1. A pedestrian mall is exempt from any provision of law providing standards or specifications for the composition, construction, layout, size and any other component of sidewalks, streets or other thoroughfares and any regulations adopted pursuant thereto.
2. The governing body may include in an ordinance creating a pedestrian mall or otherwise adopt design or architectural standards, safety standards and other provisions for the regulation of the area included in a pedestrian mall that are different than those adopted for other areas of the city.