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2 ORDINANCE NO.
SERIES OF 198~1~~
BY AUTHORITY
COUNCIL BILL NO. 1
INTRODUCED BY COUNCIL
MEMBER KEENA
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 3, TITLE XII, OF ENGLEWOOD MUNICIPAL
CODE OF 1969, PROVIDING FOR PEDESTRIAN AND BICYCLE TRAILS IN
SUBDIVISION REGULATION ORDINANCE.
WHEREAS, by Resolution 17, Series of 1979, the Englewood
City Council committed to support the Denver Region Element of
the Air Quality Implementation Plan; and
WHEREAS, the Englewood Planning and Zoning Commission has
conducted a public hearing to consider inclusion of pedestrian
and bicycle trail requirements in the Subdivision Regulations
for the City of Englewood, favorably recommending the same.
OW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF ENGLEWOOD, COLORADO:
Section 1. That Chapter 3, Title XII, of the '69 E.M.C.,be
amended as follows:
12-3-4: DEFINITIONS
For the purpose of this Chapter words and phrases used herein
are defined as follows:
(a) "Alley". shall mean a passage of way open to public travel which
af forda generally a secondary means of vehicular access to lots abutting
upon it and which is not intended for general traffic circulation.
(b) "BICYCLE LANE" SHALL MEAN A PORTION OF A STREET RIGHT-OF-WAY
DESIG ATED FOR THE USE OF BICYCLE TRAF IC.
(c) "BICYCLE TRAIL" SHALL MEAN A PAVED OR OTHERWISE SURFACED OFF-
STREET LANE DESIGNATED FOR BICYCLE TRAFFIC.
(d) "Block" shall mean an area of land within a subdivision which is
entirely bounded by streets, except alleys or the exterior boundary or
boundaries of the subdivision. ·
(e) "Cul-de-sac" shall mean a short street having one end open to
traffic and being terminated at the other end by a vehicular turnaround.
(f) "Director" shall mean the Director of Community Development •
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( ) •otvtd .. or "Diviaion" shall mean any act which would have the
tf • •i r le ally or practicably, of causing a separation of a single
or
l of realty into two or more tracts, parcels or sites, whether
c o.,.iat of a sale, conveyance, lease, the building of improve-
(h) "Flood Plain" shall mean the area adjacent to the normal channel
of a atr am which is subject to flooding when stream flow exceeds the capacity
o f the channe 1.
{1) "Lot" shall mean a parcel or tract of land intended to be developed,
used or conveyed as a single unit.
(j ) "Ma ter plan" shall mean the comprehensive plan developed by the
Planning and Zoning Coaunission and adopted by the Council for the physical
development of the City, which includes any unit or part of such plan
separately adopted and any amendment to such plan or parts thereof.
(k) "Master street plan .. shall mean part of the City master plan showing
location and classification of principal trafficways.
(1) .. Parking" shall mean city-owned property which lies between the
front lot line and the traveled surface of the street, usually designated
by the curb.
(m) "PEDESTRI AN TRA IL" SHALL MEAN A PAVED OR OTHERWISE SURFACED OFF-
STRE ET LANE DES IGNATED FOR PEDESTRIAN TRAFF IC.
(n) "Planning Commission" or "Commission" shall mean Planning and
Zon i ng Commi ssion of the City of Englewo od.
(o ) "Roadway" shall mean portion of a street right-of-way designated
f or vehicul ar traffic ; where curbs are in place, the portion between curbs.
(p ) "Sidewalk" shall mean portion of a street right-of-way, paved or
otherwise surfaced, intended for pedestrian use only.
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traffic.
"Street" shall mean a pub lic right-of-way for vehicular or pedestrian
Streets are classified as follows:
(1) Freeway --provides for expeditious movement of large volumes
of through traffic and generally not intended to provide land-
access service except by use of grade separation which may be
combined with parallel frontage roads •
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(2) Arterial --provides for "through" traffic movement connecting
major land use elements within the City, and connecting the
City and adjacent communities with one another. Direct access
is ordinarily provided to abutting property; however, considera-
tion must be given to the control of entrances, exits, and
curb use in order that the traffic movement can be relatively
unimpeded throughout the City.
(3) Collector Street --provides for traffic movement between
arterials and local streets with direct access to abutting
property.
(4) Local Street provides for direct access to abutting land,
and for local traffic movement primarily in reaidential areas.
(5) Industrial and Commercial Street --theae are generally re-
lated to the physic al use characteriatics of abutting land
and to the type of vehicular traffic generated by these uses.
The street may be either arterial, collector, or local in
designation.
(r) "S ubdivider" shall mean any person, or other entity, or any agent
the r eof , dividing or proposing to divide realty •
Section 2. That Chapter 3, Title XII, Section 22(2) (F) and (K),
of 1 69 E.M.C ., are amended to read as follows:
12-3-22: CONTENTS OF PRELIMINARY DESIGN
(2) (F) Location, widths and, where appropriate, names of
all existing and proposed rights-of-way for streets,
alleys, BICYCLE TRAILS, or other public ways and
all existing and proposed easements, either public
or private, for utilities, drainage, or other
purposes, within the area proposed for subdivision
and at least 100 feet inunediately adjacent thereto.
(K) Typical cross sections of proposed streets show the
widths of roadways and the location and dimensions
of BICYCLE LANES, sidewalks, curbs, gutters, and
other structures to be located within the right-
of-way.
Section 3 . That Chapter 3, Title XII, Section 23, of the '69
E .M.C . b e amended by adding a new subsection (e) as follows:
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12-3-23: VICINITY SKETCH
(e) DESIGNATED BICYCLE AND PEDESTRIAN TRAILS WHICH HAVE
BEEN ADOPTED BY THE CITY OF ENGLEWOOD OR INCLUDED
IN THE REGIONAL BICYCLE TRANSPORTATION PLAN, IF
WITHIN 1300 FEET OF EACH BOUNDARY OF THE AREA.
Section 4. That Chapter 3, Title XII, Section 25(c), of the
'69 E.M.C., be amended to read as follows:
12-3-25: REVIEW OF DESIGN
(c) The Commission shall review and consider the Preliminary Design
and Vicinity Sketch with particular attention to the following matters:
(1)
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(S)
(6)
(7)
The zoning of the property proposed for subdivision, to-
gether with the zoning of the areas immediately adjacent
thereto;
The proposed layout of lots and blocks, and the proposed
dimensions thereof to demonstrate compliance with applicable
yard area requirements;
The availability of all utilities, and the proximity thereof
to the area proposed for subdivision;
Topography and natural features of the land with special
reference to flood plains;
The continuity of streets and alleys within the area proposed
for subdivision, and the design and location of such streets
and alleys, with relation to existing streets and alleys, both
within and without the area proposed for subdivision, and the
Master S.treet Plan;
ALL RIGHTS-OF-WAY TO BE DESIGNED AND LOCATED TO FACILITATE
THE SAFE MOVEMENT OF PEDESTRIANS AND BICYCLISTS, AND AVOID
OR ELIMINATE EXIS TING OR POTENTIAL NATURAL OR MAN-MADE BARRIERS
AND HAZARDS TO SUCH MOVEMENT.
ALL BICYCLE AND PEDESTRIAN FACILITIES SHALL BE SELECTED,
LOCATED AND DESIGNED IN ACCORDANCE WITH CURRENT CI ·ty STANDARDS·
HOWEVE~, BICYCL E LANES AND BICYCLE TRAILS SHALL NOT
BE REQU IRED FOR SUBDIVISIO?TS ENCOMPASSING LESS 'JllHAN
FiVE ACRES.
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(8) The location of utility and other easements;
(9) The locat i on of, and provision for, pu blic areas, including
land re se rved for parks, s chools and other public uses;
(10) The met hod of collection and disposal of drainage and sur-
face wa ter;
(11) Any othe r ma tters which th e Commission deems important to
.be consid e r e d i n o rder to ac c omplish the purposes set forth
herein .
Introduced, read in full and passed on first reading on the
5th day of Janua ry, 1981.
Published as a Bill for an Ordinance on the 7th day of
January, 1981 .
Read by title and passed on final reading on the 19th day
of January, 1 9 81.
Published by title as Ordinance No. 2 , Series of 1981,
on the 21st day of January, 1981 • ---
ayor
Atte s t :
I, Gary R. Higbee, ex officio City Clerk-Treasurer of the
City of Englewood, Colorado, hereby certify that the above and
fo r egoing is a true, accurate and complete copy of the Ordinance
pas sed on fi nal reading and published by title as Ordinance No. 2
Se r ies of 19 8 1 .
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