Street Design Manual

RESOLUTION NO. 2013 – 851 A RESOLUTION TO ADOPT THE RALEIGH STREET DESIGN MANUAL AND REPEAL THE STREETS, SIDEWALKS AND DRIVEWAY ACCESS HANDBOOK WHEREAS, the Raleigh Street Design Manual is an adjunct to the recently adopted Unified Development Ordinance; and WHEREAS, the Manual provides technical specifications used in construction of public improvements; and WHEREAS, many of the technical specifications are engineering based standards that are not appropriate for inclusion in the Unified Development Ordinance; and WHEREAS, the Manual will replace the existing Streets, Sidewalks and Driveway Access Handbook; and WHEREAS, these enhancements were reviewed and discussed with public input. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF RALEIGH, NORTH CAROLINA: 1. The Raleigh Street Design Manual dated November 6, 2013 together with the Planning Commission recommendations dated August 13, 2013 contained in certified recommendation number CR-11547, are hereby adopted. 2. The Raleigh Street Design Manual shall be effective five days after the adoption of this resolution. 3. The Streets, Sidewalk and Driveway Access Handbook is hereby repealed coincident with the adoption of the Raleigh Street Design Manual. 4. The Raleigh Street Design Manual is incorporated by the Unified Development Ordinance, Part 10A of the City Code. 5. Except as otherwise authorized in this section, changes to the Raleigh Street Design Manual shall be approved by the City Council after a public hearing. The following changes may be made by staff without need for a City Council public hearing: a. Technical corrections to illustrations where standards are not altered; b. Correction of typographical errors, erroneous information or the addition of or alteration to references to external forms, applications or other governmental information; c. Updates that are a result of recently adopted reference manuals required by Federal or State law; d. The addition of any City Council-adopted alternative street cross section or public improvement related to specific capital improvement projects or streetscape plans projects. This shall include street right-of-way width, location and dimension of all components contained within the right-of-way, street furniture elements, pavement treatment, pedestrian lighting, tree lawn and sidewalks; e. Formatting and publication of the document where content is not altered.

Adopted: November 19, 2013 Effective: November 24, 2013 Revised: July 1, 2018

Distribution: Planning –Bowers, Crane, Daniel Transportation –Kallam, McGee, Lamb

Raleigh Street Design Manual