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A. The city may require the dedication of right-of-way by the developer as a condition of development approval in order to incorporate transportation improvements that are reasonably necessary to mitigate the direct impacts of the development. The developer may be required to dedicate right-of-way to accommodate:

1. Motorized and nonmotorized transportation facilities including but not limited to bicycle lanes, street lighting, and traffic control devices; and/or

2. Street frontage improvements where the existing right-of-way is not adequate; and/or

3. The extension of existing or future public street improvements; and/or

4. Planned improvements identified in the Bellevue City Code, and the city guidelines or standards or adopted plans including, but not limited to, the capital investment program plan, transportation facilities plan, pedestrian and bicycle transportation plan, and comprehensive plan.

B. Some reduction in the minimum right-of-way requirement may be granted by the review engineer where it can be demonstrated that sufficient area has been provided for all frontage improvements, including public utilities, within the right-of-way.

C. The developer of a subdivision may be required to dedicate right-of-way, as a condition of approval of the subdivision, where existing right-of-way for public streets is not adequate to incorporate necessary frontage improvements for public safety and to provide compatibility with the area’s circulation system.

D. The developer of a short subdivision may be required to dedicate right-of-way as a condition of approval of the short subdivision where such dedication is necessary to mitigate the direct impacts of the short subdivision and:

1. The short subdivision abuts an existing substandard public street and the additional right-of-way is necessary to incorporate future frontage improvements for public safety; or

2. Right-of-way is needed for the extension of existing public street improvements necessary for public safety; or

3. Right-of-way is needed to provide future street improvements necessary for public safety for planned new public streets.

E. The developer shall provide legal descriptions prepared and certified by a licensed land surveyor, together with a graphic exhibit, in a form acceptable to the review engineer, for right-of-way to be dedicated pursuant to this section. (Ord. 6181 § 2, 2014.)