Tacoma council wants to protect city's sidewalks from damage. Here's what it proposes
Jan. 26—Tacoma City Council began talks Tuesday regarding an ordinance that members hope would help preserve the city's sidewalks.
Substitute Ordinance No. 28799 would add protections for sidewalks from obstruction and damage caused by loading, unloading and transportation of goods using machinery.
"When we think about sidewalks and our goals of Complete Streets and ensuring pedestrian access and multimodal access for everybody and the kind of investments that we've made in sidewalks ..., we need to be protecting those assets for generations to come," Council Member Catherine Ushka, the ordinance sponsor, said at Tuesday's study session.
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The ordinance, if passed by council, would add new sections to prevent obstruction and damage, establish a sidewalk right-of-use permit process and amend the penalty provision to align with the city's enforcement code.
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