16.55.480 Transportation and Parking.
(1) Policies.
(a) Provide for safe, reasonable, and adequate circulation systems to, and through or over shorelines where necessary.
(b) Allow for maintenance and improvements to existing roads, railroads and parking areas and for necessary new roads and parking areas where alternative locations outside of the shoreline jurisdiction are not feasible.
(c) Promote additional trail connections that are consistent with local and regional plans.
(d) Plan circulation systems that include pedestrian, bicycle, and public transportation where appropriate, and in support of existing proposed shoreline uses that are consistent with this SMP.
(2) Regulations.
(a) Where other options are available and feasible, new roads, road expansions, or railroads shall not be built within shoreline jurisdiction. When new roads, road expansions, or railroads are unavoidable, proposed transportation facilities shall be planned, located, and designed to achieve the following:
(i) Minimize possible adverse effects on unique or fragile shoreline.
(ii) Maintain no net loss of shoreline ecological functions and implement mitigation standards of this SMP.
(iii) Set back from the OHWM to the maximum distance feasible to allow for a usable shoreline area for vegetation conservation and planned shoreline uses unless infeasible, standards for ADA accessibility and functionality cannot be met, or the cost is disproportionate to the cost of the proposal (the shoreline buffer requirement would add more than twenty percent [20%] to the total project cost).
(b) Parking facilities shall be allowed only as necessary to support an authorized use and are not a preferred use. Parking that does not require a shoreline location to carry out its functions shall:
(i) Be sited outside of shoreline jurisdiction unless no feasible alternative location exists.
(ii) Be planted or landscaped, preferably with native vegetation, to provide a visual and noise buffer for adjoining dissimilar uses or scenic areas.
(iii) Observe all regulations regarding critical areas and shoreline buffers.
(iv) Be designed to incorporate low-impact development practices, such as pervious surfaces and bioswales, to the extent feasible.
(c) Public roads within the shoreline jurisdiction shall, where possible, provide and maintain visual access to scenic vistas, including, but not limited to, turnouts, rest areas, and picnic areas.
(d) Use of impervious materials for trails and associated viewing platforms shall be minimized.
(e) Shoreline crossings and culverts shall be designed to mitigate impact to riparian and aquatic habitat and shall allow for fish passage. Crossings shall occur as near to perpendicular with the waterbody as possible, unless an alternate path would minimize disturbance of native vegetation or result in avoidance of other critical areas such as wetlands.
(f) Crossings that are to be used solely for access to private property shall be designed, located, and constructed to provide access to more than one lot or parcel of property, where feasible, to minimize the number of crossings.
(g) Transportation proposals shall be consistent with circulation system plans for roads, railroads, pedestrian, bicycle, and public transportation. The SMP Administrator shall condition transportation proposals to be consistent with applicable City, state, or federal plans and construction standards, as appropriate.
(h) The provisions of Section 16.55.380 (Frequently Flooded Areas) shall be addressed in the design of transportation facilities.
(i) All transportation facilities shall comply with the Environmental Protection regulations of Section 16.55.250.
(j) Public access standards in Section 16.55.300 shall be met.
(k) If an applicant proposes to pave a roadway or parking area, the proposal shall comply with applicable water quality, landscaping, stormwater, and other applicable requirements of this SMP and the Pullman City Code or any locally applicable regulations.
(l) When a new or expanded roadway or new or expanded parking facility is proposed, the City may condition the proposal to provide a maintenance plan that promotes best management practices to achieve no net loss of shoreline ecological function, including but not limited to restrictions on the use of herbicides, hazardous substances, sealants or other liquid oily substances, or de-icing practices adjacent to shoreline buffers or critical areas and their buffers. (Ord. 16-3 §49, 2016).