(A) The sidewalk café and outdoor seating regulations, as established in this chapter, are designed to allow sidewalk cafés or outdoor seating on public property in locations where they are determined to be appropriate by the City Manager, or his or her designee, and to promote and protect the public health, safety and general welfare of the community.
(B) These general goals include, among others, the following specific purposes:
(1) To attract residents and nonresidents to downtown;
(2) To provide an additional way for restaurants or food establishments to expand their operations;
(3) To promote sidewalk cafés and outdoor seating as useful and properly planned visual amenities;
(4) To provide adequate space for pedestrians on the sidewalk adjacent to sidewalk cafés or outdoor seating and to ensure access to adjacent commercial and retail uses;
(5) To promote the most desirable use of land and buildings and thereby protect the city’s tax revenues; and
(6) To provide for penalties for violations of this chapter.
(Ord. 16-19, passed 4-22-2019)