Welaunee Boulevard, the Shamrock South Extension, and the I-10 Flyover or Interchange to reserve those lands for future convenience. The intent here is to (p. 138), “allow for the design of an interchange that supports a gridded street network and city blocks on the north side of Interstate-10.” The purpose of this gridded street network is to divert traffic to a system of streets in the town center and to allow for a more pedestrian friendly environment. Further, the following policy is described under Policy 13.2.4 of the Comprehensive code in regard to activity centers, employment centers, town centers, village centers, and mixed-use centers in Welaunee Arch (p. 124): “[each center]…shall be planned on a block system with a gridded road network to facilitate connectivity. Block lengths shall generally be less than 500 feet with block perimeters generally being less than 3,000 feet. Bicycle and Pedestrian paths and drive aisles that directly connect to the parallel street may count as block end points, provided they include pedestrian facilities and accommodations that are required along frontages.” The Leon County Land Development Code includes strong connectivity regulations to carry out these plan policies Sec. 10-7.502. - General layout design standards. For example, Sec. 10-7.502(b) requires the following: “New development shall be designed to support the development of a network of interconnecting streets that work to disperse traffic while connecting and integrating neighborhoods with the existing fabric of the community. Such a network makes the following possible: provides choices for drivers, bicyclists, and pedestrians, connects neighborhoods to each other and to local destinations, reduces vehicle miles of travel and travel times, improves air quality, reduces emergency response times, increases effectiveness of municipal service delivery, and frees up arterial capacity to better serve regional long distance travel needs...” To reduce the necessity of using the public street system to move between adjacent and complementary land uses, all new non-residential and multifamily development in the urban services area (including subdivisions, undivided sites proposed to be developed, and construction of new streets) must be designed to provide vehicular and pedestrian cross access to adjacent commercial, office, multifamily, recreation, and community facility uses, as follows Sec. 10-7.502(b)(1): a. If the adjacent site is developed, the developer shall design and build the appropriate cross- access to the property line of the adjacent parcel, unless found infeasible by the development review committee. b. If the adjacent site is undeveloped or if the adjacent site is developed but cross-access is not possible at the time of application, the developer shall design and build the cross-access to the property line of the adjacent parcel in anticipation of future connection when that site is developed or redeveloped, unless found infeasible by the development review committee. c. The minimum pavement width of a vehicular and pedestrian cross-access shall be determined by the county engineer or designee and shall be designed to allow for vehicular and pedestrian cross access to adjacent commercial, office, multifamily, recreation, and community uses and to allow shared access points on public or private streets. d. Shared access points, rather than individual access points, on public or private streets shall be required where it is determined by the county engineer or designee that such shared access points would protect capacity on adjoining roadways or be in the interest of public safety.
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