14.60.191 Complete streets.
A. The city of Bellevue will, to the maximum extent practical, implement complete streets. For purposes of this section, “complete streets” means streets that provide appropriate facilities to meet the mobility needs of people of all ages and abilities who are walking, bicycling, riding transit, driving, and transporting goods.
B. Complete streets will be implemented through the scoping, planning, designing, building, operating, and maintaining an integrated and connected transportation system. In cases where accommodations for a particular mode with a documented need cannot be incorporated along a particular street, accommodation of this mode may be provided along a convenient alternate route.
C. Facilities to accommodate a particular travel mode are not required to be provided, subject to the determination of the transportation director, when one or more of the following is present:
1. There is a known absence of current demand and an absence of probable future demand for a particular mode;
2. Modal plans (pedestrian and bicycle transportation plan, transit master plan) and the comprehensive plan do not recommend facilities to support a particular mode;
3. Motorized or nonmotorized users are prohibited by law from using the right-of-way;
4. Environmental constraints significantly and adversely affect the feasibility to provide facilities for a particular mode;
5. The cost of facilities for a particular mode would be disproportionate to the current demand and probable future demand;
6. Routine maintenance of the transportation system is performed that does not change the roadway geometry or operations, such as mowing, sweeping, spot repair, pothole repair, and joint or crack sealing;
7. A documented exception is granted by the transportation director.
D. The transportation director will continue to maintain and update a Transportation Design Manual that incorporates best practices to implement this compete streets policy framework, using design resources that include but are not limited to the latest editions of American Association of State Highway Transportation Officials (AASHTO), Institute of Transportation Engineers (ITE), and National Association of City Transportation Officials (NACTO). (Ord. 6308 § 2, 2016.)