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Council member Zach suggests lowering local-street minimum from 26 to 24 feet; staff to consider ordinance change
Summary
Council member Zach proposed changing the city street standard (code chart 11-4-2) to allow 24-foot local streets instead of the current 26-foot minimum; staff said ordinance modifications and feasibility study language are being prepared and updates will follow in weekly reports.
Council member Zach raised a proposal to amend the city standard for local-street widths in code chart 11-4-2, suggesting the minimum local-street width be changed from 26 feet to 24 feet to allow narrower local streets where appropriate.
"I was wondering if it would make sense to just simply change the minimum number from 26 to 24," Zach said, adding that such a change would not prevent wider streets but would allow 24-foot local streets without appearing to depart from standards.
Staff and counsel responded that engineering consultants and staff are working on ordinance modifications and that the change would be reflected in the feasibility study and subsequent code amendments. Counsel said staff will provide updates in the weekly report and that the matter is "in the works" for codification if the council wishes to pursue it.
The exchange identified the specific code reference (11-4-2) and captured the council's interest in making narrower local streets more easily allowable where context and safety permit; no formal motion or vote was taken on the change in this meeting.
