(a) The following guidelines are hereby established with respect to public streets to facilitate bicycle usage:
(1) When four-lane thoroughfares are initially constructed or are involved in major construction, the outside lanes may be striped wider than the inside lanes if the following criteria are met, as determined by the Director of Public Service, or his/her designee:
A. The segment of street being constructed or reconstructed must have a continuous length of at least one-half mile, or connect to an existing wide outside lane;
B. The street segment must have a driving surface in one direction at least twenty-four feet wide, exclusive of curb and gutter sections;
C. The Director of Public Service, or his/her designee must determine that the street segment does not contain any unique geometrics or other unusual circumstances that would cause the uneven lane widths to present a hazard to the public health, safety and/or welfare; and
(2) The City is encouraged to make every reasonable effort to either maintain traffic signal detectors that are sensitive to the presence of bicycles or provide for other means of actuation of traffic signals for bicyclists.
(3) When designing or reviewing plans for new streets or when developing plans for the reconstruction of existing streets, the City and all utility companies are encouraged to specify that storm water inlets containing street grates, utility covers and other surface irregularities be designed to be safe for the passage of bicycles.
(4) Wherever it has street maintenance responsibility, the City is encouraged to make every reasonable effort to maintain transitions between street surfaces and bridge decks, between street surfaces and concrete gutter sections, and between street surfaces and any street grates, as smoothly as possible.
(b) A Bicycle Committee is hereby established to advise the Director of Public Service, or his/her designee of possible ways to improve conditions for bicyclists on public streets when, in the exercise of his or her discretionary authority and sound engineering judgment, such action is deemed to be appropriate.
(Res. 95-R-32. Passed 10-16-95; Ord. 16-06. Passed 5-2-16.)