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City drafts Complete Streets ordinance update to add ADA reference, standards and plan-based triggers
Summary
City transportation leadership presented a redline draft April 9 updating the Complete Streets policy (Chapter 17) to reference an ADA transition plan, add national/design standards (AASHTO, NACTO), incorporate a safe-systems safety approach, and clarify when exceptions apply; staff said the update aims to improve grant competitiveness and better
City transportation leadership presented a draft update on April 9 to the city’s Complete Streets ordinance (Chapter 17 of the Plan Spokane policy code), proposing changes that explicitly reference disability-access planning, national design standards and a ‘‘plan‑based’’ approach to applying complete‑street elements.
"The Complete Streets ordinance has not been updated since it passed in 2011," said John Schneider, director of Transportation and Sustainability, who introduced the draft and described the rationale: state statute and grant programs have evolved, community expectations for multimodal streets have increased, and an updated ordinance could improve the city's competitiveness for state grants.
Key changes in the draft ordinance included: - A new reference to an ADA transition plan: staff noted the city does not yet have an adopted ADA transition plan and the…
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