Lawrence city leaders are set to discuss the city’s controversial sidewalk policy that generally requires property owners, not the city, to pay for repairs to sidewalks bordering their homes and businesses. As part of its meeting Tuesday, the Lawrence City Commission will receive a staff presentation about the city’s sidewalk repair policy and related financial assistance program, and respond to commissioners’ questions regarding potential policy changes, according to a city staff memo to the commission. … the commission will discuss the origin of the current policy that was adopted in 2018, the subsequent implementation of the program in 2019, and changes to the program that have been made over the past couple of years. The city’s long-standing ordinance requiring all property owners to pay to repair the sidewalks running along their property had not been fully enforced for decades, and the policy and related program were intended to begin enforcing the ordinance.
Source: LJWorld.com
