§ 431-803 — Applicability and implementation

Sec. 431-803. - Applicability and implementation.

(a) The complete streets policy is applicable to: (1) Transportation improvement projects undertaken by the department of public works for the city. (2) Transportation improvement projects undertaken by any person other than the city (e.g., the Indianapolis Public Transportation Corporation). (3) Privately constructed streets and parking lots in Marion County. (4) Public utilities undertaking activities to construct, relocate, operate and maintain a public utility facility within the roadway of a street or highway which involves activities falling within the meaning of "construction" as defined in this chapter. (5) Franchisees undertaking activities to construct, relocate, operate and maintain a facility within the roadway of a street or highway pursuant to a franchise granted by the council pursuant to chapter 645 of the Code which involves activities falling within the meaning of "construction" as defined in this chapter. (6) Any other person authorized to use or occupy the roadway of a street or highway pursuant to a permit, encroachment license, operating agreement, or as otherwise may be established by the Code which undertakes activities to construct, relocate, operate and maintain a facility within the roadway of a street or highway which involves activities falling within the meaning of "construction" as defined in this chapter. (b) The city shall view the complete streets policy as integral to everyday transportation decision-making practices and processes and shall implement the complete streets policy: (1) By causing relevant departments, agencies, or committees to incorporate complete streets principles into all existing plans, standards, regulations and programs affecting streets or highways and the city's transportation network, including, by way of example not limitation, ReZone Indy, the Comprehensive Plan of Marion County, Transportation Equity Index, historic preservation plans, the transportation capital program, transit, pedestrian, bicycle and trail master plans, and an Art in the Right-of-Way Policy and a Tactical Urbanism Policy adopted by the board of public works. (2) By encouraging staff professional development and training on issues related to non-motorized forms of transportation through attending conferences, classes, seminars and workshops on the subject. (3) By identifying all current and potential future sources of funding for street and highway improvements. (4) By promoting inter-departmental project communication and coordination among city departments with an interest in activities that occur within the roadway of city streets and highways in order to better use fiscal resources, including establishment of a cross-departmental protocol for application of the complete streets policy. (5) By developing educational materials regarding complete streets principles and outreach processes which prioritize equitable and inclusive community engagement so that all users of the city's transportation system can understand and safely utilize complete streets project elements and to make such materials available on the complete streets web page required under section 431-807 of the Code (6) By fostering partnerships with the State of Indiana, neighboring communities and counties, developers, businesses and school districts to develop facilities and accommodations that further the city's complete streets policy and to continue such infrastructure beyond the city's borders. (7) By the department of public works approaching every transportation improvement project undertaken for the city as an opportunity to create safer, more accessible streets and highways for all users by applying the complete streets policy in its planning, programming, design, construction and maintenance. (8) By the department of public works and the department of business and neighborhood services requiring other persons undertaking a transportation improvement project to apply the complete streets policy in their planning, programming, design and construction of a transportation improvement project as a condition of approval of the project and the issuance of permits to construct the project. (9) By the department of metropolitan development and the department of business and neighborhood services requiring persons proposing to privately construct streets or parking lots to apply the complete streets policy in their planning, programming, design and construction of a street or parking lot as a condition of approval of the associated development project and the issuance of permits to construct the street or parking lot. (10) By the department of business and neighborhood services requiring all persons, public utilities and franchisees to apply the complete streets policy in their planning, programing, design and construction of facilities which such person, public utility or franchisee may have within the roadway of a street or highway as a condition of approval of permits for conducting activities in the roadway.

(G.O. 22, 2012, § 1; G.O. 25, 2022, § 4)