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<br /> <br /> <br /> <br />BRAD COMMUNICATION <br />SUBJECT: 2014 DOWNTOWN PATIO PROGRAM DISCUSSION <br /> <br />DATE: SEPTEMBER 9, 2013 PAGE 2 OF 4 <br />restaurants benefit from added outdoor seating to <br />accommodate the demand for outdoor dining during the <br />summer season. <br /> <br />With the City now in charge of the patio program, rules should be set outlining <br />placement, availability, duration, and financing to create fairness among downtown food <br />establishments and throughout the entire city. Each of the rule categories is discussed <br />in greater detail below. <br /> <br />Placement <br />The patios should be placed in areas that are safe for patrons using the patios and for <br />travelers on the roadway. The patios should also be placed in locations that are <br />contiguous with the food establishments working the patios. Accordingly, all patios must <br />be placed: <br /> Within an existing on-street full parking stall. <br /> Adjacent to the leased or owned location of the business (i.e. on the street <br />frontage) or be covered by an agreement with the adjacent tenant and landlord. <br /> In front of the establishment’s primary street frontage (i.e. patios may not be <br />placed on more than one street). <br /> <br />Special situations that do not fit the above requirement will be reviewed on a case-by- <br />case basis. <br /> <br />Availability <br />Requests for patios must be made to the Economic Development Department by <br />November 1 of the year prior to the patio season with the attached application form. <br />Food establishments that participated in the previous year’s season are eligible to use <br />the same linear footage of patio. Each address within the core downtown area is able <br />to request the maximum amount of patio allowed for the property identified in the <br />attached map and table. <br /> <br />Duration <br />The Public Works staff will install the patios the first Tuesday of May. The patios will be <br />removed the last Tuesday in October. <br /> <br />Financing <br />The City will charge a fee to use patios for the 2014 season. This fee is intended to <br />defray the costs associated with; <br />1) Set up/take down – Public Works (PW) estimates $1,500 in labor costs to set up <br />and another $1,500 to take down the patios. <br />2) Maintenance – PW estimates it will cost $2,000 per year to maintain the wood, <br />repair/replace parts, paint, and other maintenance on the existing patios. <br />3) Administration – Staff estimates it will cost $2,700 per year to administer this <br />program.