This Article is intended to guide the planning, design, and construction of transportation facilities in the public right-of-way. Each transportation facility in the County must be planned and designed to:
(a) maximize the choice, safety, convenience, and mobility of all users, regardless of age, ability, or mode of transportation,
(b) maintain or expand connectivity for users,
(c) respect and maintain the master plan recommendations for the community where it is located,
(d) ensure access, convenience, safety, and investment of resources are equitably applied,
(e) minimize stormwater runoff and otherwise preserve the natural environment, and
(f) facilitate, to the maximum extent possible, the future accommodation of improved transportation technology elements, such as intelligent signals, smart parking meters, electric vehicle charging, car- and bicycle-sharing, and way-finding systems.
To achieve these goals, each County road and street must be designed so that the safety and convenience of all intended users of the roadway system is accommodated. Complete streets function as a road transportation network that is safe and convenient for all intended users, regardless of mode. Stormwater management requirements, including vegetated and structural practices, may be met on-site and within the public right-of-way. Complete streets policies must be employed in all phases of publicly or privately funded facility development, including planning, design, construction, reconstruction, and streetscaping.
The County Executive must adopt under Method (2) a Complete Streets Design regulation that provides guidance on the planning, design, and operation of roadways for all intended users.
This Article may be cited as the “Montgomery County Road Design and Construction Code.” (Mont. Co. Code 1965, § 103-8; 2007 L.M.C., ch. 8, § 1; 2014 L.M.C., ch. 37, § 1; 2022 L.M.C., ch. 31, §1.)
Editor's note—Section 49-25, formerly Section 49-30, was renumbered, amended, and retitled pursuant to 2007, ch. 8, § 1. Former Section 49-25 was renumbered Section 49-18 pursuant to 2007, ch. 8, § 1.
2014 L.M.C., ch. 37, § 2, states: The County Executive must transmit to the Council, by June 1, 2016, a regulation adopted under Method 2 that contains comprehensive complete streets guidelines. Once adopted, this regulation must replace the standards in Section 49-32(g), (h) and (i). Any revised road design and construction standards in Chapter 49, as amended in Section 1 of this Act, do not apply to any road construction project that is in final design or construction when this Act takes effect.