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2023 Docket Enabling Ordinance December 19, 2023 <br />Page 86 <br /> <br /> <br />12.04.04.030 General Design Criteria. <br />General Considerations: In addition to the specific design standards found throughout other <br />parts of these standards, the following general design principals shall be followed to the <br />maximum extent feasible: <br />A. Pedestrian ways, bike paths, and equestrian trails should be separated from <br />roadways to the maximum extent feasible. Sidewalks shall be designed to provide <br />residential building sites with connectivity to all neighboring facilities, including <br />schools, bus collection points, parks, playgrounds, churches, commercial shopping <br />districts, etc. <br />B. Existing roads, including roads in subdivisions having preliminary plat approval in <br />adjoining properties, shall be continued at equal or greater width and in similar <br />alignments by roads proposed in the subdivision, unless variations are approved. <br />C. Roads within rural subdivisions shall be designed as a system of circulation routes <br />so that the use of local roads by through traffic will be discouraged. <br />D. Roads shall intersect at right angles to the maximum extent feasible. Written <br />approval from the Engineer shall be required if an intersection is proposed that would <br />deviate more than 10 degrees from perpendicular. <br />E. When a tract is divided into lots which are twice as large on average as the <br />underlying zoning, such lots or parcels shall be arranged to permit the logical location <br />and opening of future streets or roads. <br />12.04.04.040 Public Roads. <br />Public Roads shall comply with the following conditions: <br />A. Road surfacing requirements shall be in accordance with the KC Standard Plans and <br />the WSDOT Pavement Guide, Volume 1 Pavement Policy, current edition. <br />B. The minimum design speed for all roads shall be 25 MPH. Design speeds shall be <br />based upon WSDOT Design Manual, current edition. Entire road segments shall be <br />designed at the same speed. Minimum design speeds for classified roads are included