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Planning commission begins review of parklet ordinance after permit maintenance concerns
Summary
Commissioners heard a staff briefing on the city's parklet ordinance, including deferred maintenance, winter-climate suitability, and options to keep, amend or eliminate the program. Staff will survey current permittees and return with precedent designs and recommendations.
The Planning Commission on Jan. 21 reviewed the city's parklet ordinance after staff reported maintenance issues at existing parklets and anticipated a permit transfer after a recent business sale.
Jeff, planning staff, said the municipal code currently treats parklets as temporary, nonpermanent structures, a model created during COVID, and that some parklets have experienced deferred maintenance and rodent issues. He said one parklet (Sparky's) will likely have a new applicant when ownership changes and staff can use the reissuance to require improvements; another (Pipeline) has stronger…
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