This Article is intended to guide the planning, design, and construction of transportation facilities in the public right-of-way. Each transportation facility in the County must be planned and designed to:
(a) maximize the choice, safety, convenience, and mobility of all users, regardless of age, ability, or mode of transportation,
(b) maintain or expand connectivity for users,
(c) respect and maintain the particular character of the community where it is located,
(d) minimize stormwater runoff and otherwise preserve the natural environment, and
(e) facilitate, to the maximum extent possible, the future accommodation of improved transportation technology elements, such as intelligent signals, smart parking meters, electric vehicle charging, car- and bicycle-sharing, and way-finding systems.
To achieve these goals, each County road and street must be designed so that the safety and convenience of all users of the roadway system - including pedestrians, bicyclists, transit users, automobile drivers, commercial vehicles and freight haulers, and emergency service vehicles - is accommodated. Each road and street must facilitate multi-modal use and assure that all users can travel safely in the public right of way. A specified quantity of stormwater must be managed and treated on-site, in the road or street right-of-way, including through the use of vegetation-based infiltration techniques. These context-sensitive policies must be employed in all phases of publicly or privately funded facility development, including planning, design, construction, reconstruction, and streetscaping. Each transportation project must incorporate complete streets infrastructure sufficient to promote safe and convenient travel along and across the right-of-way for all users.
This Article may be cited as the “Montgomery County Road Design and Construction Code.” (Mont. Co. Code 1965, § 103-8; , § 1; 2014 L.M.C., ch. 37, § 1.)
Editor's note—Section 49-25, formerly Section 49-30, was renumbered, amended, and retitled pursuant to 2007, ch. 8
, § 1. Former Section 49-25 was renumbered Section 49-18 pursuant to 2007, ch. 8
, § 1.
2014 L.M.C., ch. 37, § 2, states: The County Executive must transmit to the Council, by June 1, 2016, a regulation adopted under Method 2 that contains comprehensive complete streets guidelines. Once adopted, this regulation must replace the standards in Section 49-32(g), (h) and (i). Any revised road design and construction standards in Chapter 49, as amended in Section 1 of this Act, do not apply to any road construction project that is in final design or construction when this Act takes effect.
