21030 1 ORDINANCE NO. 21,030
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3 AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND THE MASTER STREET PLAN
4 (ORDINANCE NO. 20,117) TO REVISE THE REQUIREMENTS FOR
5 DEDICATION, CONSTRUCTION AND MARKING OF BICYCLE PATHS
6 AND ROUTES IN THE MASTER STREET PLAN TEXT (MSP14-03); AND
7 FOR OTHER PURPOSES.
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9 WHEREAS, a diverse committee of citizens and City Staff members have met to discuss how best to
10 safely and conveniently accommodate all modes of transportation along, across and through the City's
11 network of streets and highways and to recommend code changes to implement safe routes throughout the
12 City for all users; and,
13 WHEREAS, changes to the Master Street Plan are needed to improve the City's transportation
14 network;
15 NOW,THEREFORE,BE IT ORDAINED BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE CITY
16 OF LITTLE ROCK,ARKANSAS:
17 Section 1. The last sentence of the first paragraph of Section 1 A of the Master Street Plan text is hereby
18 deleted and replaced by the following language:
19 Applicants for site plan review and building permit are not required to dedicate, mark or
20 construct any Class I bicycle path or route as described in the Plan. Where only a segment
21 of a block is being developed with no connectivity, either existing or anticipated to occur
22 within the next year, to any other bicycle lane or route, in such case signage and bicycle
23 markings shall not be required for the street abutting the development along Class II Bike
24 Lanes or Class III Bicycle Routes.
25 Section 2. In the Master Street Plan, Section 4: Bicycle Plan, under Bicycle Facilities and within the
26 first paragraph of the Class III Bicycle Routes subsection,the words"special signage" in the first sentence
27 and the word"signage" in the last sentence are hereby deleted and replaced with the word"sharrows".
28 Section 3. To correct an error in the Master Street Plan text in Section 4: Bicycle Plan, in the fifth
29 paragraph under Construction Standards,the word"build"is deleted and replaced with the word"built".
30 Section 4. In the Master Street Plan text, Section 4: Bicycle Plan, in the seventh paragraph under
31 Construction Standards,the second sentence is deleted and replaced with the following sentence:
32 Sharrows should be provided.
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1 Section 5.In the Master Street Plan text,Section 4: Bicycle Plan,in the Construction Standards section
2 in the first paragraph under Signage and Marking, the last sentence is deleted and replaced with the
3 following sentence:
4 Requirements for signs and graphics painted on the pavement, including sharrows and
5 bicycle emblems,vary depending upon the class of a particular bicycle route.
6 Section 6. In the Master Street Plan text, Section 4: Bicycle Plan, in the Construction and Standards
7 section and the fourth paragraph under Signage and Marking, the first two (2) sentences are deleted and
8 replaced with the following language:
9 Class III Bicycle Routes require sharrow markings on the pavement according to traffic
10 engineering requirements. Class I Bike Paths, when constructed, and Class II Bike Lanes
11 should be marked with on-street bicycle graphics in white paint with directional arrows
12 directing the flow of bicycle traffic. Class III Bicycle Routes should be marked with on-
13 street bicycle graphics as described above.
14 Section 7. Severability. In the event any title, section, paragraph, item, sentence, clause, phrase, or
15 word of this ordinance is declared or adjudged to be invalid or unconstitutional, such declaration or
16 adjudication shall not affect the remaining portions of the resolution, which shall remain in full force and
17 effect as if the portion so declared or adjudged invalid or unconstitutional were not originally a part of the
18 ordinance.
19 Section 8. Repealer.All ordinances and resolutions of the City in conflict herewith are hereby repealed
20 to the extent of such conflict.
21 Section 9. This ordinance shall take effect thirty(30)days from and after its pas-.ge.
22 PASSED: April 21,2015
23 ATTEST• APPROVE�.
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26 Su ,n ► .ii ey,City Clerk Mark Stodola,Mayor
27 AP' 'O AS TO LEGAL FORM:
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30 Thomas M. Carpenter, Attor
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