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Residents press outdoor dining panel to push DOT for enforcement after repeated noncompliance
Summary
Multiple residents told the working group they have repeatedly reported sidewalk obstructions, speakers, sandwich boards and other violations; several businesses at the meeting face DOT summonses and neighborhood protests.
Neighbors testified repeatedly at the Sept. 9 Outdoor Dining Working Group meeting that a small number of restaurants are repeatedly exceeding their approved footprints, leaving furniture in the furnishing zone, placing sandwich boards in pedestrian paths and installing speakers or other sound equipment outdoors.
"They have not been in compliance since 11/01/2024," resident Augustine said of one operator during public testimony. Cormac Flynn, an Eighth Street resident of more than 60 years, described recurring encroachment onto the curb and sidewalk and said enforcement visits have produced only temporary…
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