(a) Safety. The safe and functional movement of both vehicles and pedestrians, on and off-site, shall be provided as the first consideration in designing transportation networks within the UVD, and all site plans shall be crafted to minimize such conflicts wherever possible.
(b) Outdoor Events. All outdoor seasonal events and displays, public space programming, sales, and conditions for holding outdoor events and/or sales may be permitted or denied at the discretion of the City of Springboro.
(c) Pedestrian and Bicycle Circulation. Pedestrian circulation is highly encouraged, and can be accomplished via sidewalks, crosswalks, cross-surface lot walkways, community gathering spaces, plazas, terraces, seating and amenity zones, hard-surface paths, bike paths, and permeable pathway surfaces. These varying pathways should be crafted to connect between all buildings, and within and outboard of specific development parcels, and should be graded to accommodate ease of pedestrian travel with minimal inclines if possible. Early site planning should make this a primary consideration within and along the edges of the UVD.
(d) Sidewalks. Where appropriate, sidewalks shall be provided on each side of every street and shall be creatively developed to interconnect different land use areas and open spaces. Sidewalks should be no less than six feet wide overall, and no less than twelve feet wide (optimally fourteen feet) within commercial or mixed-use developments along any commercial address.
(e) Sidewalks and Buildings. Pedestrian connections, including crosswalks, sidewalks and pathways shall be provided along any surrounding streets/driveways/drive isles, along the front, side or back of any building or group of structures, on all specified and dedicated streetscapes, both public and private.
(f) Sidewalk Width. Sidewalks along the front facades of buildings in the Village Center shall be no less than twelve feet (fourteen feet optimal), incorporating a dedicated landscape/tree well area at the curb line of no less than five feet x five feet square, and at intervals of no less than twenty-five feet, each. Sidewalks along sides and rear areas of buildings may be of lesser width, but in no case less than six feet wide. Sidewalk and pathway widths within other noncommercial areas of the UVD areas are to be determined by Planning Commission review for each application as submitted, but in no case are to be less than six feet wide, and only in special site condition situations.
(Ord. O-20-2. Passed 1-2-20.)