1.

All streets within the Griffin Overlay District shall meet city standards.

2.

Streets shall be designed to create an interconnected system of grid-patterned roads, modified only to accommodate topographical conditions. See Section 722 D. for additional block size requirements.

3.

Pedestrian zones in the Corridor tier and along primary streets in the Neighborhood tier:

a.

Shall consist of a landscape/buffer zone and sidewalk clear zone.

b.

The village tier consists of a sidewalk zone only.

c.

If the above conditions are not provided, the applicant must comply and complete any construction required prior to Certificate of Occupancy.

d.

Landscape zones shall be planted with trees, grass, ground cover or flowering plants, or consist of brick pavers or granite pavers where on-street parking is provided or pedestrian crossing and/or congregation is likely.

e.

The intent of this ordinance in the Neighborhood and Corridor zone is to provide for a ten-foot-wide pedestrian zone with a five-foot-wide landscape/buffer zone measured from the back of the adjacent street curb and a ten-foot-wide sidewalk zone in the neighborhood and corridor zone. However, right-of-way variations and the current conditions may not provide for a uniform application of this requirement. As such, the Planning and Development Services Department in consultation with the director of public works shall determine allowable adjustments on a case by case basis.

4.

All sidewalk paving materials shall be continued across any intervening driveway at the same prevailing grade and cross slope as on the adjacent pedestrian sidewalk area with all driveway crossings meeting ADA standards.

5.

Brick sidewalk clear zones paved with materials other than concrete or brick that are consistent in color with concrete or brick sidewalks may be allowed with the approval of the planning and development services director.

6.

Sidewalk zones shall be herring-bone patterns, basket weave or jack over jack running bond and kept clear and unobstructed for the safe and convenient use of pedestrians.

7.

Where newly constructed sidewalks abut existing sidewalks, the newly constructed sidewalk shall provide safe facilitation, including tapering or expansion of widths, for pedestrian traffic flow to adjacent sidewalks. Any development that disturbs existing sidewalks on the adjacent property shall replace disturbed areas to their pre-disturbance state and condition.

8.

Safe and convenient pedestrian pathways shall be provided from sidewalks along streets to each structure entrance, including pedestrian access routes to parking decks and through parking lots and between adjacent buildings where applicable given side setbacks, within the same development. All such pathways shall be concrete and a minimum width of five feet.