Safe and convenient pedestrian and bicycle access shall be provided within new subdivisions, and within new or expanded multi-family, commercial, industrial, school, park and office developments as set forth in this section.
(A) Bicycle and pedestrian access. Bicycle and pedestrian access shall provide safe, direct and convenient connections to adjacent streets, as well as residential areas and neighborhood activity centers within one-half mile of the development.
(1) Residential developments shall include streets with walkways and accessways.
(2) Pedestrian circulation through parking lots shall be provided in the form of accessways or other clearly defined walkways.
(3) Internal pedestrian circulation shall be provided by clustering of buildings, construction of hard surface walkways, landscaping, accessways or similar techniques.
(4) Bikeways shall be required along all arterial and collector streets. Striped bike lanes or other separated bikeways shall be provided on roadways serving 3,000 vehicle trips per day or greater.
(5) Walkways shall be required along both sides of all arterials, collectors and local streets.
(B) Bicycle parking. Bicycle parking shall be provided for new multiple family, commercial, office, industrial, park, school and other institutional uses, and to additions to these uses of 1,000 square feet or greater. Bicycle parking is not required for single-family and two-family housing (attached, detached or manufactured housing), home occupations, agriculture or livestock uses. The table below sets forth bicycle parking standards. Where two options are provided, the option resulting in more bike parking shall be used.
Minimum Required Bicycle Parking Spaces | |||
Use Categories | Specific Uses | Long-Term Spaces (covered or enclosed) | Short-Term Spaces (neat-building entrances) |
Minimum Required Bicycle Parking Spaces | |||
Use Categories | Specific Uses | Long-Term Spaces (covered or enclosed) | Short-Term Spaces (neat-building entrances) |
Residential categories | |||
Household living | Multi-family | 1 per 4 units | 2, or 1 per 20 units |
Group living | 2, or 1 per 20 bedrooms | None | |
Dormitory | 1 per 8 bedrooms | None | |
Commercial Categories | 2, or 1 per 12,000 sq. ft. of floor area | 2, or 1 per 5,000 sq. ft. of floor area | |
Lodging | 2, or 1 per 20 rentable rooms | 2, or 1 per 20 rentable rooms | |
Office | 2,orl per 10,000 sq. ft. of floor area | 2, or 1 per 40,000 sq, ft. of floor area | |
Commercial outdoor recreation | 8, or 1 per 20 auto spaces | None | |
Major event entertainment | 8, or 1 per 40 seats per CU review | None | |
Industrial Categories | |||
Manufacturing and production | 2, or 1 per 15,000 sq. ft. of floor area | None | |
Warehouse and freight movement | 2, or I per 40,000 sq. ft. of floor area | None | |
Institutional Categories | |||
Basic utilities | Bus transit center | 8 | None |
Community service | 2, or 1 per 10,000 sq. ft. of floor area | 2,orl per 10,000 sq. ft. of floor area | |
Park-and-ride | 8, or 5 per acre | None | |
Schools | Grades 2-5 | 1 per classroom, or per CU review | 1 per classroom, or per CU review |
Grades 6-12 | 2 per classroom, or per CU review | 4 per classroom, or per CU review | |
Colleges | Excluding dormitories (see “group living” above) | 2, or 1 per 20,000 sq. ft. of net building area, or per CU review | 2, or 1 per 10,000 sq. ft, of net building area, or per-CU review |
Medical centers | 2, or 1 per 70,000 sq. ft. of net building area, or per CU review | 2,orl per 40,000 sq. ft. of net building area, or per CU review | |
Religious institutions and places of worship | 2,or 1 per 4,000 sq. ft. of net building area | 2,or 1 per 2,000 sq. ft. of net building area | |
Daycare | 2, or 1 per 10,000 sq. ft. of net building area | None | |
Other Categories | Determined through site development or conditional use review, as applicable | ||
(1) Location and design. Long-term (e.g., covered) bicycle parking should be incorporated whenever possible into building design. Short-term bicycle parking, when allowed within a public right-of-way, should be coordinated with the design of street furniture, as applicable.
(2) Visibility and security. Bicycle parking for customers and visitors of a use shall be visible from street sidewalks or building entrances, so that it provides sufficient security from theft and damage.
(3) Options for storage. Long-term bicycle parking requirements for multiple-family uses and employee parking can be met by providing a bicycle storage room, bicycle lockers, racks or other secure storage space inside or outside of the building.
(4) Lighting. For security, bicycle parking shall be at least as well-lit as vehicle parking.
(5) Reserved area. Areas set aside for bicycle parking shall be clearly-marked and reserved for bicycle parking only.
(6) Hazard. Bicycle parking shall not impede or create a hazard for pedestrians. Parking areas shall be located so as not to conflict with vision clearance standards.
(7) Additional location and design guidance. The Design Guidelines chapter of the 2009 Joseph Bicycle and Pedestrian Plan provides further guidance on the location and design of short- and long-term bicycle parking facilities.
(Ord. 2009-01, passed - -2009)