Committee recommends ordinance to require sidewalks as default for new development

Mar 10, 2026

Council recommended that full Council draft an ordinance making sidewalks the default for new residential and commercial development (waiver possible), and asked staff to consider multi-use path language and annual sidewalk appropriations; the recommendation passed 5-0.

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The Committee of the Whole voted to recommend that Council draft an ordinance making sidewalks the default for new development, with the option for Council to waive the requirement in specific cases.

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