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Commission backs removing mandatory gridded‑street overlay outside downtown
Summary
Planning commissioners voted to return the transportation map to the earlier (2017) thoroughfare plan that does not mandate a bridal/grid street network outside downtown, citing maintenance costs and topographic constraints that make a city‑wide grid impractical.
The Planning & Zoning Commission voted to recommend that the city restore the previous thoroughfare map (adopted in February 2017) and remove the mandatory gridded‑street overlay that was added in 2019 with the B‑3 code.
Assistant City Manager Andre Esporoz and staff presented maps showing the 2019 gridded overlay and alternatives. Staff said the overlay could require the city to accept and maintain many small public streets inside new developments (for example, streets running through…
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