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Hearing examiner backs 4-year timeline for sidewalk at Turner Adventures site after staff urged denial
Summary
The hearing examiner recommended approval of a modified commitment that gives Turner Adventures LLC up to four years — or earlier if a permit is sought or the property is sold — to install a sidewalk at 4021 W. 70th St.; staff had recommended denial and proposed phased installation alternatives.
The hearing examiner recommended approval April 10 of a modified commitment that delays installation of a sidewalk at 4021 West 70th Street by Turner Adventures LLC, and sent the petition to the Metropolitan Development Commission for consideration on May 7, 2025.
The petitioner’s attorney, Rebecca Phillips, told the hearing examiner that the company originally agreed to install roughly 150 feet of sidewalk in 2023 after estimating the concrete cost at just under $11,000. When the owner sought permits, Phillips said, engineers told them for the first time that engineering work would also be required — and that engineering estimates ran from about $20,000 to $30,000. “The cost ended up being three times what they had anticipated,” Phillips said, and the petitioner asked to modify the commitment to allow either 4 years from approval, installation upon a future…
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