Denver owners and companies received’t have to start out paying town’s new sidewalk restore charge till subsequent summer season after fairness issues sparked Metropolis Council to delay implementation Monday evening.
The charge will now be collected starting July 1, 2024, greater than 18 months after voters permitted the Denver Deserves Sidewalks initiative and 6 months after it was initially scheduled to start. Councilwoman Amanda Sandoval, who requested the delay, mentioned Monday these additional months will give a metropolis job power extra time to discover options to this system’s charge construction, which at the moment proposes starkly totally different prices to residents relying on the placement of their dwelling.
“I’m responding to constituents’ issues, property house owners’ issues and mainly inequity that was baked into the ordinance,” Sandoval mentioned. “I don’t really feel prefer it’s equitable to base sidewalk charges primarily based in your avenue sort classification. I really feel there must be a extra nuanced method to this.”
She additionally lamented that town’s job power had solely just lately started assembly, regardless of the poll initiative passing almost a yr in the past. A number of council members who spoke Monday evening agreed with Sandoval.
Councilman Chris Hinds learn a letter from supporters of this system backing the delay, although one other supporter instructed council earlier than the vote that they shouldn’t wait to repair town’s sidewalks.
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