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HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrd 1516 - Central Business District Sidewalk Plan (Repealed by Ord 1995) 1 0: City of T Washington Cover page to Ordinance 1516 The full text of the ordinance follows this cover page. AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF TUKWILA, WASHINGTON, ADOPTING A CENTRAL BUSINESS DISTRICT SIDEWALK PLAN AS A COMPONENT OF THE TUK WILA COMPREHENSIVE PLAN PURSUANT TO CHAPTER 35A.63 RCW AND AMENDING CHAPTER 11.64 AND CHAPTER .1.8,70 OF THE TUK1 ILA MUNICIPAL_ CODE. Ordinance 1516 was amended or repealed by the following ordinances. AMENDED BY: REPEALED BY: 1757 §1 -2 1796 1758 §4 1995 4°, :1;\ C iO t 7908 CITY OF TUKWILA WASHINGTON ORDINANCE NO. 1 4 L AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF TUKWILA, WASHINGTON, ADOPTING A CENTRAL BUSINESS DISTRICT SIDEWALK PLAN AS A COMPONENT OF THE TUKWILA COMPREHENSIVE PLAN PURSUANT TO CHAPTER 35A.63 RCW AND AMENDING CHAPTER 11.64 AND CHAPTER 18.70 OF THE TUKWILA MUNICIPAL CODE. WHEREAS, the Tukwila City Council desires to generally implement several Comprehensive Plan objectives and policies while focusing on the following: Transportation Objective 6: Create a functional, safe, and convenient sidewalk or pathway system. Policy 1: Create a sidewalk or pathway system where every link is a part of an integrated network. Policy 6: Construct sidewalks and pathways within and between commercial areas and promote their use, and WHEREAS, the City Council desires to have a complete and continuous sidewalk system for pedestrian safety within the Central Business District generally shown in Figure 1, of Exhibit B, attached hereto, and WHEREAS, the City's SEPA Responsible Official, on August 26, 1987, issued a Declaration of Nonsignificance, and WHEREAS, the Tukwila Planning Commission held several public hearings and other public meetings between August 27, 1987, and October 27, 1988, and has made recommendations to the City Council, and WHEREAS, all of the procedural requirements of Chapter 35A.63 have been met. NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF TUKWILA, WASHINGTON, DO ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Comprehensive Plan Findings. The Comprehensive Plan Findings contained in Exhibit A attached hereto and by the reference incor- porated herein are hereby adopted for the area generally shown on Figure 1 also attached hereto. Section 2. CBD Sidewalk Plan Policies. The Central Business District Sidewalk Plan Policies set forth in Exhibit B attached hereto and by this reference incorporated herein are hereby adopted as policies of the Tukwila Comprehensive Plan pursuant to Chapter 35A.63. Section 3. Chapter 11.64 TMC Amended. Chapter 11.64 of the Tukwila Municipal Code is hereby amended to read in full as set forth in Exhibit C attached hereto and by this reference incorporated herein. Section 4. Chapter 18.70 TMC Amended. Chapter 18.70 of the Tukwila Municipal Code is hereby amended to add Section 18.70.120 which shall read in full as follows: Section 4. Cont. 18.70.120 Sidewalk Dedication. No building setback or landscape area on the subject lot at the time of donation or easement to the City of Tukwila for sidewalk purposes shall become nonconforming by reasons of such donation or easement. Section 5. Severability. If any section of this ordinance, or any portion of any section of this ordinance, or its application to any person or circumstances, is declared by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, the remainder of this ordinance or the application of the provision to other persons or circumstances shall not be affected. Section 6. Effective Date. This ordinance shall be in force and effect five days after publication of the attached Summary which is hereby approved. PASSED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF TUKWILA, WASHINGTON, at a regular meeting thereof this day of -y 1989. App oved as to Form Of" ce I the C'ty A` FILED WITH THE CITY CLERK: PASSED BY THE CITY COUNCIL: PUBLISHED VALLEY DAILY NEWS: ■J1 P 9 EFFECTIVE DATE: a.29 ORDINANCE NO. 45 APPROVED: .37ir A-.1.1.104 L." V. Dusen, Mayor Attest /Authenticated 7,d4Z,ML dirhAa-0 Maxifle Anderson, City Cle k On j9W9 the City Council of the City of Tukwila, passed rdi ce No. )5l, which provides as follows: Adopts findings and policies to implement a CBD Comprehensive Sidewalk Plan; amends Chapters 11.64 and 18.70 of the TMC; provides for severability, and provides for an effective date. SUMMARY OF ORDINANCE NO. /25) AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF TUKWILA, WASHINGTON, ADOPTING A CENTRAL BUSINESS DISTRICT SIDEWALK PLAN AS A COMPONENT OF THE TUKWILA COMPREHENSIVE PLAN PURSUANT TO CHAPTER 35A.63 RCW AND AMENDING CHAPTER 11.64 AND CHAPTER 18.70 OF THE TUKWILA MUNICIPAL CODE. The full text of this ordinance will be mailed without charge to anyone who submits a written request to the City Clerk of the City of Tukwila for a copy of the text. Approved by the City Council at its meeting of no 5 ,1989. Maxine /Anderson, City Clerk VALLEY DAILY NEWS May 21, 1989 May 19, 1989 PUBLISH: SENT BY FAX TRANSMITTAL: FAX NUMBER: FROM: 854 -1006 CITY OF TUKWILA Maxine Anderson, City Clerk 6200 Southcenter Blvd. Tukwila, WA 98188 433 -1800 COMPREHENSIVE PLAN FINDINGS March 1989 EXHIBIT A A. Adopted Comprehensive Plan objectives and policies call for developing a safe, convenient sidewalk system within and between business areas (Transportation Element, Comprehensive Plan, 1982). B. There is a need to safely accommodate the existing and potential demand for pedestrian facilities. This is accentuated by observing pedestrians walking in high speed, vehicle travel lanes when there are no sidewalks. C. Alleviating the need to use autos for short distance intra- business trips by promoting pedestrian /sidewalk facilities will improve traffic conditions and provide a missing CBD amenity. D. There were four pedestrian vehicular collisions between January 1, 1984 and December 31, 1988, in the project area which is a relatively low amount. E. Most employees are pedestrians only infrequently, due to a lack of needed facilities and difficult traffic conditions (based on a business survey). F. There is no CBD sidewalk system which provides pedestrian links with transit facilities, recreation areas, and residential neighborhoods. G. Existing pedestrian facilities include informal unpaved foot paths adjacent to the road, asphalt shoulders or sidewalks, and concrete sidewalks with a broomed or exposed aggregate finish. H. Sidewalks have been required when improvements have been made to private property since 1980. I. Sidewalks are required of new development pursuant to Tukwila Municipal Code 11.64. Existing development without sidewalks were developed prior to this standard and are thus legally nonconforming. J. Existing sidewalks have been installed at the expense of adjacent property owners. Use of a local improvement district funding mechanism to assign the cost of new sidewalk construction to adjacent property owners would provide an equitable distribution of costs. K. Sidewalks should be designed primarily to provide safe pedestrian travel. A four foot wide, curbline sidewalk will provide for single file pedestrian travel. L. Preserving existing development conformity with the Zoning Ordinance build- ing setback, landscaping and parking standards is important to avoid unreasonable hardship on existing developments. M. There is cumulative long -term benefit from an area -wide sidewalk system to both property owners and the City. The primary responsibility for the pro- vision and maintenance of sidewalks rests with the property owners, whose developments generate trips, and whose land values are enhanced by such a facility. The City will share in a portion of construction costs to reflect area -wide benefits. This share would be approximately 27% of total costs if it assumes responsibility for sidewalk design, grades, construction specifi- cations, plans approval, and establishing a sidewalk benefit district. The City Council is empowered to require sidewalk construction, repair, or replacement by State law (RCW 35.69 and 35.70). 25 /VU.FIND GENERAL CENTRAL BUSINESS DISTRICT SIDEWALK PLAN POLICIES October 27, 1989 EXHIBIT B Policy 1: Tukwila shall strive to create a functional, safe, compatible and convenient sidewalk and pathway system to encourage pedestrian use within the Central Business District (CBD) as shown in Figure 1. The focal point in improving the sidewalk system shall be the con- struction of missing sidewalk segments. Policy 2: The sidewalk and pathway system should link various CBD land uses with transit sites, recreational parks, trail systems, and resi- dential neighborhoods. FUNDING AND PHASING Policy 3: Property owners in the CBD shall be encouraged to donate rights -of- way or easements for sidewalks, and build sidewalks on their prop- erty consistent with City policy. After a reasonable amount of time, sidewalks will be built by the City pursuant to provisions for sidewalk improvement districts in RCW 35.70. Policy 4: Policy 5: The City of Tukwila and private property owners shall mutually strive to finish construction of the sidewalk system recommended in the sidewalk plan in three years. Construction phasing shall be guided by priority of need shown in Figure 1. Policy 6: Temporary sidewalks shall be allowed at such locations when the final grade of the adjacent street has not been determined and where future lane widening or traffic improvements, as identified in the City Capital Improvement Plan, will replace the sidewalk within 5 years. Temporary sidewalks shall be constructed using two -inch compacted depth of asphaltic concrete Class B on prepared subgrade. SIDEWALK DESIGN The City is responsible for the design of sidewalk grades, con- struction specifications and plan approval, and for the costs of establishing a sidewalk benefit district. Property owners shall be responsible for construction engineering and construction costs. Developers shall be required to build sidewalks to City specifica- tions in new developments or redevelopment pursuant to existing Tukwila Municipal Code (TMC). This means that existing developments without sidewalks which satisfy TMC standards are legally noncon- forming. Policy 7: New sidewalks in retail /commercial /office zoned areas will be at least six feet wide. Sidewalks in all other CBD zoned areas will be at least five feet wide. At bus stops and pullouts, or where the speed limit is over 35 mph and the sidewalk is adjacent to road, sidewalks shall be a minimum of eight feet wide. Policy 8: Where a full width sidewalk is not feasible, the design will be adapted to the available space through joint planning by the Plan- ning and Public Works Directors. Policy 9: Existing sidewalks that are a minimum of four feet wide shall be deemed to be acceptable by the City. Sidewalks which are badly cracked, crumbling or uneven, as determined by the City Council, pursuant to RCW 35.68 and 35.69, shall be replaced in sections/ blocks by standard size sidewalks at no cost to the City. Policy 10: Sidewalks and traffic intersection designs will be coordinated to accommodate both pedestrians, handicap curb cuts, and the largest allowable vehicles on the streets. Handicap access to sidewalks will be provided at intersections and driveways. Safety and traffic standards in the Comprehensive Plan will be met. Policy 11: Curbline sidewalks should be provided whenever feasible. The Public Works Director shall determine the non feasibility of curbline sidewalks based on factors such as the following: A. Impact upon existing utilities. B. Impact upon existing trees. C. Existing and proposed site grades. D. Public safety considerations. E. Impacts on existing parking. F. Convenience to pedestrian traffic. CONFORMANCE TO CITY STANDARDS CENTRAL BUSINESS DISTRICT SIDEWALK PLAN POLICIES Page 2 Policy 12: Where the donation of easements or right -of -way for sidewalks in existing developments causes them to fall below City landscaping or building setback standards, the donated area shall be counted toward satisfying these requirements. This allowance shall cease upon building replacement, at which time all City ordinances shall be met. Policy 13: Where sidewalks would interfere with existing parking, the sidewalk design will be modified by the Directors of Public Works and Plan- ning to accommodate sidewalks. The need for pedestrian safety, parking, landscaping and general conformance to municipal codes shall be balanced. However, pedestrian safety will be foremost. The City shall strive to preserve the existing number of parking spaces through restriping and use of compact stalls. SIDEWALK MAINTENANCE CENTRAL BUSINESS DISTRICT SIDEWALK PLAN POLICIES Page 3 Policy 14: Property owners shall be responsible for long -term (structural) and daily maintenance of sidewalks. CROSSWALKS AND MID -BLOCK CROSSINGS Policy 15: Streets with sidewalks may require mid -block crossings with traffic signals. Such crossings may be built when an engineering study satisfies warrants of the Manual of Uniform Traffic Control Devices. Policy 16: Painted crosswalks will not be provided where sidewalks do not exist. Pedestrians have the right -of -way at all marked crosswalks and unmarked crossings at intersections. (25 /VU.CBD15) Y (.•.A' L x {�y j m L, a r 1 '1.—, X P O fl T E I P 8 FIGURE 1 of EXHIBIT B Figure 1 Central Business District Sidewalk Plan Map MARCH 1989 EXISTING SIDEWALKS PRIOR TO +989 VERY HIGH PRIORITY SIDEWALKS i R f J+ J TO 88 BUILT y �I�f�a�u HIGH PRIORITY SIDEWALKS TO BE BULT f 1, `L I 71. I� MODERATE PRIORITY SIDEWALKS TO BE BUILT L K D1 NT In I k I EXISTING SIGNALS I 1 \J rl 5000 K c E K T ECM y FUTURE SIGNALS PROJECT LIMITS 500 1000 +500 n Sections: 11.64.010 11.64.020 11.64.030 11.64.040 Chapter 11.64 SIDEWALK CONSTRUCTION Administration Sidewalks Required Standards of Construction Delays and Variances EXHIBIT C 11.64.010 Administration. The Public Works Director shall be responsible for administering this chapter unless construction of a standard sidewalk con- flicts with the requirements of the Tukwila Building Code or Zoning Code, whereupon concurrence of the Planning Director shall be required. 11.64.020 Sidewalks Required. (a) Sidewalks shall be required for any new multi- family residential, commercial, or industrial structure; or upon substan- tial remodeling of an existing structure; or subdivision activity. (b) For purposes of this chapter, "substantial remodeling" means construc- tion which increases the floor area of an existing building or structure by at least twenty percent or any alteration or repairs including interior, plumbing, electrical and structural made within a twelve -month period, which together exceeds twenty -five percent of the value of the previously existing building or structure; or total cumulative building improvements from the date of this ordinance increase building square footage by 25,000 square feet or building value by $250,000. (c) Sidewalks shall not be required for improvements in single- family zoned properties unless associated with subdivision activity or a larger development which would require a sidewalk. No final certificate of occupancy shall be issued until the Public Works Director has certified that the required sidewalk has been provided. 11.64.030 Standards of Construction. (a) All sidewalks required by this chapter shall be built according to the construction specifications of the American Public Works Administration or City of Tukwila "Roadway Standard Plans" as revised, whichever is greater. (b) The Central Business District (CBD) Sidewalk Plan policies are hereby incorporated in this ordinance as if fully stated herein. Sidewalks within the CBD shall be built and located subject to those policies which shall supersede all other conflicting provisions of this chapter. Sidewalks shall otherwise be designed based on Table 1 below. (c) A sidewalk construction plan shall be submitted to the Public Works Director in a form acceptable to him and demonstrate consistency with the stan- dards of this chapter. ZONE DISTRICT TABLE 1 Sidewalk Width Requirements NON -CBD SIDEWALK STANDARDS N.A. P- 0 /CP /CM 6 feet along arterials 5 feet along local access streets C -1/C -2 8 feet along arterials 6 feet along local access streets M -1/M -2 6 feet along arterials 5 feet along local access streets All Other Areas 5 feet SIDEWALK CONSTRUCTION Page 2 CBD SIDEWALK STANDARDS Sidewalks shall be a minimum of 8 feet wide at bus stops and pullouts, or where the speed limit is over 35 MPH, or where a trail and sidewalk are combined. Sidewalks shall otherwise have the widths specified below. 6 feet 6 feet 5 feet 5feet Sidewalks which are less than 4 feet wide or are in poor condition as determined by the Director of Public Works, shall be replaced by the adjacent landowner at no cost to the City, pursuant to this Ordin- ance. 11.64.040 Delays and Variances. (a) A delay in satisfying the provisions of this ordinance may be granted by the Public Works Director for technical reasons. Technical reasons are typified by need to coordinate with overall street improvements, and unavailable street and /or utilities design. A devel- oper's agreement or equivalent shall be executed to assure later sidewalk construction at no cost to the City. (b) In the CBD only, the Director of Public Works is authorized to require the construction of temporary sidewalks (see Comprehensive Plan Policies), using two -inch compacted depth asphaltic concrete Class B on prepared subgrade. All costs of temporary sidewalks shall be borne by the applicant and shall be in addition to the cost of permanent sidewalks. (c) Variances from the provisions of this ordinance may be granted by the Board of Adjustment pursuant to the criteria and procedures in TMC 18.72. (25 /VU.SWCONST)