18A.60.130 Street improvements.
A. Purpose. The purpose of this section is to provide standards for the minimum improvements to meet the goals of providing sidewalks and other means of nonmotorized circulation, controlling vehicle access, protecting living areas from traffic, unhealthy conditions and incompatible uses, and to continue to remedy potential groundwater contamination.
B. Sidewalks. Sidewalks shall be located along all arterial streets contiguous to the property line and shall serve to provide a pedestrian right-of-way and prevent interference or encroachment by fencing, walls, hedges, and other incompatible plantings and structures. Sidewalks of no less than five (5) feet in width shall be constructed with curb, gutter, and adjacent landscape strip, and shall meet the standards of LMC Title 12, Public Works.
1. Sidewalks shall be constructed by the developer of any new industrial, commercial, and multifamily development; nonresidential change of use, or major tenant improvement; commercial, nonresidential or multifamily residential remodel; or residential subdivision, where the new development, change of use, or remodel will increase vehicular or pedestrian traffic to and from the site, or otherwise impact the local street system as determined by the City Engineer.
2. In all subdivisions, in addition to sidewalks along arterial streets, sidewalks shall be installed by the developer on all interior streets as follows:
a. For subdivisions with one (1) to nine (9) dwelling units, sidewalks shall be required on one (1) side of the interior streets only.
b. For subdivisions of ten (10) or more dwelling units, sidewalks shall be required on both sides of the interior streets.
C. Utilities. Utilities shall be placed underground wherever possible, as determined by the City Engineer.
D. Sanitary Sewers. At the time of new development, expansion, or major tenant improvement which will increase the amount of wastewater generated, property owners are required to hook up to existing and available sewers lying within three hundred (300) feet of the property at the property owner’s expense.
If connecting to the existing sewer requires the property owner to obtain an easement across private property but the property owner is unable to do so, and can provide evidence that a reasonable attempt to obtain such easement was made, and providing further that hookup to any existing and available sewer requires the property owner to extend a line greater than one thousand (1,000) feet, a waiver from this requirement can be granted. This waiver provision does not apply to new subdivisions of five (5) or more lots.
E. Access. Multifamily, commercial and industrial development shall have access located on arterial streets or have access to arterial streets. All newly created residential lots shall access off internal plat roads, except as authorized by the City Engineer.
F. Lighting. Street lighting shall be provided in conjunction with new industrial, commercial, and multifamily development, major tenant improvements, or subdivisions. Street lighting shall be provided along arterial streets in accordance with specification and standards included in LMC 18A.60.095 and as approved by the City Engineer.
In commercial and industrial developments, including major tenant improvements, lighting and glare shall be shielded or directed away from residential uses. New multi-unit developments shall provide shielding or direct lighting and glare away from all other residential uses.
G. Equipment and Outdoor Activities. Mechanical equipment or outdoor activities such as but not limited to storage, loading, utilities, and waste disposal shall be integrated into the design of the building(s) or development and screened from view.
H. Street improvements shall be improved for all new developments as specified in: this section; Chapter 12.09 LMC, Transportation Facilities; Chapter 12.10 LMC, Site Development Provisions; Chapter 18A.70 LMC, Article I, Community Design; LMC 18A.70.150, Landscaping; Chapter 12.03 LMC, Standard Specifications, Guidelines and Regulations; and Chapter 18A.80 LMC, Parking.
I. The City Engineer and the Director may modify the street improvements requirements of this section in accordance with LMC 18A.60.030 and the following:
1. The City Engineer and the Director may permit modification of street improvement requirements and standards when development of the required improvement(s) is not, in the opinion of the City Engineer and the Director, practical due to physical limitations of the site which are no fault of the applicant.
2. The City Engineer and the Director may permit modification of street improvement standards where the required street improvement is not, in the opinion of the City Engineer and the Director, roughly proportionate to the impact, type, scale, and cost of the proposed development action.
3. The street design alternatives shall be documented as an administrative determination. Mailing of notice to adjacent property owners potentially affected by the development regulation modifications is required. [Ord. 726 § 2 (Exh. B), 2019.]