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Lakewood Planning Commission forwards engineering code updates after residents warn against selling lake street ends
Summary
The Planning Commission unanimously approved Resolution 2026-01 forwarding proposed engineering standards and code amendments to City Council. Residents urged officials to preserve public access to lake street ends and raised concerns that encroachments could be effectively "grandfathered in." Staff said the amendments clarify enforcement and that street vacations or sales remain a separate City Council decision.
The Lakewood Planning Commission voted on Jan. 21 to forward Planning Commission Resolution 2026-01 to the City Council, recommending updates to the city's engineering standards manual and related sections of the Lakewood Municipal Code.
During public comment, resident John Burns urged the commission to preserve public access to street ends that abut the city's lakes, warning that any sale or permanent loss of access would be a "travesty." "I am an advocate for keeping the public access to the street ends that abut the lakes of Lakewood open to the public," Burns said, adding that he believed the proposed policy "reduces the city's capability to site…
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