Special Use Regulations

10-2.1622 Outdoor dining.

(a) Purpose. The purpose of this section is to permit the establishment of outdoor dining areas in conjunction with restaurants, snack shops, and other food-serving businesses in order to enhance and add vitality to the City's commercial areas and to encourage the development of a pedestrian-friendly urban environment in a manner that is consistent with the public health, safety and welfare.
(b) Criteria. In order for outdoor dining areas to be permitted, the following criteria shall be met in addition to all other applicable land use and development standards in this chapter:

(1) The outdoor dining area shall be managed, operated, and maintained as an integral part of the adjacent food service establishment.
(2) The outdoor dining area shall be designed to avoid noise impacts on residential uses.
(3) The proposed hours of operation for the outdoor dining area shall be complementary to the business district in which the use is located, and shall not negatively impact residential uses.
(4) There shall be no cooking or food preparation done outside a building.
(5) No outdoor dining area shall serve alcoholic beverages unless such outdoor dining area includes the provision of full food service.
(6) The proposed outdoor dining area shall be consistent with outdoor dining site design standards adopted by resolution of the City Council.
(7) The outdoor seating shall meet the parking requirements of Section 10-2.1706.

(1) Outdoor dining areas of no more than 150 square feet in area shall be subject to approval by Administrative Design Review pursuant to Section 10-2.2500.
(2) Outdoor dining areas greater than 150 square feet in area shall be subject to approval of a Conditional Use Permit pursuant to Section 10-2.2506.
(3) Approval of an encroachment permit pursuant to Chapter 13 of Title 3 of the Municipal Code shall also be required if the proposed outdoor dining area utilizes any portion of the public right-of-way.

(Ord. 2756 c.s., eff. January 18, 1996, as amended by Ord. 2786, eff. January 2, 1997)