A. On
May 19, 2010, the city adopted the 2010 general plan, which set forth
policies and goals to encourage complete streets through the community
mobility section of the general plan.
B. Chapter
3 (Community Mobility) of the city's general plan includes Goal CM-1
to: "Provide an integrated and balanced multi-modal transportation
network of Complete Streets to meet the needs of all users and transportation
modes," and Policies CM-1.1, CM-1.2, CM-1.3, CM-1.4, CM-1.5, CM-1.6,
CM-2.1, CM-3.1, CM-3.2, CM-3.6, CM-3.7, CM-3.10, CM-3.11, CM-3.12,
CM-3.14, CM-3.15, CM-4. 1, CM-4.2, CM-5.3, CM-5.4, and CM-6.2 to implement
the city's goal of providing complete streets.
C. Adoption
of the ordinance codified in this chapter will implement the goals
and policies of chapter 3 (Community Mobility) of the city general
plan to provide complete streets.
D. All
legal prerequisites prior to the adoption of the ordinance codified
in this chapter have occurred.
(Ord. No. 857, § A(1)—(4), 12-19-2012; Ord. No. 870 (Recodification), 2014)
The purpose of this chapter is to implement the general plan's
goals of providing complete streets and to enable the streets of the
city to provide safe, convenient and comfortable routes for walking,
bicycling and public transportation that encourage increased use of
these modes of transportation, enable convenient travel as part of
daily activities, improve the public welfare by addressing a wide
array of health and environmental problems and meet the needs of all
users of the streets, including bicyclists, children, persons with
disabilities, pedestrians, users of public transportation, and seniors,
while continuing to maintain a safe and effective transportation system
for motorists and movers of commercial goods.
(Ord. No. 857, § B(2), 12-19-2012; Ord. No. 870 (Recodification), 2014)
The following words and phrases, whenever used in this chapter,
shall have the meanings defined in this section unless the context
clearly requires otherwise:
"Complete streets infrastructure"
means design features that contribute to a safe, convenient
or comfortable travel experience for users, including, but not limited
to, features such as: sidewalks; shared use paths; bicycle lanes;
equestrian trails, automobile lanes; paved shoulders; street trees,
landscaping and planting strips, including native plants where possible;
curbs; accessible curb ramps; crosswalks; pedestrian and traffic signals,
including countdown and accessible signals; signage, including pedestrian-oriented
signs; pedestrian-scale lighting; street furniture and benches; bicycle
parking facilities; public transportation stops and facilities; transit
priority signalization and traffic calming devices.
"Street"
means any right-of-way, public or private (in new construction
areas), including arterials, connectors, alleys, ways, lanes and roadways
by any other designation, as well as bridges, tunnels and any other
portions of the transportation network.
"Street project"
means the construction, reconstruction, retrofit, maintenance
of any street, and includes the planning, design, approval and construction.
"Users"
mean individuals that use streets, including bicyclists,
children, persons with disabilities, motorists, movers of commercial
goods, pedestrians, users of public transportation, seniors, youth
and families.
(Ord. No. 857, § B(3), 12-19-2012; Ord. No. 870 (Recodification), 2014)
A. The
city will make complete streets practices a routine part of everyday
operations, approach every transportation project and program as an
opportunity to improve public and private streets and the transportation
network for all users, and work in coordination with other departments,
agencies, and jurisdictions to achieve complete streets.
B. Consistent
with the general plan, and/or approved specific plan, every street
project on public or private streets will incorporate complete streets
infrastructure sufficient to enable reasonably safe travel along and
across the right-of-way for each category of users; provided, however,
that such infrastructure may be excluded, upon written approval by
city engineer or designee where documentation and supporting data
indicate one of the following bases for the exemption:
1. Use
by a specific category of users is prohibited by law;
2. The
cost would be excessively disproportionate to the need or probable
future use over the long term;
3. There
is an absence of current and future need; or
4. Significant
adverse impacts outweigh the positive effects of the infrastructure.
C. The
city engineer will provide an annual report to the city council listing
the public and private street projects undertaken in the past year
and briefly summarizing the complete streets infrastructure used in
those projects and, if applicable, the basis for excluding complete
streets infrastructure from those projects.
D. If
the safety and convenience of users can be improved within the scope
of pavement resurfacing, restriping, or signalization operations on
public or private streets, such projects may include complete streets
infrastructure to increase safety for users.
E. The
planning department and engineering services department shall review
existing plans, zoning, and subdivision codes, laws, procedures, rules,
regulations, guidelines, programs, templates and design manuals, including
the trail implementation plan, development code, general plan, standard
drawings for public improvements, and standard conditions to ensure
consistency with the general plan.
F. The
engineering services department shall develop or revise street standards
and design manuals, including cross-section templates and design treatment
details, to ensure that standards support and do not impede complete
streets. The engineering services department shall coordinate design
guidelines with street classifications and revise them to include
complete streets infrastructure, such as bicycle lanes, sidewalks,
street crossings, and planting strips. Such revisions may be coordinated
with revisions to the development code, trail implementation plan,
development code, general plan, standard drawings for public improvements,
and standard conditions.
G. The
building and safety services department and engineering services department
shall ensure that sidewalks, crosswalks, public transportation stops
and facilities, and other aspects of the transportation right-of-way
are compliant with the Americans with Disabilities Act, and shall
ensure that the city ADA transition plan includes a prioritization
method for enhancements, and shall revise if necessary.
H. The
planning department and engineering services department shall continue
to require street infrastructure consistent with the general design
guidelines of the development code and consistent with the policies
of the general plan regarding complete streets that encourage and
create pedestrian-oriented activities.
I. The
planning and engineering services departments shall continue to implement
the general plan policies and goals to encourage complete street infrastructure,
including connecting transit opportunities, pedestrian friendly commercial
streets, and goals for future transportation opportunities like bus
rapid transit (BRT).
J. The
city will make training available to planning, engineering, and public
works personnel regarding the implementation and integration of multimodal
infrastructure and techniques.
(Ord. No. 857, § B(4), 12-19-2012; Ord. No. 870 (Recodification), 2014)
A. The
city will evaluate how well city streets are serving each category
of users through the following data collection and performance measures:
1. Total
miles of on-street bikeways defined by streets with clearly marked
or signed bicycle accommodation.
2. Total
miles of streets with pedestrian accommodation.
3. Number
of missing or noncompliant curb ramps along city streets.
4. Number
of new trees planted along city streets.
5. Number
and severity of pedestrian-vehicle and bicycle-vehicle crashes.
6. Number
of pedestrian-vehicle and bicycle-vehicle fatalities.
7. Track
Fitnessgram data of students from school districts in the city.
8. Comprehensive
citywide sidewalk inventory.
10. Total miles of pedestrian trails throughout the city.
11. Number of truncated domes on sidewalks to support visually impaired
residents.
12. Amount of air pollution (in tons) caused by automobiles.
B. The
city shall conduct targeted outreach and encourage public participation
in its decisions concerning street design and use. Community input
includes:
1. Trails
advisory committee.
2. Park
and recreation commission.
C. The
city will institute the following implementation strategy with this
complete streets policy:
1. Advisory
group. The city will establish an inter-departmental advisory committee
to oversee the implementation of this policy. The committee will include
members of public works, community services development, engineering
services department, planning department, and city manager's office
from the city. The committee may include representatives from the
bicycling, youth and elderly community, and other advocacy organizations,
as relevant. This committee will meet no less than twice per year
and evaluate the city's progress and provide advice on implementation.
2. Capital
improvement project prioritization. The city will reevaluate capital
improvement projects prioritization to encourage implementation of
bicycle, pedestrian and transit improvements.
3. Safe
routes to school plan. The city will maintain and update a safe routes
to school plan and continue to encourage local community member participation.
4. Other
plans. The city will maintain and update a bicycle transportation
plan, an Americans with Disabilities Act Transition Plan, capital
improvement program, and an approved street tree list and a tree preservation
ordinance.
5. Pedestrian
safety campaign. The city will maintain and support a comprehensive
pedestrian safety campaign. This plan engages local community members,
city leaders, and law enforcement to encourage safe walking and biking
throughout the city. Campaign messages (i.e., graphic elements, road
markings, signs) will support pedestrian safety efforts.
6. Greenhouse
Gas Inventory 2020 Forecast Plan. The city, in coordination with SANBAG,
shall maintain and update the San Bernardino County Regional Community
Greenhouse Gas Inventory 2020 Forecast report to identify amount and
trends in automobile air pollution.
7. Storm
water management. The city will prepare and implement a plan to transition
to sustainable stormwater management techniques along our streets.
8. Traffic
sign inventory. The city will maintain an inventory of all signs located
throughout the city.
9. Staff
training. The city will train advisory group members and city staff
on the content of the complete streets principles and best practices
for implementing the policy.
10. Coordination. The city will utilize inter-departmental project coordination
to promote the most responsible and efficient use of fiscal resources
for activities that occur within the public right-of-way.
11. Funding. The city will actively seek sources of appropriate funding
to implement complete streets.
12. Initial studies, assessments and reviews. All initial planning and
design studies, health impact assessments, environmental reviews,
and other project reviews for projects requiring funding or approval
by the city shall:
a. Evaluate the effect of the proposed project on safe, comfortable,
and convenient travel by all users; and
b. Identify measures to mitigate any adverse impacts on such travel
that are identified.
(Ord. No. 857, § B(5), 12-19-2012; Ord. No. 870 (Recodification), 2014)