Development Standards—Parking and Circulation | Development Standards
2. Residential Uses.
points of pedestrian access to on-site parking and building entrances. Walkways shall be provided when the pedestrian access point onto the site, or any parking space, is more than 75 feet from the building entrance or principal on-site destination and as follows: a. All developments that contain more than one building shall provide walkways between the principal entrances of the buildings; b. All nonresidential buildings set back more than 100 feet from the public right-of-way shall provide for direct pedestrian access from the building to buildings on adjacent lots; and c. Walkways across parking areas shall be located as follows: i. Walkways running parallel to the parking rows shall be provided for every six rows. Rows without walkways shall be landscaped or contain barriers or other means to encourage pedestrians to use the walkways; and
a. All permitted residential uses of five or more dwelling units shall provide pedestrian and bicycle access within and onto the site. Access points onto the site shall be provided i. approximately every 800 to 1,000 feet along existing and proposed perimeter sidewalks and walkways, and ii. at all arrival points to the site, including abutting street intersections, crosswalks, and transit and school bus stops. In addition, access points to and from adjacent lots shall be coordinated to provide circulation patterns between sites. b. Residential uses of five or more dwelling units shall provide for nonmotorized circulation between cul- de-sacs or groups of buildings to allow pedestrian and bicycle access within and through the development to adjacent activity centers, parks, common tracts, dedicated open space intended for active recreation, schools or other public facilities, transit and school bus stops, and public streets. c. Access shall only be required to school bus stops that are within or adjacent to a proposed residential use of five or more dwelling units and that are identified by the affected school district in response to a notice of application. In order to allow school districts to identify school bus stops, the department shall send a notice of application to affected school districts on all applications for residential uses of five or more dwelling units. 3. Walkways shall form an on-site circulation system that minimizes the conflict between pedestrians and traffic at all
Effective | January 1, 2022
Title 21: Sammamish Development Code | 333
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