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Oshkosh council adopts pedestrian-mall code change after debate over Algoma Alley lighting
Summary
The council approved an amendment to municipal code language on pedestrian malls (Ordinance 25-273). A proposed amendment to explicitly note Algoma Alley’s overhead lights failed after the city attorney warned the change could create contractual and maintenance complications for lights attached to private buildings.
The Oshkosh Common Council on May 27 approved Ordinance 25-273 to amend the municipal code section on pedestrian malls, affirming a process to designate pedestrian-only public right-of-way areas while rejecting a proposed amendment that would have added language noting that Algoma Alley is “in possession of overhead lights.”
Council member Larson moved to add a clause calling out overhead lights in Algoma Alley, saying the lights were a “defining characteristic” of that mall and would help future projects replicate the design. Larson said the wording would make it easier to point to the alley as an example and to speed future installations.
The city attorney…
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