The intent of these provisions is to create walkable and pedestrian safe neighborhoods and therefore, newly created or blocks reconfigured by the construction of new streets or alleys shall be designed in accordance with the following provisions:

(1)

Blocks shall be designed to create a grid-like street network that promotes connectivity;

(2)

Where necessary, blocks may have an irregular shape to protect natural topography and ecologically sensitive areas;

(3)

Pedestrian access shall be required through the block, where necessary, to serve nearby facilities;

(4)

Cul-de-sacs and loop lanes shall not exceed eight hundred (800) feet in length measured from the centerline of the intersecting street;

(5)

In districts RN, CBD and MU block lengths shall not exceed five hundred (500) linear feet, except where access management guidelines or conditions of the terrain prohibit compliance;

(6)

In all other districts, block lengths shall not exceed seven hundred (700) linear feet on local and collector streets and one thousand (1,000) linear feet on arterial streets, except where access management guidelines or conditions of the terrain prohibit compliance.

(Ord. No. 8804, § I, 4-11-05; Ord. No. 10946, § III, 8-27-18)