05-03-2020, 01:05 AM
(05-02-2020, 09:18 PM)ijmorlan Wrote:(05-02-2020, 11:49 AM)jeffster Wrote: I'm going to go out on a limb here and say this: I don't believe that this fence was built to be anti-pedestrian. I am sure that there was a good reason for it, whether or not it was right reason, that's a different discussion.
I find your lack of faithlessness disturbing.
We’ve seen enough clearly dumb planning decisions that it is naive to assume that there must be a good reason for something.
That doesn’t mean there definitely isn’t a good reason, but if there is one somebody should be able to find it. The safety stuff that has been thrown around makes little to no sense.
I think the truth is probably a combination of lack of thought, default design guidelines, and possibly even some externally-imposed requirements.
My ultimate guess is that because it's city property between two businesses (as opposed to being against a city road or blvd) it needs to be fenced in for legal reason.
Fair warning, I am not a litigator.
If people are hell bent on figuring this out, I can email someone at city hall to ask, since apparently this is city owned. I'm just not sure who to email (as we have something like 47 different services), nor what exactly I should be asking.