12.16.120 Pedestrian circulation and access.
A. All uses, except single-family building permits, shall provide pedestrian access onto the site. Pedestrian access points shall be provided at all pedestrian arrival points to the development including the property edges, adjacent lots, abutting street intersections, crosswalks, and transit stops. Pedestrian access shall be located as follows:
1. Access points at property edges and to adjacent lots shall be coordinated with existing development to provide circulation patterns between developments;
2. Residential development shall provide pedestrian access between cul-de-sacs or groups of buildings to allow pedestrian access from within the development and from adjacent developments to activity centers, parks, common tracts, open spaces, schools or other public facilities, transit stops and public streets, when determined by the community development director to be necessary for safe and efficient pedestrian circulation.
B. Provision for safe and efficient pedestrian circulation shall be provided as follows:
1. All developments which contain more than one building shall provide walkways between the principal entrances of the buildings;
2. All nonresidential buildings located more than 100 feet from the public right-of-way shall provide for direct pedestrian access from the building to buildings on adjacent lots;
3. Where a parking lot exists between a building or buildings and the street front sidewalk, pedestrian access shall be provided from the street front sidewalk to the building(s) and shall be designed so as to provide safe and efficient pedestrian travel across and/or around parking lots. This may be accomplished by integrating pedestrian sidewalks/walkways into the parking lot design either around the perimeter of the parking lot or through the interior of the parking lot.
Pedestrian sidewalks/walkways that serve the interior of the parking lot shall be clearly marked so as to distinguish those areas from vehicle drive lanes.
C. Pedestrian sidewalks and walkways shall meet the following minimum design standards:
1. Sidewalks and walkways shall be well lit using pedestrian scale lighting;
2. Sidewalks and walkways shall be a minimum of 60 inches of unobstructed width and meet city of Bothell standards for walkways and sidewalks; parked vehicles shall not intrude into the required unobstructed width;
3. Access for mobility impaired persons shall be provided in accordance with Section 7503 of the regulations adopted pursuant to Chapter 19.27 RCW, State Building Code; Chapter 70.92 RCW, Provisions in Buildings for Aged and Handicapped Persons. (Ord. 1815 § 1, 2000; Ord. 1798 § 1, 2000; Ord. 1629 § 1, 1996).