Sammamish Unified Development Code

Development Standards—Design Requirements | Town Center

the vehicular pavement. Speed bumps may not be used to satisfy this requirement. g. Americans with Disabilities Act. All pathways shall conform to the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA).

planting strips and street trees or bioretention on both sides, sidewalks on one or both sides, and perpendicular parking on one or both sides. The use of these features will be determined for developments in the TC-A zones through the unified zone development planning process (see SDC 21.07.120), depending on the size and configuration of the development and nature of uses and the circulation system. The director may approve innovative and special street designs, such as a woonerf people street, provided pedestrian safety and other street functions are achieved.

c. Driveway Standards and Guidelines for All Nonresidential and Multifamily Development.

i. Driveways to surface parking lots are prohibited on pedestrian-oriented streets, unless there are no alternatives, as determined in the unified zone development planning process; ii. Driveways shall be restricted to no more than one entrance and exit lane per 300 lineal feet (lf) of frontage. Properties with less than 300 lineal feet of frontage shall be restricted to one entrance and exit lane for vehicular access. For corner properties, the separate street frontages shall be measured separately unless both streets are classified as an arterial or collector; iii. Vehicular access to corner lots shall be located on the lowest classified roadway and as close as practical to the property line most distant from the intersection;

7. Site planning – Internal vehicular circulation

a. Vehicular Circulation. Developments shall provide a safe and convenient network of vehicular circulation that connects to the surrounding road/access network and provides opportunities for future connections to adjacent parcels, where applicable. b. Internal Access Roads. Interior access roads in multi- building commercial or multifamily developments shall look and function more like public streets. This includes

Effective | January 1, 2022

Title 21: Sammamish Development Code | 461

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