§ 61.220. Purpose of Street Design Requirements.

The street requirements of this Part are intended to provide minimum standards for public streets serving the various uses permitted by this Chapter to protect the capacity of the City's street system and avoid undue congestion on those streets, and to reduce unnecessary conflicts between moving vehicles, parked vehicles and pedestrians. These street design requirements are also intended to encourage a highly connected transportation system within the City of Orlando that:

(a)

provides choices for drivers, bicyclists, and pedestrians;

(b)

promotes walking and bicycling;

(c)

connects neighborhoods to each other and to certain destinations, including, but not limited to, transit stops, employers, schools, parks, shops, libraries, and post offices, and any other public, recreational or institutional use;

(d)

provides opportunities for residents to increase their level of physical activity each day by creating walkable neighborhoods with adequate connections to destinations;

(e)

reduces vehicular traffic to improve air quality and mitigate the effects of auto emissions on the health of residents and the environment;

(f)

reduces emergency response time;

(g)

increases effectiveness of municipal service delivery;

(h)

restores arterial street capacity to better service regional long-distance travel needs; and

(i)

establishes a reasonable nexus between the development and the need for transportation improvements.

(Ord. of 9-16-1991, Doc. #25098; Ord. No. 2010-31, § 2, 8-30-2010, Doc. #1008301109)