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Lakewood advances framework to evaluate lakefront street-end encroachments; council seeks permitting alternatives

Lakewood City Council · April 14, 2026
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Summary

Public Works presented a draft, citywide framework to survey and classify street-end encroachments and guide volunteer access to lake ends. Councilmembers asked staff to study revocable permits and lease/easement options as alternatives to street vacations before a future resolution.

City staff presented a draft framework for evaluating encroachments on lakefront street ends and for expanding a volunteer-access pilot to selected sites, and councilmembers asked staff to research alternatives to street vacations.

Public Works staff said the city’s volunteer pilot focused on four lake ends (Westlake Avenue, Holden Street, Lake City Boulevard and 100th Street) and recommended a consistent, site-by-site evaluation method. The proposed process begins by confirming a parcel is a street end,…

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