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Council advances sidewalk enforcement standards, approves emergency clause to begin citywide sidewalk assessment
Summary
Councilmembers discussed a proposed zoning amendment to define unsafe sidewalks, left the ordinance on the docket for further readings, and approved an amendment adding an emergency clause so StreetScan can begin a citywide sidewalk assessment; the emergency amendment passed 5-1.
Council members discussed an ordinance to add enforceable sidewalk standards to the city code and left the measure on its current course while approving an emergency amendment to begin a separate citywide sidewalk condition assessment.
Ordinance 212-24 (read on second reading at the meeting) would amend the city zoning code to give the zoning department a clear standard for identifying unsafe sidewalks. The changes described in the meeting would classify as hazardous conditions such things as adjoining sections whose edges differ vertically by more than one-half inch; gaps exceeding about 1.5 inches between sections; cracked or missing sections; sections that slope away from the street so water does not drain into the gutter; vertical changes exceeding three-quarters of an inch per foot of slope; sidewalks narrower than four feet of…
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