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Committee recommends allowing industrial park developers to pay sidewalk fee instead of building sidewalks
Summary
A Jonesboro Public Works Committee recommended sending Ordinance 25,005 to the full City Council after approving language that would let certain industrial and commercial developments pay a contribution in lieu of constructing sidewalks.
A Jonesboro Public Works Committee recommended sending Ordinance 25,005 to the full City Council after approving language that would let certain industrial and commercial developments pay a contribution in lieu of constructing sidewalks.
The ordinance would amend Jonesboro Code of Ordinances section 117.330(c) to allow the Metropolitan Area Planning Commission (MAPC) to approve payment of a contribution-in-lieu fee instead of requiring sidewalk installation for developments that meet specified exemptions, and it defines how the fee is calculated and managed.
Under the proposed exemptions, MAPC could allow the fee in lieu of sidewalk construction if one or more of these conditions exist: installation would require removal of a protected tree (a healthy tree greater than 18 inches in diameter or 48 inches in height), a stormwater drainage ditch or similar public facility prevents…
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