Secondary and Cumulative Impacts Master Management Plan - 2014

Article 5: Development Standards Section 5.8. Access and Circulation 5.8.8. Pedestrian Access and Circulation

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Pedestrian Cut-Throughs a. On determining that such connection is necessary to provide convenient pedestrian access within a development or to adjacent schools, transit facilities, recreation facilities, or commercial developments, the Planning Director may require pedestrian walkways to be provided between the ends of cul-de-sacs and the nearest existing or proposed public walkway (e.g., sidewalk, pedestrian path, or trail). (See Figure 5.8.8.C.2: Pedestrian cut- through at end of cul-de-sac.) b. On determining that such connection is necessary to provide convenient pedestrian access within a development or to adjacent schools, transit stations, recreation facilities, or commercial developments, the Planning Director may require a pedestrian walkway to be provided through approximately the centers of blocks more than 900 feet long. Within the Transit-Oriented Development (TOD), pedestrian cut-throughs may be required at least every 200 feet of block length. c. These pedestrian cut-through walkways shall be located within a right-of-way or a public access easement within common open space. The right-of-way or easement shall be at least 20 feet wide.

Figure 5.8.8.C.2: Pedestrian cut-through at end of cul-de-sac.

3. Cross Access Between Adjoining Development

To facilitate pedestrian access between adjoining developments, new single-family attached, multifamily, nonresidential, and mixed-use development shall comply with the following standards: a. The internal pedestrian circulation system shall be designed to allow for pedestrian walkway cross-access between the development‘s buildings and parking areas and those in an adjoining single-family attached, multifamily, nonresidential, and mixed-use development, or

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