Fiscal Note
No additional City appropriation required. The fee structure and estimated revenue related to Sidewalk Café and Roadway Café Expansion Licenses is included in companion Legistar File 69380.
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AMENDED - Amending Chapter 28 to create an outdoor eating area, temporary, associated with a food and beverage establishment as a use category in Chapter 28, amending Tables 28D-2, 28E-2, 28F-1 and 28G-1 to include the new use category, and amending Subchapter 28J: Supplemental Regulations.
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DRAFTER’S ANALYSIS: File Nos. 69379 and 69380, establish the Roadway Cafe permit program; an alternative to a privilege in street that would otherwise be required under Section 10.31 of the Madison General Ordinances (MGO) and Wis. Stat. § 66.0425, and would allow for a licensed sidewalk cafe to expand into portions of certain roadways. While the companion ordinances will allow for expanded outdoor dining options in the right-of-way, this ordinance will allow for expanded outdoor dining areas on private zoning lots.
This ordinance creates a use category - “outdoor eating area, temporary, associated with food and beverage establishment” and establishes it in mixed-use and commercial districts, downtown and urban districts, and employment districts. The new use category is established as a permitted use if the establishment follows conditions in the newly-created companion supplemental regulations. Amplified noise and extended hours can be established through the conditional use process. Tables 28D-2, 28E-2, 28F-1 and 28G-1 are amended to include this new use category in the afore-mentioned districts.
MGO Sec. 28.211 is amended to create definitions for both the new “outdoor eating area, temporary, associated with a food and beverage establishment” and the previously existing use category “outdoor eating area associated with a food and beverage establishment.” Finally, supplemental regulations are created for “outdoor eating area, temporary, associated with a foo...
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