Staff recommends approval of the proposed ordinance to facilitate the complete build-out of the Town's sidewalk network by requiring certain developments to construct new sidewalks, repair existing sidewalks or pay into a mitigation program to offset the Town's cost of performing the work.

The aim of the proposed ordinance is to provide a tool that ensures the complete build-out of the Town's sidewalk network. It is pursued as part of a broader initiative identified in both the Town's Strategic Plan, and the Comprehensive Development Master Plan's (Comp Plan) Mobility Program, to adopt provisions that enable improved sidewalk inter-connectivity throughout the Town. More specifically, Policy 2.2.4 of the Town's Comp Plan and Initiative 1.5.2 of the Strategic Plan specifically call for a code provision that achieves that objective. The ordinance provides for the inclusion of sidewalks in most development plans and the establishment of a sidewalk mitigation program for those projects that have particular challenges in complying with sidewalk construction requirements. The program also provides for projects to repair existing sidewalk facilities adjacent to their properties. Exemptions are provided for smaller scaled projects as well as those related to roof repairs for single family homes.