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Georgetown council weighs downtown parklet pilot amid parking, ADA and safety concerns
Summary
City staff proposed a pilot sidewalk café and parking‑space parklet program to activate downtown; council members supported testing a pilot but raised concerns about parking loss, ADA access, safety standards and fees. Staff will return with pilot design standards and a timeline.
Kelly Tritsch presented a downtown workshop item proposing a sidewalk‑café and parklet pilot program intended to expand outdoor dining and pedestrian activity in Georgetown’s downtown and to test uses of sidewalks, alleys and on‑street parking. “A parklet's where you actually extend into the right of way where you have parking spaces,” Tritsch said, showing plan and cross‑section examples.
Why it matters: staff said the downtown master plan calls for enhancing the pedestrian realm and that parklets and sidewalk cafés can activate underused spaces and give businesses informal outdoor seating. The council discussed tradeoffs between activation, parking supply, ADA access and downtown…
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