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Cedar City council discusses changing sidewalk rules to cut builders’ rework costs
Summary
Councilors, builders and residents debated a proposed ordinance that would shift sidewalk installation from subdivision-stage to building-permit stage to avoid duplicate work and reduce home costs; staff will vet options including curb types and exceptions and return with recommendations.
A debate over when developers must install sidewalks dominated discussion at the Cedar City Council’s Oct. 29 meeting as councilors, builders and residents weighed a petition to move sidewalk requirements from the subdivision stage to the building-permit stage.
Council members and staff discussed complaints that when sidewalks are poured early during subdivision work they are frequently damaged later by home-construction activity, leaving developers to make repairs under existing bonds. "We poured the sidewalk everywhere and then the driveway crews would pour the sidewalk when they're all done," said Phil Schmidt, who described the Echo Subdivision practice and argued a single rule…
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