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Cocoa council removes hard‑coded sidewalk café fee, lets council set annual rate by resolution
Summary
On second and final reading the council approved Ordinance 11‑2025 to remove a hard‑coded $25 sidewalk café permit fee and allow the city council to establish the annual fee by resolution; the measure passed unanimously with no public comment.
The City of Cocoa on second reading adopted Ordinance 11‑2025 to amend Section 14‑68 (sidewalk café permit fees) of the municipal code, removing a hard‑coded $25 annual fee and authorizing future permit fees to be set by council resolution.
City Attorney Anthony Garganese explained the ordinance “proposes to remove the hard coding of that fee, and in the future, those fees would be adopted by resolution of the city council.” Planning staff and the city attorney told council there were no changes to the ordinance since its first reading; no members of the public spoke on the item during the hearing.
Deputy Mayor Weeks moved to approve the second and final reading and Councilmember Hearn seconded; council voted unanimously in favor.
Why it matters: the change gives the council flexibility to adjust an annual sidewalk‑café permit fee by resolution rather than by ordinance, allowing fee adjustments through the standard budget/resolution process.
What’s next: the city will adopt an annual fee via resolution at a later date; fees and implementation schedule were not specified during the hearing.
