(A) The purpose for the street design standards is to provide flexible design guidelines that establish a framework by which individual modes of transportation function as an integrated system, thus providing functional connections within the transportation system and choices for citizens to move about the city.
(B) The transportation system is one of the most visible components of the city’s infrastructure system. The city has the responsibility to ensure that the transportation system is designed in a manner that is safe and efficient and fits the context of the community, within reasonable and prudent expectations. These street design standards have been developed in a manner that balances the rights and interests of property owners and the needs of the traveling public for safe and efficient streets. The policy and standards included herein meet the following objectives:
(1) To provide street designs that enhance the safety of vehicles and pedestrians;
(2) To provide street designs that are consistent with the context of the surrounding environment;
(3) To provide street design and construction criteria that accommodate pedestrian and bicycle activities;
(4) To provide access management to and from streets in a manner consistent with their classification.
(Ord. passed 8-8-2019)