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Property owner urges council to pave city-owned alley; council discusses classifying alleys

2669333 · March 18, 2025
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Summary

A property owner asked Shelby City Council to pave a city-owned alley adjacent to downtown properties; councilmembers discussed creating objective standards to distinguish alleys that function as streets from typical alleys.

A downtown property owner told Shelby City Council on March 14 that a city‑owned alley adjacent to three of his buildings needs paving and regular maintenance, and asked the council for help getting the work done.

The speaker, identified in the record as Chad, said he and his firm, SWM Properties, have invested about $245,000 in downtown buildings at 93 West Main Street and 14 Church Street since buying them in August 2021 and asked the council to pave the alley that serves those properties. Chad said he contacted “the city coordinator, Mister Geist,” and later the street-department superintendent, Mister Shepherd, but has not received timely…

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