17.16.010 Neighborhood circulation plan.
A. Purpose. A neighborhood circulation plan is a conceptual plan that outlines the vehicular and nonmotorized circulation within and between a proposed plat and the surrounding area consistent with the city’s comprehensive transportation plan. The neighborhood circulation plan allows the city to coordinate and plan for future circulation networks that will provide transportation alternatives for citizens of the city.
B. Applicability. A neighborhood circulation plan shall be submitted for all preliminary plats and binding site plans pursuant to application requirements of Chapters 17.10 and 17.24 ACC.
C. Components of a Neighborhood Circulation Plan. The neighborhood circulation plan shall show the following:
1. Planned Street System. The planned street system must be compatible with the city’s comprehensive transportation plan. Development which is proposed in areas of the city which have a planned street system which is a part of the comprehensive plan or the city’s six-year plan, and any other street plan, shall make provisions for such streets and must not cause implementation of such street plans to become unattainable.
2. Nonmotorized Transportation Routes. Preliminary plats and binding site plans which are proposed in areas of the city which have planned routes or facilities for bicycles, equestrian, or other nonmotorized transportation mode which is a part of the comprehensive plan or the city’s six-year plan, and any other street plan, shall make provisions for such routes and must not cause implementation of such routes to become unattainable.
3. A nonmotorized circulation system shall be integrated into the overall subdivision and surrounding area.
a. When abutting vacant or underdeveloped land, new development shall provide the opportunity for future connection to its interior pathway system through the use of pathway stub-outs, building configuration, and/or parking lot layout. The proposed location of future nonmotorized and pedestrian connections shall be reviewed in conjunction with applicable development approval.
b. Developments shall include an integrated nonmotorized circulation system that connects buildings, open spaces, and parking areas with the adjacent street sidewalk system.
c. Pedestrian connections to existing or proposed trails/pedestrian routes on adjacent properties shall be provided unless there are physical constraints such as sensitive areas that preclude the construction of a pedestrian connection. (Ord. 6239 § 1, 2009.)