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Home My WebLink AboutOrdinance 5270 ORDINANCE NO, 5270 AN ORDINANCE AMENDING TITLE XV: UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT CODE OF THE CITY OF FAYETTEVILLE, TO AMEND CHAPTER 166: DEVELOPMENT AND CHAPTER 171 : STREETS AND SIDEWALKS IN ORDER TO CODIFY TRAIL EASEMENT ACQUISTION POLICY AND TO ADOPT TRAIL CONSTRUCTION STANDARDS. WHEREAS, the City of Fayetteville Alternative Transportation and Trails (FATT) Plan was adopted in 2003 ; and WHEREAS, the City of Fayetteville recognizes that the FATT Plan should be periodically updated; and WHEREAS, the City of Fayetteville recognizes that trail easement acquisition policy should be codified in the Unified Development Code; and WHEREAS, the City of Fayetteville recognizes that trail construction standards should be adopted to ensure consistent trail quality, NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FAYETTEVILLE, ARKANSAS: Section 1 . That the City Council of the City of Fayetteville, Arkansas hereby amends the Unified Development Code § 166.05(C)(7)(b) by adding the following language and renumbering the remainder of the section appropriately: 166.05(C)(7)(b) "The developer may be required to grant a multi-use trail easement for trails shown on the Master Transportation Plan that abut or intersect the large scale development or preliminary plat, if it is determined that the improvements bear a rational nexus and rough proportionality to the needs created by the development." Section 2. That the City Council of the City of Fayetteville, Arkansas hereby renames the Unified Development Code § 171 . 13 Sidewalk and Driveway Specifications as follows: "§ 171 . 13 Sidewalk, Driveway and Trail Specifications" Page No. 2 Ordinance No. 5270 Section 3. That the City Council of the City of Fayetteville, Arkansas hereby amends § 171 . 13 Sidewalk, Driveway and Trail Specifications by adding the following language shown in exhibit "A" attached hereto and made a part hereof: PASSED and APPROVED this I " day of September, 2009. APPROVED: ATTEST: By: e By: nr� VOWELD Jt/l^ Mayor SO 1�. SMITH, City erk/TreasureM111tr �EtWTR �Iage We . t,,Ifffrp Ute . G R 0V � ? FAYETTEVILLE ; 3 5 %9J ' o9906SP J�� "Exhibit A" (D) Multi-use Trails. (1 ) Minimum width of multi-use trails. The (c) Subgrade. The top 24 inches of minimum width of trails shall be 12 feet and subgrade shall meet the requirements of shall follow the trail cross-section guidelines City of Fayetteville Minimum Street of the Master Transportation Plan. Standards. Existing material not meeting these requirements shall be (2) Trail materials. Selection of trail surface removed and replaced with approved materials depends upon site conditions. select fill and compacted to 95% Generally, trails shall be constructed of Standard Procter Density (S.P.D.) asphalt except where they are located in Specific site conditions may require the floodprone areas or adjacent to vehicular addition of 4 inch shot rock or other traffic. Final determination of trail material in order to create a solid base. construction materials shall be made by the Trail Coordinator. (5) Concrete trail requirements. All concrete portions of trails shall be constructed of a (a) Asphalt. Trails shall be constructed of portland cement concrete mixture with a asphalt in areas where the trail is compressive strength of 3500 p.s.i. with 4 to located above floodprone areas and 7 percent air entrainment. Concrete trail away from vehicular traffic. (Refer to sections shall be constructed to the following detail in the Master Transportation standards: Plan.) (a) Surface. Concrete trail portions shall (b) Concrete. Trails shall be constructed of have a 4 inch fiber reinforced concrete concrete when located in or near surface with a medium broom finish. floodprone areas, vehicular road crossings and access ramps. (Refer to (b) Base Course. Base course for concrete detail in the Master Transportation trails shall consist of a 4 inch thickness Plan.) of class 7 aggregate compacted to 95% M.P.D. (3) Grades. All trails shall be constructed with a 2% maximum cross slope in the same (c) Subgrade. Subgrade for concrete trails direction as the existing grade unless shall meet the requirements of asphalt otherwise designated. Longitudinal grade trail subgrade. shall not exceed 5%. Longitudinal grade may be varied by the Trails Coordinator for sites (d) Expansion joints. Full depth expansion with difficult topography. In such cases the joints (four inches) shall be provided at AASHTO longitudinal grade requirement for intervals not greater than 50 feet, unless bicycles shall apply. slipform paving methods are used. If slipform paving methods are used, expansion joints shall be placed at the (4) Asphalt trail requirements. Asphalt trails shall end of each day's placement, or as be constructed of asphalt concrete hot mix directed. Expansion joints shall also be surface course. Type III surface course placed when concrete abuts existing meeting the requirements of AHTD structures. Specifications, 1996 Edition, shall be used unless otherwise approved. Asphalt trail (e) Contraction Joints. One-quarter depth sections shall be constructed to the following weakened plane joints, or saw-cut joints, standards: shall be placed in sidewalk at regular intervals matching the trail width, but not (a) Surface. Asphalt trail sections shall greater than 12 feet apart. have a 3 inch thick surface. (f) Joint Sealant. All expansion joints and (b) Base Course. Base course for asphalt saw joints shall be sealed with joint trails shall consist of a 6 inch thickness sealant meeting the requirements of of Class 7 aggregate compacted to 95% ASTM C920, Type S. A self leveling M.P.D. sealant shall be used for horizontal surfaces. A non-sag sealant shall be used for vertical or nearly vertical surfaces. (6) ADA guidelines. Trails shall conform to ADA (11 ) Street Crosswalks. Trails that intersect and guidelines, to the extent possible. cross public streets shall have a red colored concrete crosswalk with two foot wide white (7) Trail shoulders. A two foot shoulder thermoplastic stripes on each side. For major adjacent to the trail shall be graded smooth streets, this crosswalk may be raised 2.5 and should not exceed 2% cross-slope in the inches above pavement surface. For newly same direction as the trail. The Trail paved lower traveled roads, a red Coordinator shall determine the thermoplastic brick pattern may be applied. appropriateness and maintenance The Trails Coordinator will provide a requirements of plants and grasses adjacent crosswalk detail with standard requirements to trails. to the developer prior to construction. (8) Tie back slopes. The ground beyond the (12)Striping. Center line stripe and a diamond shoulder shall meet the existing grade with a pattern stripe around the bollards shall be maximum slope of 3: 1 . installed. Striping shall conform to the Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices, (9) Bollards. Bollards are required at trail Part 9 — Traffic Controls for Bicycle Facilities. intersections with streets. The Trail Additional striping may be required for Coordinator will provide a bollard detail with increased safety. Trails Coordinator will standard requirements to the developer prior provide a striping detail to the developer to construction. prior to construction. (10) Trail signage. Trail signage shall comply with (13) Variances. The City of Fayetteville Trails the Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Coordinator may vary the requirements of Devices, Part 9 — Traffic Controls for Bicycle this section so long as the variance is within Facilities. The Trails Coordinator will provide the allowances set forth in the Manual on a signage detail with standard requirements Uniform Traffic Control Devices (MUTCD) or to the developer prior to construction. the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO) Guide for the Development of Bicycle Facilities. City of Fayetteville Staff Review Form City Council Agenda Items and Contracts, Leases or Agreements 9/1/2009 City Council Meeting Dale Agenda Items Only Leif Olson Strategic Planning Submitted By Department Action Required: ADM 09-3256: (Fayetteville Alternative Transportation and Trails Master Plan Update): Submitted by Strategic Planning Staff to amend Chapter 166: Development and Chapter 171 : Streets and Sidewalks of the Unified Development Code to codify trail easement acquisition policy and to adopt trail construction standards. Cost of this request Category / Project Budget Program Category / Project Name Account Number Funds Used to Date Program / Project Category Name Project Number Remaining Balance Fund Name Budgeted Item Budget Adjustment Attached O zQG /3 0 Previous Ordinance or Resolution # Depart nt DireGor Date Original Contract Date: G � Q� Original Contract Number: City orney (t Date �q„3, 0. - 1 � • IY- 2D oq Finance and Internal Services Director Date Received in City EN RED Clerk's Office 8 09 thieTof aff Date �T j Received in g / Mayor's Office O Me r Date Comments: City Council Meeting of September 1 , 2009 Agenda Item Number CITY COUNCIL AGENDA MEMO To: Mayor and City Council Thru: Jeremy Pate, Director of Development Services Karen Minkel, Strategic Planning and Internal Consulting Director From: Leif Olson, Long Range Planner !'yV Date: August 11 , 2009 Subject: Fayetteville Alternative Transportation and Trails Master Plan UDC amendments (ADM 09-3256) RECOMMENDATION Staff recommends approval of the proposed amendments to Chapters 166 and 171 of the UDC. This item was heard at the August 10, 2009 Planning Commission meeting and forwarded to the City Council with a unanimous recommendation for approval (7-0-0). BACKGROUND The City of Fayetteville first adopted the Fayetteville Alternative Transportation and Trail (FATT) Master Plan in 2003 . After a full review of this plan staff scheduled an update for 2009. The Strategic Planning and Internal Consulting Department, GIS Division, Transportation Division, Engineering Division and the Trail Coordinator worked together to complete this comprehensive update. The objective of the FATT Plan update is to develop a comprehensive trail policy that addresses trail easement acquisitions for both multi-family residential and commercial developments, update and adopt an amended Master Trail Map, amend the Master Street Plan section of City Plan 2025 to recognize the trail system as a transportation component, and codify trail development standards in the Unified Development Code. Specifically, this item addresses amendments made to the Unified Development Code in order to codify trail easement acquisition and trail development standards. DISCUSSION Staff presented the proposed FATT Plan update to the Trail and Sidewalk Task Force at their July 8, 2009 meeting where it was forwarded unanimously. On August 3, 2009 the Parks and Recreation Board reviewed the FATT Plan update and it was forwarded to the Planning Commission with a unanimous vote of 7-0 recommending approval . The Planning Commission reviewed the FATT Plan update at its' August 10, 2009 meeting and forwarded the proposal unanimously to the City Council with a recommendation of approval . City Council Meeting of September 1 , 2009 Agenda Item Number BUDGET IMPACT None. ORDINANCE NO. AN ORDINANCE AMENDING TITLE XV: UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT CODE OF THE CITY OF FAYETTEVILLE, TO AMEND CHAPTER 166: DEVELOPMENT AND CHAPTER 171 : STREETS AND SIDEWALKS IN ORDER TO CODIFY TRAIL EASEMENT ACQUISTION POLICY AND TO ADOPT TRAIL CONSTRUCTION STANDARDS . WHEREAS, the City of Fayetteville Alternative Transportation and Trails (FATT) Plan was adopted in 2003; and WHEREAS, the City of Fayetteville recognizes that the FATT Plan should be periodically updated; and WHEREAS, the City of Fayetteville recognizes that trail easement acquisition policy should be codified in the Unified Development Code; and WHEREAS, the City of Fayetteville recognizes that trail construction standards should be adopted to ensure consistent trail quality, NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FAYETTEVILLE, ARKANSAS: Section 1 . That the City Council of the City of Fayetteville, Arkansas hereby amends the Unified Development Code § I66.05(C)(7)(b) by adding the following language and renumbering the remainder of the section appropriately: 166.05(C)(7)(b) "The developer may be required to grant a multi-use trail easement for trails shown on the Master Transportation Plan that abut or intersect the large scale development or preliminary plat, if it is determined that the improvements bear a rational nexus and rough proportionality to the needs created by the development." Section 2. That the City Council of the City of Fayetteville, Arkansas hereby renames the Unified Development Code § 171 . 13 Sidewalk and Driveway Specifications as follows: "§ 171 . 13 Sidewalk, Driveway and Trail Specifications" Section 3. That the City Council of the City of Fayetteville, Arkansas hereby amends § 171 . 13 Sidewalk, Driveway and Trail Specifications by adding the following language shown in exhibit "A" attached hereto and made a part hereof: PASSED and APPROVED this the day of 12009. APPROVED: By: LIONELD JORDAN, Mayor ATTEST: By: SONDRA SMITH, City Clerk "Exhibit A" (D) Multi-use Trails. inch thickness of Class 7 aggregate compacted to 95% M.P.D. ( 1 ) Minimum width of multi-use trails. The minimum width of trails shall be 12 feet and shall follow the trail cross-section (c) Subgrade. The top 24 inches of guidelines of the Master Transportation subgrade shall meet the Plan. requirements of City of Fayetteville Minimum Street Standards. (2) Trail materials. Selection of trail surface Existing material not meeting these materials depends upon site conditions. requirements shall be removed and Generally, trails shall be constructed of replaced with approved select fill asphalt except where they are located in and compacted to 95% Standard floodprone areas or adjacent to Procter Density (S.P.D.) Specific vehicular traffic. Final determination of site conditions may require the trail construction materials shall be addition of 4 inch shot rock or other made by the Trail Coordinator. material in order to create a solid base. (a) Asphalt. Trails shall be constructed of asphalt in areas where the trail is (5) Concrete trail requirements. All located above floodprone areas and concrete portions of trails shall be away from vehicular traffic. (Refer constructed of a Portland cement to detail in the Master concrete mixture with a compressive Transportation Plan.) strength of 3500 p.s.i. with 4 to 7 percent air entrainment. Concrete trail (b) Concrete. Trails shall be sections shall be constructed to the constructed of concrete when following standards: located in or near floodprone areas, vehicular road crossings and (a) Surface. Concrete trail portions access ramps. (Refer to detail in shall have a 4 inch fiber reinforced the Master Transportation Plan.) concrete surface with a medium broom finish. (3) Grades. All trails shall be constructed with a 2% maximum cross slope in the (b) Base Course. Base course for same direction as the existing grade concrete trails shall consist of a 4 unless otherwise designated. inch thickness of class 7 aggregate Longitudinal grade shall not exceed 5%. compacted to 95% M.P.D. Longitudinal grade may be varied by the Trails Coordinator for sites with difficult (c) Subgrade. Subgrade for concrete topography. In such cases the AASHTO trails shall meet the requirements of longitudinal grade requirement for asphalt trail Subgrade. bicycles shall apply. (d) Expansion joints. Full depth expansion joints (four inches) shall (4) Asphalt trail requirements. Asphalt trails be provided at intervals not greater shall be constructed of asphalt concrete than 50 feet, unless slipform paving hot mix surface course. Type III surface methods are used. If slipform course meeting the requirements of - paving methods are used, AHTD Specifications, 1996 Edition, shall expansion joints shall be placed at be used unless otherwise approved. the end of each day's placement, or Asphalt trail sections shall be as directed. Expansion joints shall constructed to the following standards: also be placed when concrete abuts existing structures. (a) Surface. Asphalt trail sections shall have a 3 inch thick surface. (e) Contraction Joints. One-quarter depth weakened plane joints, or (b) Base Course. Base course for saw-cut joints, shall be placed in asphalt trails shall consist of a 6 sidewalk at regular intervals matching the trail width, but not detail with standard requirements to the greater than 12 feet apart. developer prior to construction. (f) Joint Sealant. All expansion joints (11 ) Street Crosswalks. Trails that intersect and saw joints shall be sealed with and cross public streets shall have a red joint sealant meeting the colored concrete crosswalk with two foot requirements of ASTM C920, Type wide white thermoplastic stripes on each S. A self leveling sealant shall be side. For major streets, this crosswalk used for horizontal surfaces. A may be raised 2.5 inches above non-sag sealant shall be used for pavement surface. For newly paved vertical or nearly vertical surfaces. lower traveled roads, a red thermoplastic brick pattern may be (6) ADA guidelines. Trails shall conform to applied. The Trails Coordinator will ADA guidelines, to the extent possible. provide a crosswalk detail with standard requirements to the developer prior to (7) Trail shoulders. A two foot shoulder construction. adjacent to the trail shall be graded smooth and should not exceed 2% ( 12)Striping. Center line stripe and a cross-slope in the same direction as the diamond pattern stripe around the trail. The Trail Coordinator shall bollards shall be installed. Striping shall determine the appropriateness and conform to the Manual on Uniform maintenance requirements of plants and Traffic Control Devices, Part 9 — Traffic grasses adjacent to trails. Controls for Bicycle Facilities. Additional striping may be required for (8) Tie back slopes., The ground beyond increased safety. Trails Coordinator will the shoulder shall meet the existing provide a striping detail to the developer grade with a maximum slope of 3:1 . prior to construction. (9) Bollards. Bollards are required at trail (13) Variances. The City of Fayetteville Trails intersections with streets. The Trail Coordinator may vary the requirements Coordinator will provide a bollard detail of this section so long as the variance is with standard requirements to the within the allowances set forth in the developer prior to construction. - Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices (MUTCD) or the American ( 10) Trail signage. Trail signage shall comply Association of State Highway and with the Manual on Uniform Traffic Transportation Officials (AASHTO) Control Devices, Part 9 — Traffic Guide for the Development of Bicycle Controls for Bicycle Facilities. The Facilities. Trails Coordinator will provide a signage will remain after the development is 166.05 Large Scale Development completed. (LSD) (c) The location, size and arrangement (A) Requirement. The development of the of proposed buildings or additions, following must be processed in accordance parking and loading areas, and the with the requirements for a large scale type surfacing proposed for such development: areas,, streets, driveways, curb cuts, community facilities, pedestrian ( 1 ) a lot or parcel larger than one acre ; ways, and open spaces. (3) Legal description. A correct legal (2) a lot or parcel in the Design Overlay description of the property located within District; the large scale development, and a correct legal description, certified by an (3) a Planned Zoning District; or abstractor or surveyor, of street right-of- way dedications and vacations and (4) facilities emitting odors or handling utility and drainage easements. explosives. (4) Vicinity map. The vicinity map shall (B) Review and approval. All large scale depict the following: developments, not hereinafter excluded, must be reviewed by the Plat Review (a) The location and name of any street Committee and the Subdivision Committee which abuts or intersects the large and must be approved by the Planning scale development; and, Commission, after having afforded the opportunity for public comment, before a (b) The location and name of any other building permit may be issued. Approval by street, building or landmark the City Council shall not be required unless necessary to clearly indicate the an appeal is taken and heard, except location of the large scale Planned Zoning Districts. development. (C) Building permit. Before a building permit for a large scale development may be issued, (5) Preliminary street and drainage plans. the developer shall: (Required only where the developer proposes new streets or an alteration in ( 1 ) Development plan. Submit a the existing street plan.) Submit to the Zoning and Development Administrator development plan to the Zoning and for review by the Plat Review Development Administrator for review Committee preliminary street and by the Plat Review Committee. The drainage plans, showing alignment of development plan shall consist of a streets and direction of flow of storm black line site location map drawn to and sanitary sewers in relation to scale and not to exceed 14 inches by 18 topography. Where an official street inches, and an accurate black line and drainage plan exists, it shall be vicinity map not to exceed 14 inches by submitted for purposes of comparison. 18 inches. The vicinity map need not be drawn to scale. (6) Dedication of right-of-way. Dedicate sufficient right-of-way to bring those (2) Site location map. The site location streets which the Master Street Plan map shall depict the following: shows to abut or intersect the large scale development or preliminary plat (a) The size and shape of the property into conformance with the right-of-way on which the development is to be requirements of the Master Street Plan located. for said streets; provided, the Planning Commission may recommend a lesser (b) The location, size and arrangement dedication in the event of undue of existing buildings, signs, outdoor hardship or practical difficulties. Such advertising, and other lesser dedication shall be subject to improvements, water courses, approval by the City Council. ponds and streams, and any other distinctive or unusual features that