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Staff proposes stricter standards, flat fee for permanent parklets after maintenance problems
Summary
Planning staff recommended an update to the city’s parklet ordinance to require private ownership, structural permanence and an updated flat fee schedule; staff cited prior parklets removed because maintenance and repair costs exceeded $10,000 each.
Mount Shasta planning staff on April 15 proposed amendments to the city’s parklet (Parkwood Dining) ordinance that would require private ownership, demonstrate structural permanence to the building official’s satisfaction, and use a flat-fee model rather than a public lease.
Jeff (planning staff) summarized the proposed changes, saying the draft approach is intended to prevent the maintenance and liability problems that led other communities to remove parklets. “They were…removed because maintenance was a problem,” he said, referring to examples the staff reviewed. Staff proposed…
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