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Plan Commission weighs major sidewalk ordinance changes, including in-lieu fees and assessment triggers
Summary
Mount Pleasant staff proposed expanding the in-lieu-of fee to urban streets farther than 1,200 feet from an existing sidewalk, disqualifying sidewalks in Tax Increment Districts from paying in-lieu, considering requiring developers to install sidewalks earlier, and exploring special assessments to extend sidewalks to intersections; commissioners asked for fee numbers, visual examples, and ordinance language for December.
The Mount Pleasant Plan Commission spent the bulk of its Nov. 19 meeting on a package of proposed changes to the village sidewalk ordinances intended to reduce abrupt dead-end sidewalks and improve network connectivity.
Staff (Speaker 2) presented four principal ideas for discussion: expand the in-lieu-of fee to urban cross sections when a property is more than 1,200 feet from a connecting sidewalk; exclude sidewalks that are part of Tax Increment District or bike-and-ped plans from the in-lieu program so those prioritized connections are built; require developers to install sidewalks earlier in planning and/or tie installation to building…
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