Responsible City Agency: Engineering Division
KEYWORDS: Outdoor Dining, Fees
1. General
1.1 The City’s policies on fees charged for outdoor dining shall encourage restaurants to offer customers the opportunity to dine outside.
1.2 This activity must be regulated to control and maintain public safety, pedestrian access, impact on adjacent businesses and properties, and protection of public-way facilities.
2. Fees
2.1 The City will charge a $25 annual fee for a permit to place chairs and tables in the public right-of-way.
2.1 The Engineering Division will be responsible for maintaining the list of permits and for the enforcement of this policy.
3. Application Process
3.1 Application must be made to the City’s Engineering Division. Applications should include the following:
a. Certificate of Insurance, naming Salt Lake City Corp. as an additional insured ($2 million general aggregate and $1 million per occurrence).
b. Site plan - including property lines, sidewalk widths, tree locations, fire hydrants, street light locations, vaults in the right-of-way, adjacent business access, location and number of chairs and tables, and any other information as required by the Engineering Division.
4. Approval Process
4.1 After submitting a completed application, the request will be reviewed by the City’s Development Review Team (DRT), consisting of representatives of the Planning Division, Transportation Division, Engineering Division, Property Management Division, and the Business Licensing Section.
5. Approval Criteria
5.1 The following criteria must be met in order to receive a permit:
a. A useable sidewalk space must be maintained and unobstructed by fire hydrants, trees, poles, meters, fountains, etc., and any proposed seating. Usable sidewalk space is defined as four (4) feet in residential areas (with park strip), five (5) feet in residential areas when sidewalk is adjacent to curb, six (6) feet in retail areas, eight (8) feet in the Central Business District and ten (10) feet on Main Street in the Central Business District.
b. As required by State statute, all Class C Taverns and Private Clubs must control access of patrons through a point where identification may be checked. Restaurants serving liquor must be able to contain distribution to the site.
c. Public facilities such as drinking fountains, fire hydrants, trash cans, etc., must not be obstructed. Public facilities must not be defaced or damaged. Damaged facilities will be restored at the property owner’s expense.
d. Crosswalks must not be obstructed.
e. Dining must not interfere with adjacent business access, the growth or maintenance of street trees, and city maintenance of city-owned facilities. Site distance for vehicles and pedestrians must not be obstructed.
6. Approval Conditions
6.1 The petitioner must agree to the following conditions:
a. There shall be no addition in the number or arrangement of tables on public property without prior approval.
b. Tables and chairs may not be located, other than approved in the initial application, so as to further encroach onto the designated public way.
c. Tables and chairs must be removed when the restaurant is not in operation or during inclement weather.
d. The management of the restaurant is responsible for the removal of litter, debris, snow and sidewalk cleaning.
e. There shall be no additional signage, other than normal menus and logos on umbrella canopies.
f. Permits must be renewed each year.
g. Restore any damage to public facilities and clean public facilities each day from food and drink spills and debris.
h. Sidewalk dining is subject to inspection by the Engineering Division for compliance.
i. Other dining facilities such as cooking implements, coolers, serving tables, bars, etc., will not be allowed.
EFFECTIVE DATE:
DATE APPROVED BY CABINET:
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Ross C. “Rocky” Anderson, Mayor Date