide.
(2) When a lot is adjacent to a public open space that includes existing or planned trails, a direct pedestrian connection at least six (6) feet wide from the development to the existing or planned trail shall be provided.
(3) In a parking lot containing fifty (50) or more spaces, at each point where a sidewalk must cross a parking lot, internal street, or driveway to make a required connection, the crossing shall be clearly marked using one of these methods:
(a) Changing material, patterns, or paving color;
(b) Painting a distinctive color;
(c) Changing paving height;
(d) Decorative bollards or planters;
(e) Raised median walkways with landscaped buffers;
(f) Stamped or stained concrete; or
(g) As otherwise approved by the Manager.
c. Bicycle Connections: On-site bicycle accesses that connect the on-site circulation system to existing or proposed streets, to bicycle connections, and to driveways open to the public that on adjacent properties shall be provided to the maximum extent feasible.
B. LI and GI Zone Districts: The following standards apply to development in the LI and GI zone districts approved after the Effective Date.
1. In Development Plans and that include primarily industrial uses, the street layout shall generally align with the arterial and collector street system to the maximum extent feasible.
2. Shared internal roadways and defined truck routes that avoid conflicts with primarily residential and commercial use areas shall be included to the maximum extent feasible.
3. Where an LI or GI zone district occurs along an arterial street frontage and residential use areas are located across the arterial street, entries serving the LI or GI zone district shall be placed out of alignment with entries to residential use areas.
4. No curb cut sized or designed for site access into an LI or GI zone district by a semi-truck tractor or trailer, or for site access by a commercial vehicle, trailer, or bus exceeding six thousand (6,000) pounds empty weight, shall be permitted on streets that separate R-E, R-1 9, R-1 6, R-2, or R-Flex Low zone districts from the LI or GI zone district.
5. Access and circulation shall be designed so that loading docks and loading dock doors are internally oriented and are shared with adjacent industrial development in order to consolidate and minimize street access points, to the maximum extent feasible. (Ord. 23-03)