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Commission reviews proposed alley speed table and removable canopy behind Water Tower Plaza
Summary
Staff presented a conceptual plan to raise a section of the public alley behind Water Tower Plaza to provide a flush pedestrian route between front and rear commercial buildings; engineers flagged drainage, emergency-access, and utility-easement concerns and asked the applicant for additional detail.
Town planning staff on a study-session agenda presented conceptual designs for alley improvements behind a building adjacent to Water Tower Plaza intended to reconnect a front storefront to a rear storefront without an enclosed walkway.
The proposal would raise a short length of the alley into a ‘‘speed table’’ to create a flush walking surface between the front and rear buildings, and install a removable four‑post canopy with a shade‑sail roof. Staff said the canopy would be supported by steel columns mounted into the adjacent buildings, and the canopy fabric would be removable so utility or maintenance access could be accomplished without demolishing permanent structure.
Why it matters: the alley is public right-of-way; utilities (identified in discussion as APS, Cox and Southwest Gas) run in easements there. Town staff and the engineering reviewer said the town owns…
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