The purpose of this Section is to require reasonable improvements for pedestrian facilities to and within places of public accommodation, to transportation systems, and to housing; increase public safety by lessening the conflict between vehicular and pedestrian activities; aid in improving air quality in the City of Tucson by providing for one pedestrian mode of alternate travel; and provide design standards for pedestrian circulation paths.
The provisions apply to the following:
A. All new uses of land or structures;
B. All existing uses of land or structures legally existing as of September 24, 1990, which are expanded in lot coverage, floor area, number of parking spaces, or seating capacity, as follows:
1. If the expansion is less than 25%, these provisions apply only to the proposed expansion. The remainder of the use or structure is governed by the provision in force at the time of initial
for the use or structure.
2. If the expansion is 25% or more, these provisions apply to the existing use or structure, as well as the expansion.
3. All expansions which occur after the adoption of this ordinance are cumulated in determining the 25% expansion. After the use of the land or structure is brought into conformance with the provisions of this Section, additional changes to the existing use of the land or structure will commence cumulating over time as of the date the existing use of the land or structure is brought into conformance.
4. Nothing contained in this Section affects existing property or the right to its continued use for the purpose legally used at the time these regulations become effective, nor do these regulations affect any reasonable repairs to, or alterations of, buildings or property used for such existing purposes or require compliance by existing structures or facilities where not otherwise required by A.R.S. Title 34.
C. Other regulations enforceable by the city.
3.1 Pedestrian circulation paths located within any street, whether public or private, are regulated by Section 10-01.0.0, Street Technical Standard. (See Figure 7-A for a typical cross-section.)
3.2 Pedestrian circulation paths designed for barrier-free accessibility for the physically disabled and located within any development are regulated by the adopted building codes.
3.3 Within all development, a continuous pedestrian circulation path is required as follows:
A. This path must connect all public access areas of the development and the pedestrian circulation path located in any adjacent streets.
B. The areas within the development which must be connected include, but are not limited to, all buildings, all bicycle and vehicle parking areas, all recreation areas, all
areas, and all other common use areas.
Exceptions:
1. Areas within the development which are not required to be connected to the pedestrian circulation path are those which will be used only for maintenance or for nonpublic truck use, such as truck loading spaces.
2. Portions of certain Land Use Classes which by their nature will not be used for public pedestrian access, such as industrial uses, commercial storage uses, wholesale uses, contractor yards, or similar uses, are not required to have sidewalks constructed in conformance with this standard, provided adequate pedestrian refuge areas are provided.
C. Within this pedestrian circulation path, an accessible route is also required in compliance with the city’s adopted building codes.
(Am. Admin. Directive, 11/6/2013)
Sidewalks must meet the following locational requirements:
A. At least one sidewalk is required to a project from each street on which the project has frontage, unless there is no vehicular access from a street because of a physical barrier, such as a drainageway or an unbroken security barrier (e.g., a wall or fence). The sidewalk should be located to minimize any conflict with vehicular access to the project;
B. A sidewalk is required adjacent and parallel to any access lane or PAAL on the side where buildings are located (See Figure 1);
C. A sidewalk is required adjacent to any parking space accessed by a PAAL where the space is located on the same side of the PAAL as any building and no other parking spaces or PAALs intervene (See Figure 2);
D. Sidewalks must connect all areas of the development and must also connect to the pedestrian circulation path located along any adjacent street;
E. Sidewalks shall be flood free for all storm discharges of up to and including a ten-year frequency flood event. Drainage flowing across all pedestrian circulation paths shall be conveyed under the path for up and including the ten-year frequency flood events, except at street intersections, pedestrian crossings, and PAAL pedestrian crossings;
F. Sidewalks or pedestrian refuge areas cannot be located between any motor vehicle parking space and the PAAL providing access to that space;
G. Sidewalks or crosswalks cannot cross any type of stacking areas for drive-through lanes; and,
H. In Land Use Classes where the public does not have access to certain portions of the
, a four- foot wide pedestrian refuge area must be maintained between any enclosed structure and a PAAL (See Figure 6).
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