Development Standards—Design Requirements | Town Center
level of adjacent properties. Screening features should utilize similar building materials and forms to blend with the architectural character of the building. SDC 21.07.050R. provides exceptions to height limits for any screening necessary to hide or enclose roof-mounted equipment.
to the Town Center. During the permit application review process, the City will determine the appropriate cross-section(s) for the road(s) being proposed. Some flexibility to the design of the streets may be granted by the City based on unique environmental challenges or where alternative designs can better meet the Town Center Plan’s goals and policies.
ii. Locate and screen utility meters, electrical conduit, and other service and utilities apparatus so as not to be visible from adjoining and nearby streets and minimize visual impacts from private internal streets, open spaces, and pedestrian walkways.
4. Site design elements – Street design
b. Crosswalks and Driveways.
a. Street Design Standards. The streets shall be designed consistent with the goals and policies of the Town Center Plan, the adopted street standards, and the development principles of the Town Center Infrastructure Plan. To meet this standard, project applicants shall use the figures below, reproduced from the Town Center Plan, reproduced as SDC Figure 21.07.060B.4.a., as a guide to determining the appropriate sidewalk width, landscaping elements, and roadway width and configuration until the City develops a more specific set of roadway standards applicable
i. Crosswalks are required when a walkway crosses a paved area accessible to vehicles. ii. Project applicants shall continue the sidewalk pattern and material across driveways. c. Traffic Calming. Street design should include traffic calming measures as indicated in the Town Center Infrastructure Plan, unified zone development plan (see SDC 21.07.120), and/or other applicable street design standards as determined by the City. Examples include raised crosswalks, traffic circles, and medians, where
Effective | January 1, 2022
Title 21: Sammamish Development Code | 477
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