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Colfax council narrows outdoor-dining footprint, votes to shift seating north and maintain area

3049865 · April 18, 2025
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Summary

After months of ad-hoc installations and ADA concerns, Colfax council directed staff to move the temporary outdoor-dining footprint 1.5 parking spaces north, clean and maintain it, and pursue phased engineering and design work.

The Colfax City Council on March 26 voted to relocate and continue maintaining the downtown outdoor-dining area on North Main Street after staff and council concluded the existing installation was not ADA-compliant in its current position.

Staff reported that a recent field survey found the walking surface around the current dining area exceeded the two-percent slope maximum required under accessibility guidance for permanent installations, and that placing permanent features such as fence footings would trigger full…

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