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Commission asks staff to draft outdoor-seating guidelines, discourages permanent plastic enclosures
Summary
Planning staff presented options for how to treat outdoor seating and temporary enclosures downtown; commissioners favored staff-level approvals for well-designed, non-enclosed outdoor seating and asked staff to draft design guidelines discouraging full plastic enclosures and encouraging planters, umbrellas and low-profile barriers.
The Planning Commission discussed downtown outdoor seating and accessory structures at its Feb. 11 meeting and asked staff to prepare design guidance and an administrative approval path for appropriately designed outdoor seating enclosures.
Staff told the commission that several local restaurants and commercial properties have added outdoor seating, seasonal covers, roll-down plastic panels and similar temporary enclosures, sometimes without explicit approvals. The code exempts small accessory structures under 400 square feet from design review but that exemption historically has primarily applied…
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