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Council advances sidewalk enforcement language and approves emergency clause to begin sidewalk assessment work
Summary
Council discussed a proposed ordinance to add enforceable sidewalk standards to the zoning code and approved an amendment adding an emergency clause to a contract with StreetScan so assessment work can begin sooner; council left the ordinance on the agenda for further consideration.
The London City Council discussed and kept on the agenda a zoning amendment that would add objective standards for sidewalk condition and enforcement, and it approved an emergency-clause amendment to a separate resolution to contract with StreetScan for a citywide sidewalk assessment.
Councilman Norman, the ordinance’s sponsor, said the zoning amendment (ordinance 21224) aims to give the city’s zoning staff objective criteria to identify unsafe sidewalks — for example, edges that differ vertically by more than one-half inch, gaps exceeding 1½ inches, sections with loose or…
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