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Objective 1.9 - Bicycle, Pedestrian, and Linked Open Space Facilities

The County shall promote the increased use of the bicycle, pedestrian, and linked open space facilities as viable alternate means of transportation. [9J-5.019(4)(b)1 F.A.C.]

Policy 1.9-a: Bikeways shall be given full consideration in the planning and development of state, regional, and local transportation facilities and programs. [9J-5.019(4)(c)5 F.A.C.]

Policy 1.9-b: The County shall provide for bicycle, pedestrian, and bus transit facilities in the plans for all major roadway construction and reconstruction projects consistent with adopted standards developed by the County and State. [9J-5.019(4)(c)5 F.A.C.]

Policy 1.9-c: By January 2000, the County shall amend the Unified Land Development Code to require all new mixed-use, commercial and residential developments or redevelopment proposals to include consideration of interconnection to adjacent uses. [9J-5.019(4)(c)5 F.A.C.]

Policy 1.9-d: The County shall support and encourage the MPO in completing and adopting, by January 1999, the Long Range Bicycle Facilities Concept Plan, which will provide for and promote the use of the bicycle as an alternate means of transportation. [9J-5.019(4)(c)5 F.A.C.]

Policy 1.9-e: By July, 1999, the County shall amend the Unified Land Development Code to require all new development or redevelopment to provide bicycle facilities to promote bicycling unless the establishment of bicycle facilities is contrary to public safety, the cost of doing so is excessively disproportionate to the need or probable use, or other factors indicate an absence of any need for such facilities. [9J-5.019(4)(c)5 F.A.C.]

Policy 1.9-f: By January 1, 2000, the County shall adopt appropriate highway design standards which shall include the use of wildlife/pedestrian crossing structures where adjacent land designations and uses indicate that such structures are appropriate. [9J-5.019(4)(c)5 F.A.C.]

Policy 1.9-g: The County shall continue to use corridor cross-sections which shall include bicycle and pedestrian facilities, and equestrian cross sections where appropriate. [9J-5.019(4)(c)5 F.A.C.]

Policy 1.9-h: Roadway design for areas identified as urban residential shall continue to address pedestrian transportation design at a priority level equal to that of the automobile and public transit; all public roadway projects in urban residential areas shall include sidewalks on both sides of any roadway above the classification of a minor collector, and pedestrian needs shall continue to be considered at the outset of design, to avoid conflicts with retrofitted stormwater drainage facilities, new utility placement, new development and the like. [9J-5.019(4)(c)5 F.A.C.]

Policy 1.9-i: By January 1, 2000, as a part of the County's Pathway Program, areas designated as urban residential shall be surveyed to identify those which are in need of sidewalk construction, and the Pathway Program shall consider these areas as a high priority in funding pathway construction projects. [9J-5.019(4)(c)5 F.A.C.]

Policy 1.9-j: As development occurs, the County shall improve pedestrian linkages between residential and non-residential developments as well as connections within neighborhoods by: 1) increasing the number and quality of pedestrian paths or sidewalks; 2) eliminating physical barriers; and 3) locating transit stops within easy walking distance to all residences. [9J-5.019(4)(c)5 F.A.C.]

Policy 1.9-k: The County shall encourage the design of mixed use and multi-use developments and planned developments to be of a pedestrian scale and design by incorporating transit stops and sidewalk connections that follow the accepted general threshold for pedestrian access: 1) approximately five minutes walking time or 2) one quarter mile of distance walked. [9J-5.019(4)(c)5 F.A.C.] [9J-5.019(4)(c)9 F.A.C.]

Policy 1.9-l: For new residential developments, the County shall encourage cut-through linkages for pedestrian and bicycle access to transit. The County shall also encourage developers of new master plans to include specific circulation planning for pedestrian and bicycle access. [9J-5.019(4)(c)5 F.A.C.]

Policy 1.9-m: The County shall encourage pedestrian and bicycle linkages between existing residential and non-residential land uses, especially for commercial and open space. [9J-5.019(4)(c)5 F.A.C.]

Policy 1.9-n: The County shall incorporate the principle of linking open space into ongoing planning efforts such as the Bicycle/Pedestrian plan efforts of the Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO). The use of publicly owned road right-of-way and abandoned publicly owned road rights-of-way shall be annually examined during the Bicycle/Pedestrian planning process to determine which rights-of-way can be safely used to achieve the following: increasing alternative access to beach parks; facilitating bicycle/pedestrian connections between County and municipal parks as well as parks and conservation areas; facilitating connections between residential areas, parks and conservation areas; supporting connections to the bikeway/hiking/equestrian path around Lake Okeechobee; and facilitating bicycle, hiking and equestrian access to County parks. [9J-5.019(4)(c)4 F.A.C.] [9J-5.019(4)(c)5 F.A.C.]

Policy 1.9-o: To increase access to linked open space corridors through the use of mass transit public facilities, the County shall use the Pathways Program to ensure that: 1) wheelchair accessible sidewalks are provided in both directions at all Palm Tran bus stop shelters; and 2) appropriate wheelchair street-crossing facilities are located adjacent to bus stop shelters. Appropriate crossings shall be defined on a case-by-case basis and may include mid-block crossings where they are determined to be safer for pedestrians. [9J-5.019(4)(c)5 F.A.C.]

Policy 1.9-p: By January 1, 2000, Palm Tran, the MPO, and the County's Parks & Recreation Department shall establish a process for the joint public/private identification of "park and ride" facilities for individuals using transit to reach County recreation sites. These sites are to be located at commercial parking areas that lie within two (2) miles of County recreational facilities. [9J-5.019(4)(c)11 F.A.C.] [9J-5.019(4)(c)12 F.A.C.]

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