For use in this chapter the following terms are defined:
1. “Pedestrian Friendly” or “walkability” means the presence of facilities and design features that make an environment safe and attractive to pedestrians. These include: walkable distances between uses, (i.e. under ¼ mile); sidewalks, paths and walkways; continuous visual interest (i.e. uninterrupted line of buildings, attractive barrier in front of parking lots, murals on blank walls, infill development, pocket parks, etc.); consumer uses (i.e. restaurants, shops, cinemas, housing); trees for shade; awnings for shelter; buildings and landscaping elements sited to avoid wind tunnel effect, and to provide sheltered areas; visual texture in the streetscape (i.e. interesting storefronts, public art, plantings, pavement patterns, etc.); people presence (i.e. sidewalk cafes, street vendors, late business hours, residents using front porches and yards); good maintenance and inclusion of site amenities; buffers between cars and pedestrians (i.e. planted medians, on-street parking, grade separation); paths connecting adjacent uses; crosswalks and ramps; traffic calming devices; traffic lights.
2. “Crosswalk” means any portion of a roadway at an intersection or elsewhere that is distinctly indicated for pedestrian crossing. If there is no marking, a sidewalk crossing is implied at each leg of every intersection by the extension of the lateral lines of the sidewalk on each side, or where the sidewalk would be if there is none.
3. “Broom finish” means a sidewalk finish that is made by sweeping the sidewalk when it is hardening.
4. “Wood float finish” means a sidewalk finish that is made by smoothing the surface of the sidewalk with a wooden trowel.
5. “Defective sidewalk” means any public sidewalk exhibiting one or more of the following characteristics (Appendix “B”):
A. Sidewalk faulted at joint or crack with 1 inch or more deflection;
B. Sidewalk raised more than 2 inches in 8 feet from normal profile line of sidewalk;
C. Sidewalk sunken more than 2 inches in 8 feet from normal profile line of sidewalk;
D. Sidewalk cracked into 3 or more pieces per panel, or any single crack with ½ inch or greater openings;
E. Sidewalk cracked and/or spalled (small crater line holes deeper than 3/8 inch with part of sidewalk missing, forming holes deeper than 3/8 inch;
F. Sidewalk cross slope is incorrect, greater than 1 inch in 1 foot; and,
G. Sidewalk is missing panels.
6. “Established grade” means that grade established by the City for the particular area in which a sidewalk is to be constructed.
7. “One-course construction” means that the full thickness of the concrete is placed at one time, using the same mixture throughout.
8. Owner” means the person owning the fee title to property abutting any sidewalk and includes any contract purchaser for purposes of notification required herein. For all other purposes, “owner” includes the lessee, if any
9. “Portland cement” means any type of cement except bituminous cement.
10. “Sidewalk” means all permanent public walks in business, residential or suburban areas. Sidewalks should be a minimum of 4 feet (5 feet recommended) in residential areas and a minimum of 8 feet in commercial areas.
11. “Sidewalk improvements” means the construction, reconstruction, repair, replacement, or removal, of a public sidewalk and/or the excavating, filling or depositing of material in the public right-of-way in connection therewith.
12. “Shared use path” means a paved pathway, typically from eight (8) to twelve (12) feet in width, physically separated from motorized vehicular traffic within the roadway right-of-way or within an easement adjacent to the roadway right of way. Primarily used by pedestrians and bicyclists, shared use paths are also used by joggers, skaters, wheelchair users (both nonmotorized and motorized). A shared use path's primary purpose is to provide pedestrians with connections to trails, other neighborhoods, shopping centers, businesses and other venues of interest. In addition, the shared use path may be used for recreational purposes.
13. “Bicycle/recreational trail” means a PCC, blacktop or gravel bicycle/recreational route developed primarily for outdoor recreational purposes. Trails are largely designed for pedestrians and other users to "experience" the outdoors and may be used by a variety of users, but they are not primarily designed for transportation purposes. Bicycle trails within the city of Windsor Heights should be constructed at a minimum of ten (10) feet in width with a preferred width of twelve (12) feet whenever possible.
14. “Trailhead” means an outdoor system developed to serve as an access point to a bicycle/recreational trail which generally includes an area to park vehicles and typically is a beginning or ending point of a bicycle/recreational trail. The junction of two or more trails, where no other access point is provided to the trails, is not a trailhead.
15. “Mature tree” means any tree with a diameter at breast height of 10 inches or greater.