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(1) Introduction. Street, trail, and through-block connection standards are established in this chapter to enhance downtown’s circulation network and support the envisioned development within downtown. Required streets, trails, and through-block connections shall be built by developers as development occurs. The applicant shall comply with the provisions of this chapter and install all improvements consistent with the City’s Design and Construction Standards (Chapter 12.60 CMC) along the frontage of each street, trail, or through-block connection that abuts and traverses the applicable site.

(2) Applicability. Streets, trails, and through-block connections are required:

(a) To complete streets, trails, and through-block connections identified in Figure 18.31.220. Specific alignments for new, widened, or extended streets, trails, and through-block connections will be determined during the development review process for applicable sites.

(b) When necessary to comply with maximum block length requirements in CMC 18.31.230.

(3) Authority to Require Dedication. If a right-of-way abutting the applicable site has inadequate width based on the requirements of this chapter and the provisions of Chapter 12.60 CMC, the applicant shall dedicate a portion of the subject property for the required right-of-way widening. In some instances, due to road alignment needs, more right-of way may be required from one side of a street than the other.

(4) Map. The map below identifies street types for existing and planned streets, trails, and through-block connections. The following sections provide standards for how these elements are improved in conjunction with future development or a City-initiated project.

Figure 18.31.220. Downtown Street Types for Existing and Planned Streets, Trails, and Through-Block Connections

(5) Note that this street type map is different than the block-frontages designation map in CMC 18.31.310. The street type designations and standards regulate the design of the roadway, sidewalks, and planting strips within the right-of-way. Block-frontage designations and standards set forth in Chapter 18.31 CMC, Article IV, regulate the development frontages, which include the building and associated site development that occurs within the property boundary. (Ord. 08-21 § 3 (Exh. B))