14.30.200 Warning and safety devices.
A. Warning lights, safety devices, signs and barricades shall be provided on all rights-of-way when at any time there might be an obstruction or hazard to vehicular or pedestrian traffic. All obstructions on rights-of-way shall have sufficient barricades and signs posted in such a manner as to indicate plainly the danger involved. Warning and safety devices may be removed when the work for which the right‑of‑way use permit has been granted is complete and the right-of-way restored to the conditions directed by the department.
B. As a condition for the issuance of any right‑of‑way use permit, the traffic engineering services division may require an applicant to submit a traffic detour plan showing the proposed detour routing and location and type of warning lights, safety devices, signs and barricades intended to protect vehicular or pedestrian traffic at the site for which the right‑of‑way use permit is requested. If a traffic plan is required, no right‑of‑way use permit will be issued until the traffic plan is approved.
C. Unless otherwise specified in adopted right‑of‑way use procedures, the current editions of the following standard manuals shall apply to the selection, location, and installation of required warning and safety devices; provided, that the traffic engineering services division or the city inspector may impose additional requirements if site conditions warrant such enhanced protection of pedestrian or vehicular traffic.
1. Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices for Streets and Highways, as adopted by the Federal Highway Administration.
2. Development Standards, City of Bellevue Transportation Department.
3. Part VIII, “Regulations for Use of Public Streets and Projections over Public Property”, Uniform Building Code.
D. Any right-of-way use permit that requires a partial lane or street closure will require a licensed flagperson, properly attired, or an off-duty police officer for the purpose of traffic control during the construction. The use of police officers is mandatory for manual control of traffic at signalized intersections.
E. All decisions of the designated city inspector shall be final in all matters pertaining to the number, type, location, installation, and maintenance of warning and safety devices in the public right-of-way during any actual work or activity for which a duly authorized right‑of‑way use permit has been issued.
F. Any failure of a permit holder to comply with the oral or written directives of the city inspector related to the number, type, location, installation, or maintenance of warning and safety devices in the public right-of-way, shall be handled as provided for in this chapter and in Right‑of‑Way Procedure P‑190.1, “Correction and Discontinuance of Unsafe, Nonconforming, or Unauthorized Conditions.” (Ord. 5009 § 11, 1997; Ord. 3533 § 1, 1985.)