A. Street Location and Arrangement. In order to provide for streets of suitable location, width, and improvement to accommodate expected traffic and afford satisfactory access to police, firefighting, snow removal, sanitation, and road maintenance equipment, and to coordinate street development so as to compose a convenient circulation system, avoid undue hardships to adjoining properties and assure compatibility with the city’s comprehensive plan, all streets shall be designed and constructed in accordance with the regulations and standards set forth herein or referenced in this title and the Public Works Standards.

General principles of circulation design to be reflected in any subdivision layout include: safety for both vehicular and pedestrian traffic; efficiency of service for all users; quality of life features or amenities as affected by the traffic element in the circulation system; compatibility with existing site features or characteristics; and economy of both construction and use of land.

Arterial and collector streets proposed in the comprehensive plan, located within or adjacent to a proposed subdivision, shall be provided in accordance with the plan, shall be improved to city specifications, and shall be dedicated to the public in all instances. All other streets, including minor collectors and local access streets, shall be improved to city specifications and dedicated to the public.

The proposed street layout shall conform to the specific development standards referenced in the Public Works Standards.

B. Sidewalks and Walkways. In order to provide for safe and convenient pedestrian movement as an alternative to the use of vehicles, increased mobility for persons with limited access to motorized vehicles, and create a community-wide pedestrian circulation system, all sidewalks and walkways shall be designed and constructed in accordance with the regulations and standards set forth herein or referenced in the Public Works Standards.

General principles of sidewalk and walkway design to be reflected in any development layout include: safety for both pedestrian and vehicular traffic; appropriate interface or separation from potential hazards including vehicular travel lanes or other dangerous site features; compatibility with site features and characteristics; provision of direct and convenient pedestrian connections between community activity areas, schools, commercial and employment centers, recreation facilities, transit stops, and other residential neighborhoods; and orientation to unique or significant site features including critical areas and view corridors.

The proposed sidewalk and walkway layout shall conform to the Public Works Standards. In planned developments, sidewalks may be located away from the road system to link dwelling units with other dwelling units, the street, and on-site activity centers such as parking lots, recreation areas or open space. They may also be required parallel to the street for safety and other reasons.

Pedestrian easements shall be required through the center of blocks more than six hundred feet in length to provide circulation and access to schools, parks, open space, shopping or other community facilities.

Dedication of easements for public access or public right-of-way may be required for sidewalks or walkways considered to be an integral link in the pedestrian circulation system or proposed to be provided in lieu of standard sidewalk improvements required to be constructed within a public street right-of-way, as determined by the city planner or designee.

C. Street Lighting. In order to provide for vehicle and pedestrian safety, improved security and an attractive streetscape, street lighting shall be installed at the corner of all intersections, on cul-de-sacs that are two hundred feet or longer in length, or as determined to be needed by the city planner or designee. All street lighting shall be installed in accordance with standards and specifications contained in the documents referenced in the Public Works Standards. (Ord. 1111-15 § 3; Ord. 1016-08 § 2).