Lafayette Municipal Code Art. 2 Administration of Comprehensive Walkways Plan

After the city adopts a comprehensive walkways plan, the walkways commission shall:

(a) Investigate and make recommendations to the planning commission and the city council upon reasonable and practical means for putting the plan into effect;

(b) Give an annual report to the city council on the status of the plan and progress in its application;

(c) Promote public interest in and understanding of the plan;

(d) Consult and advise with public officials and agencies, public utility companies, civic, educational, professional and other organizations and citizens generally with relation to carrying out the plan.

(Ord. 26 § 2 (part), 1969)

When the city adopts a comprehensive walkways plan, each city officer, department and commission of the city whose function includes recommending, approving or passing upon a matter relating to land use, such as a change in land use, variance or land use permit or issuing a building permit for construction, remodeling or alteration, shall coordinate his function to the end that every owner and builder is aware of the comprehensive walkway plan and the city requirements with respect to construction of walkways.

(Ord. 26 § 2 (part), 1969)

(a) The city shall not issue a land use, variance or building permit which requires installation of any frontage improvements, nor approve any major or minor subdivision or site plan and building elevations application which requires installation of any frontage improvements, until it first determines that such frontage improvements are consistent with the adopted master walkways plan.

(b) Except as to building permits for construction, remodeling or alterations having a value as estimated by the city of less than 50 percent of the assessed value of the land and improvements on the current assessment roll, and to the extent permitted by law, the agency of the city acting upon application or request for a land use permit, variance, major or minor subdivision, site plan and building elevations approval, change in land use or building permit, which does not include frontage improvements in the application, shall impose upon the application or owner as a condition of granting it:

(1) The conveyance to the city of land necessary for the required frontage improvements; and

(2) The construction at the owner's expense of abutting frontage improvements described in the master walkways plan; or

(3) The contribution in cash of a sum equal to the cost of construction of frontage improvements, had the same been required under subsection (b)(2) above (as estimated by the city), (to the frontage improvements trust account for that street on which the improvements are required).

(c) A frontage improvement trust account shall be established for each street for which there is an approved highway or drainage plan. The balance in such account shall be used to defray part of the cost of the planned frontage improvements at the time they are constructed by the city. If an assessment district is formed at the time the improvements are actually constructed, the lot or lots originally contributing to such account shall receive credit for the amounts contributed against the benefit assessment made against those lots.

(d) In addition to the foregoing, a walkways impact fee shall be levied per dwelling unit on all new residential development, as more fully described in Article 4 of this chapter. The standards and formula for setting the walkways impact fee shall be set forth by resolution of the city council.

(Ord. 123 § 1, 1974: Ord. 99 § 1, 1973: Ord. 26 § 2 (part), 1969)

(Ord. No. 583, § 3, 5-26-2009)