§ 95.13 INFRASTRUCTURE DESIGN TO ENSURE SAFE TRAVEL.
   (A)   The City Manager or his or her designee shall make complete streets practices a part of everyday operations, shall approach every transportation project and program as an opportunity to improve public and private streets and the transportation network for all users, and shall work in coordination with other departments, agencies, and jurisdictions to achieve complete streets.
   (B)   Every street project on public or private streets shall be designed to incorporate complete streets infrastructure sufficient to enable reasonably safe travel along and across the right-of-way for all categories of users; provided, however, that such infrastructure may be excluded, upon written approval by the City Manager, where documentation and data indicate that:
      (1)   Use by non-motorized users is prohibited by law;
      (2)   The cost would be excessively disproportionate to the need or probable future use over the long term;
      (3)   There is an absence of current or future need;
      (4)   Inclusion of such infrastructure would be unreasonable or inappropriate in light of the scope of the project; or
      (5)   Safety considerations preclude the utilization of the complete streets design criteria.
   (C)   To the extent practical and feasible, the city shall incorporate complete streets infrastructure into existing public and private streets to improve the safety and convenience of users, construct and enhance the transportation network for each category of users, and do so through engaging partners such as Bingham Township, St. Johns Public Schools, other community groups, public safety departments, the Clinton County Road Commission, and the Tri-County Regional Planning Commission.
   (D)   If the safety and convenience of users can be improved within the scope of pavement resurfacing, re-striping, or signalization operations on public or private streets, such projects shall implement complete streets infrastructure where feasible to increase safety for users.
   (E)    The City Manager or his or her designee shall review all proposed revisions to all appropriate land use plans, zoning and subdivision codes, laws, procedures, rules, regulations, guidelines, programs, templates, and design manuals, including the comprehensive plan of the city, Safe Routes to School Programs, and the like, and recommend measures to integrate, accommodate, and balance the needs of all users in all street projects on public and private streets.
   (F)   In design guidelines, the design engineer shall develop and review standards to incorporate complete streets infrastructure, such as bicycle lanes, sidewalks, street crossings, and planting strips.
(Ord. 607, passed 9-10-2012)