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SUBSTITUTE - Amending Sections. 9.13(6)(j)2.a., (6)(j)2.e., and 9.13(4)(e) of the Madison General Ordinances to allow sidewalk cafes on the Capitol Square to be located next to the building face.
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DRAFTER'S ANALYSIS: This amendment would allow sidewalk cafes to be located next to buildings on the Capitol Square. Under the current ordinance, sidewalk cafes on the Capitol Concourse must be placed beyond the "sparkle light poles" or at least 6 feet from the building face. Benches, planters and other amenities on the city side of the Capitol square sidewalks make it impossible for some restaurants to have a sidewalk cafe. This ordinance would allow restaurants on the 4 streets of the Square to choose a location either against the building or near the curb (but not both) depending on the layout of the sidewalk in front of their business. Cafes placed against the building can only extend 5 feet into the sidewalk but otherwise must follow the same rules for all cafes on the Mall/Concourse. Most of those rules are found in the VOC's "Regulations Governing Vending on the State Street Mall/Capitol Concourse." The amendment to section 9.13(6)(j)2.a., below, clarifies that applicability and cleans up previously confusing language. A separate resolution will make needed changes to the VOC Regulations.
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The Common Council of the City of Madison do hereby ordain as follows:
1. Subparagraph a. of Paragraph 2. entitled "Miscellaneous Restrictions on Sidewalk Cafes" of Subdivision (j) entitled "Miscellaneous Restrictions on Merchant Vendors and Sidewalk Cafes "of Subsection (6) entitled "Regulations and Procedures for Vending on the State Street Mall/Capitol Concourse" of Section 9.13 entitled "License for Selling on Public Streets" of the Madison General Ordinances is amended to read as follows:
"a. The space specifica...
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