Some basic regulations make sense, he conceded, but beyond a small fee and a check to ensure ADA compliance, Griggs predicted that the market would be able to sort out the issues the city is trying to regulate. Put chairs in front of a neighboring business? The landlord will intervene. Put a fence in Oncor’s way? They’ll have no problem knocking it down.
Griggs’ colleagues on the committee agreed. Rick Callahan, perhaps the council’s least funky member, seconded the laissez faire approach.
“Let’s make it inviting, let’s make it walkable, let’s end the impediments here,” he said. “Let’s make it funky, let’s make it unique.”